Course Materials:

Living In The Environment by Miller, 10th edition (provided)

Composition Notebook

Grading Schedule:

Quarter grades will be determined as follows:

15% will be based on daily participation, journals and homework

45% will be based on field study reports/ activities, and presentations

40% will be based on tests. 

Late homework will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made. Reports, activities and presentations will be accepted after the due date for a 50% deduction. Please refer to student handbook and participation rubric for how plagiarism and cheating will be treated.

Outline:

1. Environmental Problems and Their Causes

2. A Brief History of Resource Use and Conservation

3. Ecosystems and How They Work: Connections in Nature

4. Ecosystems: Niches, Species Interactions, Succession and Stability

5. Climate, Weather and Biodiversity

6. Deforestation and Loss of Biodiversity

7. Sustaining Ecosystems:  Forests, Rangelands, Parks and Wilderness

8. Global Warming and Ozone Loss

9. Air and Air Pollution

10. Water

11. Water Pollution

12. Geologic Processes: The Dynamic Earth

13. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health

14. Solid and Hazardous Waste

15. Minerals and Soil

16. Population Dynamics, Evolution and Human Impacts

17. Population Dynamics: Influencing Population Size

18. Population Distribution: Urban Living and Sustainable Cities

19. Food Resources

20. Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest Control

21. Sustaining Wild Species

22. Environmental Worldviews, Ethics and Sustainability