ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Last Update: 9/30/99 9:29:30 AM

Tentative Course Schedule
 
Day   Topic Text Labs
  • Aug. 31
Notes

Notes

Understanding Our Environment

Building a Better World

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Quiz #1 take home

Iowa Environmental Issues

  • Sept. 7 
Notes

Notes

Matter, Energy & Life

Biological Communities

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Quiz #2

Field Trip-Biology Area

  • Sept 14
Notes Biomes, Restoration, & Management Chapter 5 Article Review #1 due

Quiz #3 take home

Quiz #4a

  • Sept 21 
Notes

Notes

Population Dynamics

Human Populations

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Quiz # 4b

Quiz # 5

Population sampling

  • Sept. 28 
Notes

Notes

Ecological Economics

Environmental Health

Chapter 7

Chapter 8


Exam #1 Chps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Quiz #7 take home
 
 
  • Oct 5 
Notes

Notes

Food, Hunger, & Nutrition

Soil Resources & Agriculture

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Soil properties
Article Review #2 Due
Quiz #6

Quiz #8
 
 

  • Oct 12 
Notes

Notes

Pest Control

Biodiversity

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Species diveresity

Quiz #10 take home

Quiz #11
Exam #2 Chps 6, 7, 8, 9

  • Oct 19
Notes Forests and Rangelands Chapter 13 Article Review #3 due

Quiz # 12 take home

  • Oct 26
Notes Preserving Nature Chapter 14 Quiz # 13
  • Nov. 2 
Notes

Notes

Earth and Its Resources

Air, Climate, Weather

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Quiz # 15 take home

Quiz # 16

Exam #3 chps 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  • Nov 9 
Notes

Notes

Air Pollution

Water Use and Management

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Acid Rain

Quiz # 17 take home

Quiz # 18

  • Nov. 16 
Notes

Notes

Water Pollution

Energy

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Aquarium tests

Article Review #4 Due

Quiz # 19 take home

Quiz # 20

  • Nov. 23
Notes Sustainable Energy Chapter 21 Quiz # 21 take home
  • Nov. 30 
Notes

Notes

Solid, Toxic Waste

Hazardous Waste

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Quiz # 22 

Exam #4 Chps 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Quiz # 23 take home

  • Dec. 7
Notes What Then Shall We do? Chapter 24 Article Review #5 

Exam #5 take home chps 23, 24, 25

  • Dec. 13-16
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