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Tentative Course Outline:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 124
TENTATIVE SYLLABUS, SPRING 2017
Dates
Topic
Chapter
Jan. 11-13
Introduction & Overview
1
Jan.16-20
January 16, Martin Luther King Day
Human Population Growth
2
Lab:
Bottineau County Soils
Jan. 23-27
Biosphere, Distribution of life
3,4
Lab:
ND Geology and Land Use
Jan 30-Feb 3
Distribution of life, Earth Dynamics
4,5
FIRST HOUR EXAM, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3
Lab:
Communities/Ecosystems video
Feb. 6-10
Principles of Resource Management, Energy Fundamentals 6,7
Lab:
Energy Audit
Feb. 13-17
Energy Fundamentals, Renewable/Alternative Energy
7,8
Lab:
My electricity
Feb. 20-24
February 20, President’s Day
Water Resources, Mineral Resources
9,10
Lab:
ND Water Issues
Feb 27-Mar 3
Mineral Resources
10
SECOND HOUR EXAM, FRIDAY MARCH 3
Lab:
“Public Land Private Profit” (video)
Mar. 6-10
Conserving Biological Resources
11
Lab:
“Should Snowmobiles be allowed in Yellowstone NP?”
Spring Break March 13-17
Mar. 20-24
Land Resources and Management
12
Lab:
Natural Resource Manager
Mar 27-31
Land Resources and Management
12
Lab:
Guest Speaker (Nat. Res. Mgmt.)
Apr. 3-7
Feeding the World
13
THIRD HOUR EXAM FRIDAY APRIL 7
Lab:
The Ocean’s Bounty
Apr 10-14
Principles of Pollution Control
14
Friday April 14-Easter Break
Lab:
My Water, Wastewater, Garbage
Apr 17-21
Monday April 17-Easter Break
Water Pollution
15
Lab:
Water Quality Analysis