Env Sc 101 The Blue Planet, Fall 2006 Prof. Les McFadden SCHEDULE
Week of Tuesday		TOPICS	READING in The Blue Planet
21-Aug	GEO- SPHERE	THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TIME; EARTH SYSTEMS and CYCLES; GLOBAL CHANGE	Ch. 1
28-Aug		EARTH HISTORY and BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION EARTH MATERIALS and STRUCTURE; EARTH'S ORBIT	Ch. 2 (focus on p. 27, 36-40)
			Ch. 17 p. 397-415
4-Sep		ROCKS AND MINERALS	Ch. 6 Ch. 8 p. 158-176 Ch. 7 p. 136-7
11-Sep		VOLCANISM and EARTHQUAKES	Ch. 5, 7
18-Sep		PLATE TECTONICS	Ch. 4 Ch. 8 p. 176-186
25-Sep	HYDRO-SPHERE ATMO-SPHERE	PLATE TECTONICS MIDTERM EXAM 1, Thurs. Sep 28
2-Oct		STREAM SYSTEMS	Ch. 9 p. 189-201
9-Oct		GROUNDWATER WATER QUALITY and WATER RESOURCES	Ch. 9 p. 202-211 Ch. 20 p. 466-470
12-Oct		FALL BREAK!
16-Oct		SNOW, ICE, AND GLACIERS	Ch. 10
23-Oct		ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION and STRUCTURE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION	Ch. 12, 13
30-Oct		WEATHER SYSTEMS and STORMS CLIMATE and CLIMATE CHANGE MIDTERM EXAM 2, Thurs. Nov 2	Ch. 14
6-Nov	BIO- SPHERE GLOBAL CHANGE	ECOSYSTEMS	Ch. 15 OPTIONAL but highly recommended: Ch 17
13-Nov		BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, POLLUTION	Ch. 16
20-Nov 27-Nov		ENERGY RESOURCES and GLOBAL CHANGE	Ch. 18 p. 430-440
7-Dec		GLOBAL CHANGE and HUMAN IMPACTS	Ch. 20 p. 471-489
FINAL EXAM: Thursday Dec 14 at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.