Global Change 1 Fall 2011 Schedule

Week	Date	Day	Topic 2011 LECTURE SCHEDULE	Instructor
1	7-Sep	Wed	Introduction and Goals	All
	9-Sep	Fri	Roadmap: The Scientific Method. Lecture Tools setup	Allan
NO Lab	5-9 Sep		NO LAB
2	12-Sep	Mon	The Big Bang and Fundamental Laws	Poulsen
	14-Sep	Wed	Evolution of Solar System	Poulsen
	16-Sep	Fri	Clocks in Rocks: Isotopes and the Age of the Earth	Poulsen
Lab - Disc	12-16 Sep		"Challenges We Face" - Discussion and Intro to Term Presentations
3	19-Sep	Mon	Planetary Energy Balance	Poulsen
	21-Sep	Wed	Plate Tectonics	Poulsen
	23-Sep	Fri	Evolution of the Ocean and Atmosphere	Poulsen
Lab	19-23 Sep		Earth's Energy Balance Model
4	26-Sep	Mon	Earth's Changing Climate	Poulsen
	28-Sep	Wed	The Origin of Life	Badgley
	30-Sep	Fri	The Fossil Record of Lineages and Ecosystems	Badgley
Lab	26 Sep-30 Sep		Introduction to Stella - Daisy World
5	3-Oct	Mon	Processes of Evolution: Natural Selection	Badgley
	5-Oct	Wed	Processes of Evolution: Speciation	Badgley
	7-Oct	Fri	Evidence for Evolution in Today's World	Badgley
Lab	3-7 Oct		Natural Selection - The Case of the Peppered Moth
6	10-Oct	Mon	HOURLY EXAM #1 (material through 7 Oct)
	12-Oct	Wed	Ecological Communities: Networks of Interacting Species	Badgley
	14-Oct	Fri	Trophic Links: Predation and Parasitism	Badgley
Lab	10-14 Oct		Population Dynamics: Predator-Prey Interactions
7	17-Oct	Mon	Fall Study Break (No Class)
	19-Oct	Wed	Competition and Resource Scarcity	Badgley
	21-Oct	Fri	Human Ecology	Badgley
Lab -home	17-21 Oct		Fall Break, No Labs Meet
8	24-Oct	Mon	The Value of Nature's Services	Badgley
	26-Oct	Wed	A Transformed Earth	Badgley
	28-Oct	Fri	Ecosystems	Allan
Lab	24-28 Oct		Ecological Footprints & Climate Change Policy and Solutions - Discussion
9	31-Oct	Mon	Microbes: Transformers of Matter and Materials	Allan
	2-Nov	Wed	The Flow of Energy – Primary Production and Higher Trophic Levels	Allan
	4-Nov	Fri	The Tropical Rain Forest	Allan
Lab	31 Oct-4 Nov		Group Project Work
10	7-Nov	Mon	Greenhouse Gases and Radiative Forcing	Poulsen
	9-Nov	Wed	Composition and Circulation of the Atmosphere	Poulsen
	11-Nov	Fri	Weather and Climate	Poulsen
Lab - Disc	7-11 Nov		Climate and Atmosphere - Long Term Climate Regulation
11	14-Nov	Mon	HOURLY EXAM #2 (material through 11 Nov)
	16-Nov	Wed	Climate Change and the Ice Ages	Poulsen
	18-Nov	Fri	The Blue Planet: El Nino, the Ocean Conveyor Belt, and Climate Change	Poulsen
Lab	14-18 Nov		Analysis of Vostok Ice Core Data
12	21-Nov	Mon	Climate Models and Prediction for the Future	Allan
	23-Nov	Wed	No Class
	25-Nov	Fri	Thanksgiving Break (No Classes from 25-27 Nov)
Lab -home	21-25 Nov		Thanksgiving break, No Labs Meet - Virtual Earthquakes (take-home assignment)
13	28-Nov	Mon	The Global Carbon Cycle - A Driver of Climate Change	Allan
	30-Nov	Wed	The Global Nitrogen Cycle - the Case of Acid Rain	Allan
	2-Dec	Fri	Earth Resources - Water and Fossil Fuels	Allan
Lab	28 Nov-2 Dec		The Global Carbon Cycle
14	5-Dec	Mon	Land-Use Changes	Allan
	7-Dec	Wed	State of the Great Lakes	Allan
	9-Dec	Fri	Food and Agriculture	Badgley
Lab	5-9 Dec		Student Presentations - rooms TBA
15	12-Dec	Mon	Final Class Summary - Shifting Paradigms? Course evaluations	All
	15- Dec	Thurs	Final Exam, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Angell Hall Aud C

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