ESR 101 - SUMMER 2005 |
Week One |
| Class | Topic | Reading | Assignment | Lab |
| 1 | Intro | Ecoftpt | 1a | |
| 2 | Pop & Consumption 1 | Environmental Problems & Sustainability chap1&2 | Worksheet | on your own |
| 3 | Pop ecology | Pop ecology chap9 | 1b | |
| 4 | Ecological Design | film | Film questions: list & article due
Monday quiz #1
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on your own |
Week two |
| 5 | Scientific Method Research Design | chap 3 systems | Earth experiment in class | lab2 |
| 6 | biosphere 1 | chap 4 ecosystems | on your own | |
| 7 | biosphere 2 | chap 5 biodiversity | case study
assignment due July 5 Tues.
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lab3 |
| 8 | matter cycling | chap4.7 | quiz #2
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lab 10-10:30 |
week three |
| 9 | no class | july 4 | holiday | |
| 10 | climate and the greenhouse effect | In class worksheet chap 6.1 - 6.2 read biomes on your own |
greenhouse calculate a "what if" scenario if albedo increased to 40% and absorption to 90% |
lab3a |
| 11 | climate change & Indicator/ keystone species | chap 8 | Field trip after class to World Forestry Center | |
| 12 | Deforestation | chap 11 & 12 (support reading) | quiz #3 issued due Monday July11 | lab4 |
week four |
| 13 | Rapa Nui innovation | in class slide presentation | video archive PSU http://www.media.pdx.edu/ click on spring 2004 archive, click on gossen, password (gossen.w03) |
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| 14 | island ecology | chap 8.1 | ||
| 15 | coral reefs/wetlands | coralreefguide | ||
| 16 | film | quiz #4 chap 7 Aquatic Diversity chap 13 Sustaining Aquatic Diversity |
