GEO/GY 310 Environmental Earth Sciences, Spring 2012

Powerpoints:

• Intro
• Environmental Science
• Environmental Sciences, part two
• Ecological framework
• Ecological framework, part II
• Human impact

Assignments:

• Part I of Assignment 1 - due Tuesday, Jan 24
• Part II instructions
  • Spreadsheet with formulas added
• Part III instructions - final part due on February 14th

Reading assignments:

• Chapters 1 and 2 - by Tuesday, Jan 24
• Skip Chapter 3
• Read Chapter 4 the week of Jan 30
• Skip Chapter 5 (for now)
• Read Chapter 6, pages 112 (starting with section 6.4) - 117 (end of chapter)
• Read Chapters 7-9

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Dates

• Thursday, February 16th, Exam I
• Thursday, April 5th, Exam II
• Sunday, April 22nd - 42nd Annual Earth Day
• May 10th (Thursday) 10:30 a.m.  – 12:30 p.m., Final exam

Environmental issues websites*:

Science Dailey Environmental News Website

Global Stewards' Current Environmental Issues and News

U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency

Environment Point

The Environmental Blog

Earth Day Network

Environmental History timeline

Writing websites*:

Chicago Manual of Style - Online help for citing other people's works, use author-date system

Plagarism Tutorial

Plagarism for Students

Contact me: Dr. Carol Sawyer (email)

Office hours (Spring 2012):
Mondays & Tuesdays 3:00 - 5:15 pm
Thursdays 1:00-2:30 pm, or by appointment

*Video, website, and animation disclaimer

*The links and animations are posted as supplementary material in order to help you understand the concepts covered in class. Any additional views, opinions, or advertisements accessed from these websites are not necessarily my views and I am not responsible for their content.