ENVR 30 Fall 2010

Environmental Issues: Natural Sciences

Kim Griest

Syllabus, course location, mandatory discussion sections, text, TA's, grading policy, contact info.
Wiki Web site for discussion of class issues: moderated by Taylor M.: http://envr30.boardhost.com .

Texts: Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions, 4th edition, McKinney, Schoch, and Yonavjak, and also Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner.

Final Tues on Dec 7 in class (requires calculator, pencil, and LARGE FULL SIZE 8x11 red scantron form called parSCORE (DIFFERENT FROM MIDTERM; MIDTERM SCANTRON WILL NOT WORK!)

Energy Formula Conversion Sheet

In Class Questions with Answers!

midterm scores by code number and distribution of scores

final scores and course grades by NEW final code number

Assignments
Reading:

24 Sep 2010: McKinney: Chap 1 (Environmental Science) and Chap 2 (Human Population), and Reisner (Cadillac Desert) Introduction and Chap 1 (A Country of Illusion).

29 Sep 2010: McKinney: Chap 3 (The Biosphere)

1 Oct 2010: McKinney: Chap 4 (Life on Earth), and Chap 5: (Dynamic Earth and Natural Hazards)

4 Oct 2010: Cadillac Desert Chap 2 (The Red Queen)

8 Oct 2010: McKinney: Chap 6 (Resource Use) and Chap 7 (Energy, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear)

18 Oct 2010: Go over the energy lecture slides carefully, doing the calculations yourself and reproducing the numerical results

25 Oct 2010: Go over the fossil fuels and nuclear lecture slides carefully

3 Nov 2010 : McKinney: Chap 8 (Renewable and Alternative Energy); also go over the solar slides

5 Nov 2010 : Cadillac Desert: Chap 3: First Causes and Chap 4: An American Nile

12 Nov 2010 : McKinney: Chap 9: Water Resources

19 Nov 2010 : McKinney: Chap 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 (Biodiversity) and Chap 13: Food and Agriculture

24 Nov 2010 : McKinney: Chap 17.1, 17.2: Climate Change and study the lecture slides

Homework:

(DUE MONDAY OCT 4) homework 1 :: (hw1 solutions)

(due Fri Oct 8) homework 2 :: (hw2 solutions)

(due Fri Oct 15) homework 3 :: (hw3 solutions)

(due Fri Oct 22) homework 4 :: (hw4 solutions)

(due Fri Oct 29 homework 5 :: (hw5 solutions)

(due Fri Nov 12 homework 6 (hw6 solutions)

(due Fri Nov 19 homework 7 :: (hw7 solutions)

(due Wed Dec 1 homework 8 :: (hw8 solutions)

Lectures

Fri 24 Sep 2010: Course structure and ...
Chap 1: Overview of Environmental Science
Mon 27 Sep 2010 and Wed 29 Sep:Chap 2: Human Population
Fri 1 Oct, and Mon 4 Oct:Chap 3: The Biosphere
Mon 11 Oct:Chap 6: Resource Management
Wed 13 Oct, Fri 15 Oct, Mon 18 Oct:Chap 7: Intro to Energy, Physics of Energy
Mon 18 Oct, Wed 20 Oct, Fri 22 Oct: Chap 7: Fossil Fuels
Mon 25 Oct, Wed 27 Oct, Mon 1 Nov: Nuclear Energy, Pollution, and Bombs
Wed 3 Nov, Mon 8 Nov, Wed 10 Nov: Chap 8: Solar and Alternative Energy
Fri 12 Nov, Mon 15 Nov: Chap 8: Solar and Alternative Energy
Mon 15 Nov: Water-Energy Collision from Union of Concerned Scientists
Wed 17 and Fri 19 Nov: Chap 9: Water Resources
Fri 19 Nov and Mon 21 Nov: Chap 11: Biodiversity
Mon 21 Nov: Chap 13: Food
Mon 1 Dec, Wed 3 Dec, and Fri 5 Dec: Climate Change

ABCD Card for in class participation