Last updated: 04/06/07
Geography 361 - Environmental Hazards
Spring 2008 Schedule
(subject to revision - last updated April 24, 2008)
| Date | Week | Lecture Topics | Reading/Assignments |
| Jan. 22 | 1 |
Class Overview
Pre-Assessment Introduction to Environmental Hazards |
Go over Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Assignment #1 Assignment #2 Assignment #3 Assignment #4 Self Editing - Suggestions Notes on Writing Papers and Theses |
| Jan. 24 |
Environmental Hazards and Team Building
Note: Meet in the Tamarack Room of the Davies Center Assignment #1 Due After Class Group - P266B |
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| Jan. 29 | 2 |
Introduction to Environmental Hazards
Assignment #2 Due After Class Group - P266B |
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| Jan. 31 |
Introduction to Environmental Hazards
Assignment #3 Due |
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| Feb. 5 | 3 |
Overview - Energy Flows & Natural Disasters
After Class Group - P266B |
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| Feb. 7 |
Exam #1 Introduction and Energy Flows
(Individual and Group) |
Chapters 1 & 2
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| Feb. 12 | 4 |
Volcanic Eruptions Overview
Introduce Team Project After Class Group - P266B |
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| Feb. 14 |
Exam #2 Volcanic Eruptions
(Individual and Group) |
Chapters 8 & 9
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| Feb. 19 | 5 |
Chapters 8 & 9
Assignment #5 |
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| Feb. 21 |
Video: An Inconvenient Truth
Weblink |
Chapter 11
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| Feb. 26 | 6 | Long Term Climate Change Overview Assignment #6 Due After Class Group - P266B |
Chapter11
Assignment #6 |
| Feb. 28 |
Exam #3 Long Term Climate Change
(Individual and Group) Team Research Project Meeting Report Due |
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| Feb. 29 |
Field Trip
7:45 Bus Loading (corner of Park and Roosevelt Avenue) 8:00 Bus Departure 9:30-11:30 St. Anthony Falls Laboratory Tour and Demonstrations 11:30-12:30 Travel along Mississippi River by Bus Visit Minehaha Park (eat lunch that you brought with you) 12:30 arrive Science Museum of Minnesota Check-in, Museum floor maps Mississippi National River (NPS) 2:00 Omnitheater: Alps 3:00 - 4:30 Science on the Sphere, GeoWall 4:30 - 6:00 Museum Exhibits including: Mississippi River Gallery: Experiment Gallery Deadly Medicine Exhibit Dinner 6:00 Load up Bus 8:00 Planned arrival back in Eau Claire |
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| Mar. 4 | 7 |
Long Term Climate Change
Assignment #7 Due Field Trip Report #1 Due After Class Group - P266B |
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| Mar. 6 |
BITS Workshop - Dreamweaver
Team Research Project |
Lab SSS 210
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| Mar. 11 | 8 |
BITS Workshop - Illustrator Team Research Project |
Lab HHH 218 |
| Mar. 13 |
Team Research Project
Team Research Project - Outline Due |
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| Mar. 18 | Spring Break - No Classes | ||
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| Mar. 25 | 9 |
Mass Extinction/Great Dyings Overview
DVD: Collisions and Impacts Assignment #8 Due After Class Group - P266B |
Chapter 16
Assignment #8 |
| Mar. 27 |
Video: Extinction!
Science on the Sphere Assessment |
Chapter 16
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| April 1 | 10 | Exam #4 Mass Extinction/Great Dyings (Individual and Group) Assignment #9 Due After Class Group - P266B |
Chapter 16 Assignment #9 |
| April 3 |
Short Term Climate Change & Severe Weather Overview
Video: Lightning |
Chapter 12
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| April 8 | 11 |
Short Term Climate Change & Severe Weather Overview
Video: Tornadoes Assignment #10 Due After Class Group - P266B |
Chapter 12
Assignment #10 |
| April 10 |
Exam #5 Short Term Climate Change & Severe Weather
(Individual and Group) |
Chapter 12
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| April 15 | 12 |
Red Cross Speaker: Jon Lee
Assignment #11 Due After Class Group - P266B |
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| April 17 |
Floods Overview
Video: Floods |
Chapter 14
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| April 22 | 13 |
Living through a Tornado
Guest Speaker Marian Ennen Floods Overview Assignment #12 Due After Class Group - P266B |
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| April 24 |
Exam #6 Floods
(Individual and Group) |
Chapter 14
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| April 29 | 14 |
Speaker: Steve Horner & Field Trip
UWEC Floodplain Management Assignment #13 Due Draft of Team Presentation Due After Class Group - P266B |
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| April 30 |
Red Cross Mass Care Workshop
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6:00 - 9:00 pm in P267
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| May 6 | 15 |
Floods
Assignment #14 Due Field Trip Report #2 Due Field Trip Report #3 Due After Class Group - P266B |
Chapter 14
Assignment #14 |
| May 6 |
Red Cross Mass Care Workshop
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6:00 - 9:00 pm in P267
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| May 8 |
Summary/Course Evaluation
Team Research Project Abstract Due |
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| May 13 | Finals |
Exam Time - 1:00 - 2:50 pm in Phillips 281 Team Project Presentations Assignment #4 Due |
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Last updated: 04/06/07