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Date
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Topic
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Time
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Readings
(to be completed by day listed)
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| M,
Feb 18 |
Introductions,
Syllabus
Environmental Science, Critical Thinking, and Ethics
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9-11
am
2-3:00 pm
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Between
10:30 am and 2 pm, do a web search on the words GAIA AND
ECOLOGY. Click HERE
for a detailed description of this assignment. Due 2 pm
View Lecture 1
online (Env. Issues)
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| T,
Feb 19 |
Ecology
and the biosphere
Web-design workshop with Manuel Rendon
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9-noon
1-3:30 pm
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Skim
Preface and Intro to get you oriented to the book. Then
read Chapters 3 and 4
Meet
in the Barnes PC lab
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| W,
Feb 20 |
Ecology
and the biosphere continued
Discussion of projects
Field
trip to Aiken Canyon Reserve
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9-noon
1-5
pm
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Chapter
16 and article, Human
Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
Homework
assignment: Explore the topics listed in the student
online learning center. Click here
for details..
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| Th,
Feb 21 |
Climate
and Geology
20 minute meetings with project groups
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9-noon
2 pm-onward
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Chapter17
and assigned reading
View
Lecture 2
online (Ecology, Geology)
Research Proposals Due 9 a.m.
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| F,
Feb 22 |
Consultation
Day
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Work
on Research Project
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| S,
Feb 23 |
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Explore
Research Project |
| Su,
Feb 24 |
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Explore
Research Project |
| M,
Feb 25 |
Origins
of Environmental Problems:
The
Atmosphere
Population
growth and the human predicament
15 min meetings with project groups
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9-noon
afternoon
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Chapters
6 and 7
Albert Bartlett's Forgotten
Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis
To understand
how to calculate the amount of time a non-renewable resource
will run out, click HERE.
Check
out Population Clock
Check
out the Zero
Population Growth web site
Read
about the Bush Adminstration's policies on family planning
(Washington
Post, Jan 12, 2002)
View
Lecture 3 online
(Atmosphere)
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| T,
Feb 26 |
Population
growth and the human predicament Part II
Agriculture
Part I
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9-noon
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Chapters
11 and 12
View
Lecture 4 online
(Population)
View Lecture 5
online (Agriculture I)
Learn
more about soils at the National
Resource Conservation Service
Find out the California Certified Organic Farmers stance
on GMOs
Check
out USDA info on the impact
of Bt corn on Monarch Butterflies
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| W,
Feb 27 |
Agriculture
Part II
Office
Hours with Manuel Rendon
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9-11
am
1-2:30
pm
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Chapters
21 and 22
View Lecture 6
online (Agriculture II)
Midterm
Review questions HERE
Read
the Bush/Cheney 2001 National Energy Policy: Entire
report or the Summary
Read
Feb 18, 2002 CNN news article on Bush's endorsement of the
Yucca Mountain radioctive waste storage facility and Nevada's
response
For Block 7: research alternative energy stragegies. For
details, click HERE
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| Th,
Feb 28 |
MIDTERM
EXAM
Field
trip to Nixon Power Plant
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9-11:30
am
12:45
- 5 pm
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| F,
March 1 |
Consultation
Day |
9-10:30 |
Work
on Research Project
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| S,
Mar 2 |
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Work
on Research Project |
| Su,
Mar 3 |
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Work
on Research Project |
| M,
Mar 4 |
Energy
production and consumption |
9-noon |
View
Lecture 7 online
(Energy Production and Consumption)
Read
about dumping of waste into the ocean by cruise ships Env.
News Service and CNN
and EarthCrash Newsletter
Chaptes
24 and 23
View
Lecture 8 online (Urbanization
& Waste Management)
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| T,
Mar 5 |
Review
of Midterm: Vague language, air pollution, climate change,
ecologcial effects of agriculture
Natural
Building: Field trip to a local Earthship home
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9-noon
12:30
-4 pm
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Chapters
13 and 14
View Lecture
9 online (Biodiversity and Land Use Change)
For
MIDTERM KEY, click HERE
Read about the loss of the first primate species since 1800
on CNN
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| W,
Mar 6 |
Urbanization
and Waste Management
Office
Hours with Manuel Rendon
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9-noon
3:30-5
pm
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Chapter
18 and 9
Click
here
to see movie of stratosphere ozone hole over Antarctica
(animated GIF)
Read
about toxic chemicals in our streams in the news at CNN
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| Th,
Mar 7 |
Consequences
of human activity:
Loss of Biodiversity and Causes (land use change)
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9-noon
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Chapter
19
Read
2001 IPCC Summary for
Policymakers Prepare PRESENTATIONS for class
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| F,
Mar 8 |
Climate
change
Research
Presentations: Group 1
Research Presentations: Group 2
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9-10:45
11-noon
1-3
pm
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For
tips on how to give a GREAT presentation, click
HERE!
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| S,
Mar 9 |
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CLICK HERE
FOR WEB PAGE EVALUATION AND GROUP EVALUATION GUIDELINES |
| Su,
Mar 10 |
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For Final
Review Questions, click HERE
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| M,
Mar 11 |
Solutions:
Environmental
Health, Economics, and Policy
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9-noon |
Chapter
8 AND
Assigned
readings (passed out in class)
1. Garrett Hardin: Tragedy of the Commons.
2. Nature and the Marketplace: Basic Economics
View
Lecture 10
online (Env. Health and Ecologoical Economics)
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| T,
Mar 12 |
Activisim
and Conservation |
9-11
am |
Chapter 25
Review
session 7-8 pm in classroom
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| W,
Mar 13 |
FINAL
EXAM |
9-noon |
NEW!
ONLINE EVALUTION FORM.
You will need three things:
1. Your id #
2. Course ID: 714707009
3. Password: ev121
PLEASE FILL OUT EVAL HERE
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