SCI 256  -  People, Science, and The Environment             
The University of Phoenix

John Ensworth  

2011 Ground Classes & Directed Study

Environmental Links

Syllabus/Assignments, Ground Class- Turnpike Campus, CO --- May 4 to June 1, 2011
  Syllabus  Instructor Policies   (ver 3.0)
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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).


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

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Lecture 2 - Week 2  Natural Ecosystems, Population Dynamics Ch 5-6, 9-10

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Lecture 3 - Week 3  Natural Resources, Food, and Energy Ch 11-14, 17-20

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Lecture 4 and 5- Week 4 and 5  Environmental Pollution and Policies Ch 21-25

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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:     
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Lecture 1 - Week 1   Environmental Science, The Scientific Method, and Environmentalism (Ch 1-3)

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    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

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    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)

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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)

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    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                                                                                      

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

By John Ensworth