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Week 1: The Nature of Science
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Tuesday, February 7 |
Overview of course Introductions |
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Thursday, February 9 |
No formal class: Observation through the Arb
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Week 2: The Nature of Science
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Tuesday, February 14 |
Readings due: Skloot: Part 1 Phenology in the ARB (1) |
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Thursday, February 16 |
Plant science (1) Basic of Regional Birds Science in the news |
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Week 3: The Nature of ScienceIntersection of science, justice, poverty and science advancement/research
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Tuesday, February 21 |
Readings due: Skloot: Part 2, NOS from AAAS Film: The Way of All Flesh: Henrietta Lacks |
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Thursday, February 23 |
Plant Science (2) Begin Plant Propagation Experiments Basic of Regional Birds (Birds and Feeder Study) |
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Week 4: The Nature of Science
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Tuesday, February 28 |
Readings Due: Skloot: Part 3 Guest speaker |
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Thursday, March 1 |
Plant Science (3) Plant Propagation Experiments (ongoing) Science in the News Feeder Results: e Bird (Citizen Science) |
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Week 5: Intersection of Agriculture, Science, Economics and Policy with Food and Nutrition
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Tuesday, March 6 |
Readings due: Nestle: Introduction, Chapters 1-5 Nutrition 101s |
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Thursday, March 8 |
Plant propagation experiments: presenting results Phenology in the Arb: Part 2 |
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Week 5: Intersection of Agriculture, Science, Economics and Policy with Food and Nutrition
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Tuesday, March 13 |
Readings due: Nestle: Chapters 6-15 and Pollan (Hand out in class: Corn) Science of Omnivore's: Photosynthesis, Pollination, Nitrogen cycle/fixing, energy transfer in ecosystems |
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Thursday, March 15 |
Investigative study foods Science in the News |
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Week 7: Intersection of Agriculture, Science, Economics and Policy with Food and Nutrition
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Tuesday, March 20 |
Readings due: Nestle: Introduction, Chapters16-25 and Pollan (Hand out in class: Grass) Phenology in the ARB (3) |
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Thursday, March 22 |
Science of Nutrition Film: Food Inc. |
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Week 8: Intersection of Agriculture, Science, Economics and Policy with Food and Nutrition |
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Tuesday, March 27 |
Readings due: Nestle: Introduction, Chapters 26 to conclusion (finish book) Nobel 2010 with Marion Nestle |
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Thursday, March 29 |
Science of Nutrition (2) Results of investigative study Overview of research paper Science in the News Science notebooks due |
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Spring Break
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Week 9: Water in the Natural World
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Tuesday, April 10 |
Readings due: A Civil Action (first third) Science of Water Begin Insect Ecology and experiments with Danaus plexippus
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Thursday, April 12 |
Planning and conducting experimental design |
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Week 10: Water in the Natural World
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Tuesday, April 17 |
Readings due: A Civil Action (second third) Water in the world and a natural resource |
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Thursday, April 19 |
ARB: Plants of our regional natural history: Coniferous trees Survival and the monarch: Adaptations, defense Watch: Flow outside of class |
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Week 11: Water in the Natural World
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Tuesday, April 24 |
A Civil Action (last third) Water Conservation: Peter Gleik Nobel 2009 Bringing water together: A Civil Action, Flow and Gleik |
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Thursday, April 26 |
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Week 12: Evolution |
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Tuesday, May 1 |
Evolution 101: Readings Distributed in class Citizen Science: MLMP Results of monarch experiments |
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Thursday, May 3 |
Citizen Science: Worm Watch and Extractions Adaptations of plants and animals as mechanisms of natural selection |
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Week 13: Evolution, Natural Selection Global Climate Change |
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Tuesday, May 8 |
Evolution and a changing world Experiment Design due |
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Thursday, May 10 |
Arb: Phenology 4 Spring wildflowers; deciduous trees Science notebooks due |
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Week 13: Bringing it all together |
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Tuesday, May 15 |
Research Presentations Due |
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Final Exam: Saturday, May 19, 2012 |
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Updated: February 3, 2012 URL: http://homepages.gac.edu/~mkoomen/cur260/springschedule260.html |
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