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BIOL 2650 |
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY |
Spring 2009 |
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Instructor: Ms.
Tommi Lou Carosella Office: N257 Phone: 667-3596
e-mail:
tcarosella@csustan.edu textbook website:
www.myenvironmentplace.com
Office Hours: Mon 11:15-12:00,
Wed 10:10-11:08, FRI 1:30 -2:15, or by appointment
Text: Essential Environment
3e. Brennan and Withgott (2nd edition is OK)
You can see the powerpoints for this lecture at
http://blackboard.csustan.edu/
log in with your student ID#, select Environmental Biology (BIOL
2650), go to Course Content
Check this web page often for updates and assignments!
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Class Schedule:
revised 5/21 |
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2/16 |
Natural Resources, Science, Sustainability Read
Chap 1
Study Guide 1 |
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2/18 |
Chapter 1 |
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2/20 |
Environmental Economics and Policy Chap 2 Study
Guide 2 |
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2 |
2/23 |
Chapter 2 Homework 1: Understanding Science
Sense About Science Website |
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2/25 |
Still on Chapter 2! |
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2/27 |
Environmental Systems Chap 3 Study
Guide chapter 3 |
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3 |
3/2 |
Chapter 3 |
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3/4 |
Evolution, Biodiversity, Populations Chap 4 Study
guide Chapter 4 |
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3/6 |
Chapter 4 |
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4 |
3/9 |
Species Interactions and Community Ecology Chap 5 |
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3/11 |
Chapter 5 Study Guide 5 |
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3/13 |
Exam 1: Chap 1-5 Homework
2 Ecological Footprint due
March 18 |
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5 |
3/16 |
Human Population Chapter 6
Study Guide 6World Clock
US Pop
Growth |
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3/18 |
Human Pop
Chapter 6 Study
Guide Chap 7
Exam
1 grades |
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3/20 |
Soils, Agriculture, Food Chap 7
Volunteer planting Day at Merced Refuge March 21 |
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6 |
3/23 |
Chapter 7
Pesticides in Food? |
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3/25 |
Chapter 7 |
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3/27 |
Chapter 7 |
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7 |
3/30 |
finish 7 , start Biodiversity and Conservation Chapter 8 |
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4/1 |
Chapter 8 Video: Journey to Planet Earth- State
of the World's Wildlife |
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4/3 |
Study Guide Chapter 8
Planting Day at SJR NWR |
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8 |
4/6 |
Chapter 8 |
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4/8 |
Chapter 8 |
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4/10 |
Exam 2: Chap 6,
7, 8, and State of World's Wildlife video
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9 |
4/13-17 |
Spring Break No Class
Helpful sites for CA Water Homework |
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10 |
4/20 |
Chapter 12
Extra credit |
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4/22 |
Chap 12
CA Water Homework Due
22 points!
Map
Study Guide
chapter 12 |
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4/24 |
Water Resources Chapter 12
Plastic Trash in Ocean
More plastic in albatross chicks |
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11 |
4/27 |
Chapter 12
Tuolumne River Extra Credit
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4/29 |
Environmental Health and Toxicology
Study Guide Chapter 10 |
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5/1 |
Chapter 10 |
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12 |
5/4 |
Finish Chapter10 Start Chapter 13
Homework
5: Good Stuff due 5/11 |
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5/6 |
Atmosphere and Air pollution Chap 13
Study Guide 13 |
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5/8 |
No Class: Warrior day |
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13 |
5/11 |
Chap 14 Climate Change
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
Strategies to Stabilize CO2 Emissions |
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5/13 |
Video- Crude Awakening |
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5/15 |
Study Guide 14: Climate Change, start Nonrenewable Energy Chapter 15 |
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14 |
5/18 |
Chap 15
OnEarth
article on Canada's Tar Sands
National Geo Article on Nigerian Oil
Study Guide Chapter 15
CA, US sources of Electricity |
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5/20 |
Chapter 16 Renewable Energy
Amory Lovins on Energy |
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5/22 |
Chap 16 Last
Day of Class
Study Guide 16 Renewables
Unfortunately, we
will not have time for you to do presentations about your service
learning in class on Friday. This is probably a big relief to most of
you. I really hoped you would have a chance to learn from each others
experiences.
I hope no one spent a lot of time preparing for it. If so, my apologies
for not mentioning it sooner. Service learning project or
paper due. |
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15 |
Fri 5/29 |
Final Exam: Chapters 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, plus
video TIME: 11:15 – 1:15 |
Note: You may take this class for either a letter grade or
credit/no credit. Please decide as soon as possible after the first exam. As in
most science courses, 90% and above = A, 80-89% = B, 70-79% = C, 60-69% = D,
below 60% = F. Cr = C or above. NC = D or F.
There will be three exams, approximately 100-150 points
each, worth about 65% of your grade. Your service learning project, also worth
100 points, is another 20% of your grade. The remaining 15% will consist of
homework assignments and in class exercises, such as 5 min essays. I will
eventually add some extra credit activities. Read the university rules for
withdrawing from or dropping a class. Those rules will be followed by me. If you
are ill, or have a family emergency that causes you to miss an assignment, or an
exam, you must notify me within 24 hours- by phone, e-mail, or in person. I
usually grade the exams and give them back the next class period, so by then it
is too late. I may ask you for proof before I allow you to take a make-up exam.
DO NOT make the mistake of skipping the next class after an exam. We start
working on new material immediately. DO NOT skip on days we have videos- I
include them in the syllabus for a reason- they illustrate things that are
difficult to understand or grasp without seeing images, or hearing directly form
experts in the field. I will be referring to those images during subsequent
lectures.
Read the textbook, use the study guides! Take advantage of
the Powerpoints on Blackboard as well. You are responsible for your own success
or failure in the class. You must be an active and engaged learner. If you want
to succeed, plan on attending class every day, be prepared by reading the
appropriate chapter, be ready to take notes (I suggest printing the power points
and taking notes on those pages). Make sure you do every homework assignment
and turn it in on time. Put some thought into your writing- only complete and
well thought out assignments will get the full number of points.
SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT: This is a new addition to the
course. The goal is to have you apply what you learn in class to the larger
community, in order to see the relationships between the course material and the
world as a whole. The total amount of effort required will be similar to the
hours needed to write a research paper. It is my hope that you will find service
learning more enjoyable and more relevant than writing a paper. See
Service
Learning web page
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