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  • State politics, major industry drive planetary health education for K-12 students

    Sep 27, 2023 3:15 pm by Sharita ForrestImpact
    Entomology professor Brian F. Allan led a graduate course on planetary health that inspired several graduate students to conduct a study on state science learning standards for K-12 students and how topics such as climate change are shaded by state politics. Photo by Michelle Hassel

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    • Entomology professor Brian F. Allan led a graduate course on planetary health that inspired several graduate students to conduct a study on state science learning standards for K-12 students and how topics such as climate change are shaded by state politics. Photo by Michelle Hassel

    What K-12 students learn about planetary health issues varies widely across the U.S. and reflect the states’ and territories’ dominant political ideology, major industries when they adopted their science standards, researchers found.