Global Change 1 Fall 2012 Schedule
Week	Date	Day	Topic	Instructor
1	5-Sep	Wed	Introduction and Goals	All
	7-Sep	Fri	Roadmap: The Scientific Method. Lecture Tools Setup	Kling
NO Lab	3-7 Sep		NO LAB
2	10-Sep	Mon	The Big Bang and Fundamental Laws	Poulsen
	12-Sep	Wed	The Evolution of our Solar System	Poulsen
	14-Sep	Fri	Clocks in Rocks: Isotopes and the Age of Earth	Poulsen
Lab - Disc	10-14 Sep		"Challenges We Face" - Discussion and Intro to Term Presentations
3	17-Sep	Mon	Planetary Energy Balance	Poulsen
	19-Sep	Wed	Plate Tectonics	Poulsen
	21-Sep	Fri	Evolution of the Ocean and Atmosphere	Poulsen
Lab	17-21 Sep		Earth's Energy Balance Model
4	24-Sep	Mon	Earth's Changing Climate	Poulsen
	26-Sep	Wed	The Origin of Life	Badgley
	28-Sep	Fri	The Fossil Record of Lineages and Ecosystems	Badgley
Lab	24-28 Sep		Introduction to Stella - Daisy World
5	1-Oct	Mon	Processes of Evolution: Natural Selection	Badgley
	3-Oct	Wed	Processes of Evolution: Speciation	Badgley
	5-Oct	Fri	Evidence for Evolution in Today's World	Badgley
Lab	1-5 Oct		Natural Selection - The Case of the Peppered Moth
6	8-Oct	Mon	HOURLY EXAM #1 (material through 5 Oct)
	10-Oct	Wed	Ecological Communities: Networks of Interacting Species	Badgley
	12-Oct	Fri	Trophic Links: Predation and Parasitism	Badgley
Lab	8-12 Oct		Population Dynamics: Predator-Prey Interactions
7	15-Oct	Mon	Fall Study Break (No Class)
	17-Oct	Wed	Competition and Resource Scarcity	Badgley
	19-Oct	Fri	Ecosystems	Kling
Lab-home	15-19 Oct		Fall Break, No Labs Meet -- Science and the Media (Take home assignment)
8	22-Oct	Mon	Microbes: Transformers of Matter and Materials	Kling
	24-Oct	Wed	The Flow of Energy – Primary Production and Higher Trophic Levels	Kling
	26-Oct	Fri	The Tropical Rain Forest	Kling
Lab	22-26 Oct		Ecological Footprints & Climate Change Policy and Solutions
9	29-Oct	Mon	Human Ecology	Badgley
	31-Oct	Wed	The Value of Nature's Services	Badgley
	2-Nov	Fri	A Transformed Earth	Badgley
Lab	29 Oct-2 Nov		Group Project Work
10	5-Nov	Mon	Greenhouse Gases and the Greenhouse Effect	Poulsen
	7-Nov	Wed	Composition and Circulation of the Atmosphere	Poulsen
	9-Nov	Fri	Weather and Climate	Poulsen
Lab	5-9 Nov		Climate and Atmosphere - Long-term Climate Regulation
11	12-Nov	Mon	HOURLY EXAM #2 (material through 12 Nov)
	14-Nov	Wed	Climate Change and the Ice Ages	Kling
	16-Nov	Fri	The Blue Planet: El Nino, the Ocean Conveyor Belt, and Climate Change	Kling
Lab	12-16 Nov		Analysis of Vostok Ice Core Data
12	19-Nov	Mon	Climate Models and Predictions for the Future	Kling
	21-Nov	Wed	Thanksgiving Break (No Class)
	23-Nov	Fri	Thanksgiving Break (No Class)
Lab	19-23 Nov		Thanksgiving break, No Labs Meet
13	26-Nov	Mon	The Global Carbon Cycle - A Driver of Climate Change	Kling
	28-Nov	Wed	The Global Nitrogen Cycle – the Case of Acid Rain	Kling
	30-Nov	Fri	Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region	Kling
Lab	26-30 Nov		The Global Carbon Cycle
14	3-Dec	Mon	Using Science to Solve Problems: The Case of the Killer Lakes of Cameroon	Kling
	5-Dec	Wed	Food and Agriculture	Badgley
	7-Dec	Fri	The Water-Energy Nexus	Poulsen
Lab	3-7 Dec		Student Presentations - rooms TBA
15	10-Dec	Mon	Final Class Summary - Shifting Paradigms? Course evaluations	All
	14-Dec	Fri	FINAL EXAM 1:30-3:30 pm
Last updated:
28 Nov 2012