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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