Basic terminology
Sustainability, ethics, history, nature of scientific method
LAB: Campus renewable systems walk, your footprint
Earth physical systems
chemistry, matter, energy
geology
mapping, globe literacy
LAB: half-life simulation with M&M's®
Evolution, biodiversity, population ecology
biodiversity, challenges, dynamics, population growth, r and K strategists
Rule of 70, doubling time, exponential growth formula
Logistic growth formula
LAB: fishing simulation
Ecology and species interactions
Biomes, relationships, growth models, predator prey relationships
LAB: predator prey simulation
Ecosystems
Element cycling and sinks
Biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems
LAB: carbon cycling
Ethics and economics
e2 video discussions (PBS), externalized costs, lifecycle analysis
Conservation concepts, models
LAB: feed your village or starve the others
Soils, food and agriculture
Soil structure, function, erosion
LAB: Soils
Water
Sources, sinks, conservation, pollution
LAB: water quality analysis
Air
Atmosphere composition, pollution, climate change
LAB: climate change (visible and IR radiation)
Energy
Basic terminology, measurement, sources and sinks
fossil fuels, renewables
Harvesting methods
Storage methods
Conservation methods, energy audits
LAB: energy audit
Health and toxicology
LD50 and ED50, relationship to pollution, endocrine disruptors, risk assessment, radiation, half life simulations
LAB: toxicology simulation, LD50
Waste
Solid and liquid, hazardous and non, sanitary landfills, waste water treatment
LAB: water treatment
Urbanization, urban planning
Urban growth boundaries, Portland example, food deserts, urban evolution (linear, concentric, bimodal)
LAB: Ideal HPA campus 2050
Sustainability
Environmental policy and legislation, international treaties, individual action, global footprints
LAB: Your footprint again
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