SCI 256 - People,
Science, and The Environment
The University of Phoenix
2011 Ground Classes & Directed Study
Syllabus/Assignments,
Ground Class- Turnpike Campus, CO --- May 4 to June 1, 2011
Syllabus Instructor
Policies (ver 3.0)
University Policies are available via login to the OLS.
Paper Replacement Videos:
Video for Paper -#1 Part 1 2 3 4 (all 175mb files except the last (100mb))
Video
#2 for this paper
(344 mb file)
Transcript
for Glenn's Show (For Video 2).
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Text marked in yellow (in class) will be the material emphasized in the final exam. More complete lectures are below.
This material generally follows Version 3 of the UofP syllabus.
Lecture 1 - Week
1
Environmental
Science, The Scientific Method, Environmentalism, and Populations Ch 1-4
Power Point Version
HTML Version
Adobe Version
The lecture itself
Easier to Load frame by frame Doesn't require
Office to view (very large)
Lecture 2 - Week 2 Natural
Ecosystems, Population Dynamics Ch 5-6, 9-10
Power Point Version
HTML Version
Adobe Version
The
lecture itself
Easier to Load frame by frame Doesn't require
Office to view (very large)
Lecture 3 - Week 3 Natural Resources, Food, and Energy Ch 11-14, 17-20
Power Point Version
HTML Version
Adobe Version
The
lecture itself
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Office to view (very large)
Lecture 4 and 5- Week 4 and 5 Environmental Pollution and Policies Ch 21-25
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Adobe Version
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lecture itself
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The notes below here were posted for Version 2 of the class with an older textbook.
For those unable to find the
"scientific method" UofP article for Week 1's assignment (in the online syllabus)- it is reproduced
here:
MS Word
Format HTML Format
PDF Format
Lecture 1 - Week 1 Environmental Science, The Scientific Method, and Environmentalism (Ch 1-3)
Power Point Version
HTML Version
WARNING LARGE
FILE!
Easier to Load frame by frame
8 mb
= a slow download via dialup
It is best to Right Click, Save Target As... (in
Windows)
Then run Power
Point
Lecture 2 - Week 2 Natural
Ecosystems, Population Dynamics Ch 4-9, 22
Power Point Version
HTML Version
WARNING LARGE
FILE!
Easier to Load frame by frame
8 mb
= a slow download via dialup
It is best to Right Click, Save Target As... (in
Windows)
Then run Power
Point
Lecture 3 - Week 3 Resource
Management Ch 10-15,19-21 (SKIPPING Chapters 14-15)
Power Point Version
HTML Version
WARNING EXTREMELY LARGE
FILE!
Easier to Load frame by frame
21 mb
= a slow download via dialup
It is best to Right Click, Save Target As... (in
Windows)
Then run Power
Point
Lecture 4 - Week 4 Resource
Management Ch 16-18 (SKIPPING Chapters 1 and 24)
Power Point Version
HTML Version
WARNING LARGE
FILE!
Easier to Load frame by frame
15 mb
= a slow download via dialup
It is best to Right Click, Save Target As... (in
Windows)
Then run Power
Point
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Quiz/Test Info:
Quizzes will be 15 multiple choice questions on the BIG topics (not a trivia
test) - if you did the reading and got the second pass on the material in the
class lecture, you'll do fine. These will be posted each week on
this website.
The final TEST
will be a longer (about 45 questions) test, multiple choice and open
book/open notes.
Full Sized Lectures (not yellowed text-ed, but much more complete than above):
Week 1 PPT
9 mb or HTML
Week 2 PPT 32mb or HTML
Week 3 PPT 35mb or HTML
Week 4 PPT 15mb or HTML
This page was last updated: 05/03/2011