TENTATIVE CLASSROOM AND FIELD/LABORATORY SCHEDULE

Wk	Date	Classroom Topic	Readings	Field/Laboratory	Due in Classroom
1	Jan 16	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day		No lab
	Jan 18	Introduction	pp. 7-10 & Chp 1		SQ#1
	Jan 20	Environmental Ethics and Science	Chp 2		SQ#2 & LE#1
2	Jan 23	SCHNOPS & BIMS Blackbox Ecosystems	Chp 3, pp 48-57	Using GPS (Module 1)—Campus/lab, 322 ApH	SQ#3a
	Jan 25	Energy Flow—Trophic structure	Chp 3, pp 57-61		SQ#3b
	Jan 27	Energy Flow—Production	Chp 3, pp 57-61 Chp 4, pp 82-83		SQ#3c & LE#2
3	Jan 30	Material Cycles	Chp 3, pp 61-69	Lake Studies Field Work (Modules 3 and 5)—Lake Hiawatha, south MPLS	SQ#3d
	Feb 1	Critical Factors and ROT	Chp 4, pp 71-75		SQ#4a
	Feb 3	Ecological Niche & Competition	Chp 4, pp 75-79		SQ#4b & LE#3
4	Feb 6	Other Species Interactions	Chp 4, pp 77-82	What Physical Measurements Tell Us About Lakes (Module 4)—Lab, 322 ApH	SQ#4c
	Feb 8	Community Properties	Chp 4, pp 82-85		SQ#4d & LE#4
	Feb 10	Ecological Succession	Chp 4, pp 86-92		SQ#4e
5	Feb 13	Dynamics of Pop Growth	Chp 6	Importance of Zooplankton (Module 8)— Lab, 322 ApH	SQ#6a
	Feb 15	Dynamics of Pop Growth (cont)	Chp 6		SQ#6b
	Feb 17	Test #1 (through Feb 15)
6	Feb 20	Human Population Demography	Chp 7, pp 124-37	Coliform Bacteria Field Work (Module 9)—field/lab	SQ#7a
	Feb 22	Testing Hypotheses about Human Demography			LE#5
	Feb 24	Demographic Transition & Family Planning	Chp 7, pp. 138-45		SQ#7b
7	Feb 27	Environmental Health: Diseases and Toxins	Chp 8, pp. 146-53	Coliform Bacteria: What do they tell us? (Module 10)—lab, 322 ApH	SQ#8a & LE#6
	Mar 1	Toxicology, Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification	Chp 8, pp. 153-61		SQ#8b
	Mar 3	Measuring Toxicity: Correlation and Dose-Response	Chp 8, pp 161-166		SQ#8c
8	Mar 6	Hunger & Trends in World Food Production	Chp 9, pp 169-77	Chlorophyll-a: trophic status in lakes (Module 6)—lab	SQ#9a & LE#7
	Mar 8	Agricultural Challenges	Chp 9, pp 177-85		SQ#9b
	Mar 10	Revolutions and Sustainable Agriculture	Chp 9, pp 185-93		SQ#9c
MARCH 13-17 SPRING BREAK

TENTATIVE CLASSROOM AND FIELD/LABORATORY SCHEDULE (cont)

Wk	Date	Classroom Topic	Readings	Field/Laboratory	Due in Classroom
9	Mar 20	Pesticides—Benefits & Problems	Chp 10, pp 195-06	Invasive Species (Module 16)—lab	SQ#10a
	Mar 22	Pesticide Alternatives	Chp 10, pp 206-15		SQ#10b
	Mar 24	Test #2 (through Mar 22)
10	Mar 27	Water Use & Abuse	Chp 17	Fishes as Environmental Indicators: Field work (Module 14)—stream sites in the Twin Cities	SQ#17
	Mar 29	Cultural Eutrophication	Chp 18, pp 381-83		SQ#18a
	Mar 31	Water Pollution	Chp 18, pp 377-93		SQ#18b & EIT#2
11	Apr 3	Water Pollution Control	Chp 18, pp 394-02	Fishes as Environmental Indicators: Determining IBI (Module 15)—lab	SQ#18c
	Apr 5	Smogs and Other Air Pollutants	Chp 16, pp 328-41		SQ#16a
	Apr 7	Acid Rain and other Impacts	Chp 16, pp 341-46		SQ#16b
12	Apr 10	Interventions	Chp 16, pp 346-52	Macroinvertebrates as as Environmental Indicators: Field work (Module 11)—stream sites in the Twin Cities	SQ#16c & EIT#3 or #4
	Apr 12	Air and Climate	Chp 15, pp 306-18 (selective reading)		SQ#15a
	Apr 14	Global Warming	Chp 15, pp 319-27		SQ#15b
13	Apr 17	Global Warming (cont)	Chp 15, pp 319-27	Macroinvertebrates as as Environmental Indicators: Sample processing (Module 12)—lab	SQ#15c
	Apr 19	Energy Use	Chp 19		SQ#19 & EIT#5
	Apr 21	Sustainable Energy	Chp 20		SQ#20
14	Apr 24	Biodiversity	Chp 11, pp 216-30	Macroinvertebrates as as Environmental Indicators: Determining metrics (Module 13)—lab	SQ#11a
	Apr 26	Endangered Species	Chp 11, pp 230-36		SQ#11b
	Apr 28	Altered Habitats	Chp 12		SQ#12 & EIT#6
15	May 1	Preserving Nature	Chp 13, pp 263-74		SQ#13a
	May 3	Biodiversity Hotspots	Handouts		EIT #7 or #8
	May 5	Restoration Ecology	Chp 13, pp 275-87		SQ#13b
May 11 Final Exam (1:30 -3:30 pm) Comprehensive

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