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Biology 15/ Park Management 14 - Course
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| 1/31/11 | Introduction to the Environmental Sciences | Ch 1 |
| 2/2/11 | Community Ecology | Ch 1 & 5 |
| 2/7/11 | Community Ecology Frogs: The Thin Green Line (60 mins) Read chapter 1 in Brown's "World on the Edge" |
Ch 5, EN01 |
| 2/9/11 | Population Ecology | Ch 4, EN02 |
| 2/14/11 | The Human Population Listen to NPR's "7 Billion And Counting: Can Earth Handle It?"[45min] [1/6/11] |
Ch 6 , EN03 |
| 2/28/11 | Exam #1 (Communities,
Populations, The Human Population) Materials (1/31 through 2/14) incl EN 01-03 |
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| 2/16/11 | Climate Change Climate: Film: "The One Degree Factor" [case study Alaska - first 20 min] Explore Climate Connections and pick a topic for a class discussion [on Wed 2/23] |
Ch 14, EN04 |
| 2/23/11 | Climate Change | Ch 14, EN05 |
| . | Writing Assignment - Global Warming - Due Wednesday March 9 in class | LB3, LB4 |
| 3/2/11 | Climate Change | EN06 |
| . | Climate - Film: "An Inconvenient Truth" | |
| 3/7/11 | Climate Change -
Conclusion Energy - Non-Renewable Resources |
Ch 14; EN07 Ch 15; EN08 |
| 3/9/11 | Writing Assignment - Global Warming - Due Today Wednesday March 9 | . |
| . | Energy - Non-Renewable Resources | Ch 15; EN09 |
| 3/14/11 | Japan: Nuclear
Power Incident; Energy: Renewable Resources |
Ch 16; EN10/11 |
| 3/16/11 | Energy: Renewable Resources | Ch 16; EN12 |
| . | Energy - Film: "The Big Energy Gamble" | |
| 3/23/11 | Exam #2 (Climate
Change and Energy) Materials (2/16 through 3/16) incl EN 04-12 |
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| 3/21/11 | Aspects of Pollution: Water, Air, Soil | Ch 12 |
| . | Pollution: Watch "Poisoned Waters" by Monday April 4 | |
| 3/28/11 | Spring Break | . |
| 3/30/11 | Spring Break | . |
| 4/4/11 | Pollution: Water The Love Canal [Part 1 / Part 2] (10 mins) A powerful interview with Lois Gibbs (10 mins) |
Ch 12 |
| 4/6/11 | Pollution: Water | Ch 12 |
| . | Watch: "Blue Gold" | |
| 4/11/11 | Pollution: Air Case Study: China , The Ozone Layer |
Ch 13 |
| 4/13/11 | Water: Power, Wealth and Civilization | . |
| 4/27/11 | Exam #3 (Pollution
[ch 12 & 13 + films) Materials (3/21 through 4/13) |
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| 4/18/11 | Agriculture | Ch 7 |
| 4/20/11 | Agriculture | Ch 7, EN 14 |
| . | Watch: "Food Inc" | |
| 5/2/11 | The Fisheries; Readings: "The State of Seafood" (download) | Ch 12 (276-81), EN
13 "The State of Seafood" |
| 5/4/11 | The Fisheries; Overfishing; Watch "The
End of the Line" Read: "The State of Seafood" |
EN 15 |
| 5/11/11 | The Consumer Society and Waste; "The Story of Stuff" | Ch 17, EN 16 |
| 5/16/11 | The Consumer Society (cont).; "The Human Footprint" | Ch 17 |
| 5/25/11 | Wednesday 5/25 FINAL EXAM - 9:40-11:40am | . |
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| Lester
Brown: Plan B 4.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization One of our texts available for free in a digital format. |
| "The State of Seafood" (download) |
| World on the
Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse by Lester R.
Brown An optional text available for free in a digital format. This book was just released (January 2011) and, of course, is very current. |
| Final Grades [as of May 30, 2011] - includes the Final Exam |
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