Issues in Ecology and the Environment IDS 3304
		Schedule Week Date Learning Activities 1 Jan. 8 Introduction Syllabus/Texts Exercise: List four . . . . First Assignment Selecting your island What is science and understanding Evolution Natural Selection--Darwin's Finches Video 2 Jan. 15 No Class–M.L.K. Birthday 3 Jan. 22 Lobban Chapter 1: Islands, People, and Knowledge Maori video Class discussion: The Mystery of Easter Island Attendance paper 4 Jan. 29 Lobban Chapter 2: Ecosystems: Relationships Between Organisms Library Research (World population figures, ILL, databases, ecol and environmental information on Pacific and FL.) Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 5 Feb. 5 Lobban Chapter 3: Habitat and Climate Short Paper on Hawaii due. Sample outline available Class exercise: Unwanted Species in Hawaii Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 6 Feb. 12 Lobban Chapter 4: Soil Grassland, and Forest Communities and Our Use of Them Class exercise: Legal Rights for Trees and Streams Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 7 Feb. 19 Lobban Chapter 5: Aquatic Habitats Class Discussion: Threats to the World's Water Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 8 Feb. 26 Lobban Chapter 6: Coral Reef Ecosystems and Our Use of Them Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 9 March 5 Lobban Chapter 7: Island Populations--I. How species Get to Islands and what Happens When They Do. Short paper on Lives on the Line due. View sample outline Environmental Issues Population Growth Differing Approaches to the Population Problem 6 Billion Human Beings Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 10 March 12 NO CLASS–Spring Break 11 March 19 Lobban Chapter 8: Island Populations--II. Pests and Endangered Species See the penguins! If you do not see the video playing when you click on "See the penguins", then you probably need to download the player. Click on the real player button to download now. Class exercise: Saving the Galapagos Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 13 March 26 Lobban Chapter 9: Sustainability: Wise Use of Resources Debate: Are Major Changes Needed to Avert a Global Environmental Crisis?" Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 14 Apr. 2 Lobban Chapter 10: Dealing with Our Waste Class exercise: Should Nuclear Bomb Testing be Resumed?" Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 15 Apr. 9 Lobban Chapter 11: Global Issues on Island Earth OCF Managing the Commons [See E-Reserve link ocf.] Site visit discussion _________________ _______________ Attendance paper 16 Apr. 16 Presentations Island Paper due: "A" papers will be published on Pacific Expeditions Webstite and eligible for Ampersand nomination. 17 Apr. 23 Presentations
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