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FALL 2009

Subject to Change

TENTATIVE HUMAN ECOLOGY LECTURE CALENDER

Week of….

August 17

Handout Syllabus & Assignments

What is Science (Introduction to Environmental Science)

Chapter 1

BlackBoard Discussion:  Lessons of Easter Island (pg 8)

Soft Chalk Lecture on BlackBoard

August 24

Introduction to Ecology (Introduction to Environmental Science)

 

Chapter 1

Class Discussion Viewpoints pg 6 Sustainability….

August 31

Environmental Economics &

Resource Use

Environmental Policy

(Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy)

Chapter 2

Class Discussion Viewpoints pg 8 Ecosystem’s services

BlackBoard Discussion: Topic to be announced

September 7

LABOR DAY

Chemistry & The Environment (From Chemistry to Energy)

Chapter 3

September 14

Cycling Matter (From Chemistry to Energy)

TEST 1  September 17 THURSDAY

Chapter 3

Chapters 1,   2,  & 3

September 21

CURRENT EVENT  SEPTEMBER 22 Tuesday

Speciation (Evolution, Biodiversity, & Population Ecology)

Chapter 4

Soft Chalk Lecture on BlackBoard

BlackBoard Discussion: Evolution & Natural Selection

September 28

Species Interactions (Species Interactions & Community Ecology)

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Class Discussion Viewpoints pg 16 Species Interactions

October 5

Ecology (Species Interactions & Community Ecology)

Biodiversity (Biodiversity & Conservation Biology

Chapter 5 & Chapter 9 pages 205-215

Chapter 8

October 12

MID-TERM BREAK

October 19

Test 2 October 20 Tuesday

Human Population  (Human Population)

Chapters 4, 5, & 8 & parts of 9

Blackboard  Discussion: Population Viewpoints pg 20-21

Chapter 6

October 26

CURRENT EVENT OCTOBER 27 Tuesday

Human Population (Human Population)

Chapter 6

Class Discussion Urban Sprawl  chap 9 192-199

November 2

Risk, Risk Management & Hazards(Environmental Health & Toxicology)

Water Management & Water Pollution (Fresh Water Resources & Marine and Costal Systems)

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Blackboard  Discussion: Climate Change

November 9

Water Management & Water Pollution (Fresh Water Resources & Marine and Costal Systems)

Test 3  November 12 Thursday

Chapter 11

Chapter 6, 10, 11 and parts of 9

 

November 16

HUMAN  IMPACT PAPER November 17

Air Pollution & Climate Change(Atmospheric Science & Global Climate Change)

Chapter 12

Class Discussion: Viewpoints climate change pg 40-41

November 23

THANKSGIVING BREAK NOV 26 & 27

Energy: Fossil Fuels (Non Renewable Fuel Sources…)

NO CLASS NOV 26

Chapter 13

November 30

Energy: Renewable  ( Renewable Energy Alternatives)

Plus either waste management or food resources

Chapter 14

December 7

FINAL December 8 Tuesday at 12:30  200 points cumulative

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