ENVR 30 Fall 2009
Environmental Issues: Natural Sciences
Kim Griest
Text: Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions, 4th edition, McKinney, Schoch, and Yonavjak.
Midterm on Wed Nov 4 in class
(requires calculator, pencil, and small red scantron form X-101864-PAR)
ABCD class questions (with answers!)
midterm scores by code number
Assignments
Reading:
- 25 Sep 2009: Chap 1: Environmental Science, Chap 2: Human population
- 30 Sep 2009: Chap 3: the Biosphere
- 5 Oct 2009: Chap 4: Life on Earth
- 7 Oct 2009: Chap 5: Plate Tectonics, Natural Hazards
- 9 Oct 2009: Chap 6: Resource Management
- 12 Oct 2009: Chap 7: Energy: also class lecture slides
- 4 Nov 2009: Chap 8: Renewable and Alternative Energy: also class lecture slides
- 15 Nov 2009: Chap 9: Water: also class lecture slides
- 23 Nov 2009: Chap 11: Biodiversity Loss
Homework:
- (due Wed Sep 30) homework 1 :: (hw1 solutions)
- (due Wed Oct 7) homework 2 :: (hw2 solutions)
- (due Wed Oct 14) homework 3 :: (hw3 solutions)
- (due Wed Oct 21) homework 4 :: (hw4 solutions)
- (due Wed Oct 28) homework 5 You may find useful:
energy formulas and
energy conversion factors:: (hw5 solutions)
- (due Fri Nov 13) homework 6 :: (hw6 solutions)
- (due Wed Nov 18) homework 7
- (due Wed Nov 25) homework 8
Lectures
- 25 Sep 2009: Course structure
- 27 Sep 2009: Chapter 1: Intro
- 30 Sep 2009: Chapter 2: Human Population
- 2 Oct and 5 Oct 2009: Chapter 3: the Biosphere
- 7 Oct 2009: Chapter 4: Life on Earth
- 9 Oct 2009: Chapter 5: Natural Resources and Hazards
- 12 Oct 2009: Chapter 6: Managing Natural Resources
- 14 Oct 2009: Prof. Tom Murphy lecture on energy
- 19,21,23 Oct 2009: The physics of energy
- 26,28,30 Oct 2009: The fossil fuels: oil, nat gas, coal
- 2,6 Nov 2009: Solar Energy
- 9,13 Nov 2009: Other Alternative Energy
- 16 Nov 2009: Heat Engines
- 16,18 Nov 2009: Nuclear Energy and Bombs
- 18,20 Nov 2009: Water
ABCD Card for in class participation