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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