Global Change 1 Fall 09 Schedule

Week	Date	Day	Topic 2009 LECTURE SCHEDULE	Instructor
1	9-Sep	Wed	Introduction and Goals	All
	11-Sep	Fri	Roadmap: The Scientific Method; Lecture Tools setup	Kling
NO Lab	9-11 Sep		NO LAB
2	14-Sep	Mon	The Big Bang and Fundamental Laws	van der Pluijm
	16-Sep	Wed	Evolution of Galaxies and Stars	van der Pluijm
	18-Sep	Fri	Our Solar System and the Energy Balance of Planets	van der Pluijm
Lab - Disc	14-18 Sep		"Challenges We Face" - Discussion and Intro to Term Presentations
3	21-Sep	Mon	Clocks in Rocks: Isotopes and the Age of Earth	Lohmann
	23-Sep	Wed	Our Shifting Earth - Plate Tectonics	Lohmann
	25-Sep	Fri	The Cycle of Rocks and Formation of Soils	Lohmann
Lab	21-25 Sep		Introduction to Stella - Daisy World
4	28-Sep	Mon	Diversity and Structure of Rocks	Lohmann
	30-Sep	Wed	Rock Cycle Continued: Soils	Lohmann
	2-Oct	Fri	Evolution of the Ocean and Atmosphere	Lohmann
Lab	28Sep-2Oct		Earth's Energy Balance Model
5	5-Oct	Mon	Fundamentals of Earth Climate	Lohmann
	7-Oct	Wed	The Hydrologic Cycle and Water	Lohmann
	9-Oct	Fri	Ice: The Cryosphere	Lohmann
Lab	5-9 Oct		Climate and Atmosphere Lab - Long-term Climate Regulation
6	12-Oct	Mon	MIDTERM EXAM #1 (material through 9 Oct)
	14-Oct	Wed	The Fossil Record and Emergence of Complex Life	Badgley
	16-Oct	Fri	Evolution and Natural Selection	Badgley
Lab	12-16 Oct		The Case of the Peppered Moth
7	19-Oct	Mon	Fall Study Break (No Class)
	21-Oct	Wed	The Process of Speciation	Badgley
	23-Oct	Fri	Ecological Communities: Networks of Interacting Species	Badgley
Lab -home	19-23 Oct		Fall Break, No Labs Meet -- Science and the Media (Take home assignment)
8	26-Oct	Mon	Competition and Resource Scarcity	Badgley
	28-Oct	Wed	Trophic Links: Predation and Parasitism	Badgley
	30-Oct	Fri	The Value of Nature's Services	Badgley
Lab	26-30 Oct		Population Dynamics: Predator-Prey Interactions
9	2-Nov	Mon	A Transformed Earth	Badgley
	4-Nov	Wed	Ecosystems	Kling
	6-Nov	Fri	Microbes: Transformers of Matter and Materials	Kling
Lab	2-6 Nov		Ecological Footprints Lab
10	9-Nov	Mon	The Flow of Energy – Primary Production and Higher Trophic Levels	Kling
	11-Nov	Wed	The Tropical Rain Forest	Kling
	13-Nov	Fri	Past Climate Change and the Ice Ages	Kling
Lab - Disc	9-13 Nov		Climate Change Policy and Solutions - Discussion (meet in classroom)
11	16-Nov	Mon	MIDTERM EXAM #2 (material through 11 Nov)
	18-Nov	Wed	The Blue Planet: El Nino, the Ocean Conveyor Belt, and Climate Change	Kling
	20-Nov	Fri	Climate Models and Prediction for the Future	Kling
Lab	16-20 Nov		Analysis of Vostok Ice Core Data
12	23-Nov	Mon	The Global Carbon Cycle - A Driver of Climate Change	Kling
	25-Nov	Wed	No Class
	27-Nov	Fri	Thanksgiving Break (No Classes from 27-28 Nov)
Lab -home	23-27 Nov		Thanksgiving break, No Labs Meet - Virtual Earthquakes (take-home assignment)
13	30-Nov	Mon	The Global Nitrogen Cycle – the Case of Acid Rain	Kling
	2-Dec	Wed	Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region	Kling
	4-Dec	Fri	Using Science to Solve Problems: The Case of the Killer Lakes of Cameroon	Kling
Lab	30Nov-4Dec		The Global Carbon Cycle
14	7-Dec	Mon	Geohazards: Earthquakes and Volcanoes	van der Pluijm
	9-Dec	Wed	Geohazards: Surface Processes	van der Pluijm
	11-Dec	Fri	Geohazards: Coastal and Riverine	van der Pluijm
Lab	7-11 Dec		Student Presentations - rooms TBA
15	14-Dec	Mon	Final Class Summary - Shifting Paradigms? Course Evaluations	All
	21-Dec	Mon	Review for Final Exam (Exam 3)
	22-Dec	Tues	FINAL EXAM; 10:30-12:30 pm, held in our regular Lecture Hall

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