Introduction to Environmental Studies 

Winter 2002 – schedule

                                                                                                                                           

 

Monday

 

9-12 in Lib 1706

 

1:30-3:00 in Lib. 1706

 

Tuesday

 

9-12 Class in Lib. 1612

 

1:30-5:00 (split rooms)

1:30-2:30 in CAB 110

2:30 – 5:00 in Lib. 1612

 

**Labs in Lab II 1234

Wednesday

 

Seminar 9-11

Martha in Lab I 1051

Lin in Lab I 2033

Sharon in Lab I 3033

 

Workshop 11-1 in Lib. 4300

Week one

 

Jan. 6th-8th

 

History of the Environmental Movement

Morning:

·     Introductions and discussion of covenant, syllabus, schedule, and projects

·     History of the environmental movement and organic agriculture

·     Introduction to Tacoma and Commencement Bay field trip

Afternoon:

·     Trade Secrets video by Bill Moyers

·     Sat., January 11th is the WA Environmental Council’s legislative preparatory day.  Tell Lin this afternoon if you plan to attend.

HW due:

·       Early this quarter, read Taking Sides Issues #4, 9, 10, and 11. 

Morning: 

·       Field trip toTacoma.  Meet in parking lot C at 8:45 to depart at 9:00 a.m..  Dress for rain and bring a bag lunch.

·       In Tacoma our host/speaker will be Leslie Ann Rose from Citizens for a Healthy Bay

·       People doing chemistry project meet in Lib 1612 after field trip to discuss molarity calculations.

 

HW due: 

·         Spend an hour or so reading about Tacoma at www.healthybay.org

Seminar: 

·       Silent Spring

Workshop:

·       Jude Van Buren---public health and heavy metal exposure

HW due: 

·       Seminar paper on Silent Spring (if you’re writing a paper this week)

 

 

 

Week two 

 

Jan. 13th-15th

 

Heavy Metal Pollution

Morning: 

·       News flash on toxic fertilizers

·       What is fertilizer?  Plant nutrient lecture.

·       Video My Father’s Garden

Afternoon:

·    Right to Know, Act and Protect

·    Video:  Witness to the Future

HW Due:

·    Read www.fatefulharvest.com (go to “news & upcoming events”, Booksense interview, and reviews section) and www.reporter.org/desktop (go to “What” section at page bottom and then to “fertilizer” and “bio” at bottom of page)

Morning:

·       pH in soil and household chemicals for everyone. Meet in Lab II 1234

 

Afternoon:

·       Project time

·       Chemists do lab on making and diluting solutions, calibration curves, and spectrophotometry.  (potassium permanganate lab)

·       Chemists Molarity homework, stoichiometry review, and pre-lab calculations

Seminar:

·       Fateful Harvest

 

Workshop:

·       Duff Wilson on Fateful Harvest

HW due:

·       Seminar paper on Silent Spring or Fateful Harvest (if you’re writing a paper this week)

 

 

Week three

Jan. 20th-22nd

 

Heavy Metals and Fertilizers

 

No Class:  Martin Luther King Day

 

 

Morning:

·       Project time

·       Chemists do extraction of lead from soil and/or household water

Afternoon:

·       Project time

·       Chemists do statistics and experimental design

HW due:

·       Chemists potassium permanganate lab homework

·       Find a few colleagues and seminar on fateful harvest and toxics in fertilizers sometime out of class.  Make sure you read www.safefoodandfertilizer.com.  Compile a list of questions for Patty Martin and turn them in no later than Tuesday, January 21st.  Email them to Lin sometime before Tuesday if possible so she can send them to Patty. 

9-1.

·       Patty Martin on toxics in fertilizers and the story of Quincy, Washington.

·       Potluck lunch with Patty Martin

 

HW due:

·       Seminar paper on Fateful Harvest (if you’re writing a paper this week)

·       Everyone Chemistry homework on pH

·       Ecology homework for everyone

 

FYI: 

·       Jan. 22nd-25th Eco Farm       Conference (see Martha)

·       January 25th organic landscape management and compost teas workshop at SPSCC (See Martha)

Week four


Jan 27th-29th

 

Food System

Morning:

·       Chemistry workshop on solubility and heavy metals  for everyone

·       Video on food systems

 

Afternoon:

·       Heavy metals and plant uptake

 

HW due:

·       Policy—1 page proposal/plan for project

Morning: 

·       In-class exam

·       Soap and solubility lab for everyone

Afternoon:

·       Project time

·       Science writing workshop for chemists

HW due:

·       Chemistry project proposals due

·       Chemists homework on statistics

 Seminar: 

·        Fast Food Nation

Workshop:

·       Nutrient cycling (Martha)

HW due:

·       Seminar paper on Fateful Harvest or Fast Food Nation (if you’re writing a paper this week)

FYI:

·       Tentative workshop outside of class: Evergreen and beyond. 

Week five

Feb. 3rd-5th

 

Genetic Engineering

 

Morning:

·       Genetic Engineering (Martha)

·       McLibel video

 

Afternoon:

·       Meetings with faculty advisor (bring your portfolio)

·       Project time

·       Optional videos

HW due:

·       Chemistry homework on solubility for everyone

Morning:

·        Meetings with faculty advisor (bring your portfolio)

·       Project time/optional videos

12:00-1:30:  Optional Excel graphing workshop.  Will be essential to chemists if you don’t know how to graph. 

Afternoon:

·         Project time

·        Chemists do their lab project

HW due: 

·        Chemists—lab report on lead lab due

Seminar:

·       Meetings w/advisor (bring portfolio)

·       Project time/optional videos

Workshop:

·        Workshop on genetic engineering

HW due: 

·       Seminar paper on Fast Food Nation (if you write a paper this week).  You should have turned in 2 papers so far. 

·       Read papers on genetic engineering before workshop.

FYI:  TESC internship fair 12-3

Week six  

 

Feb. 10th-12th

 

Pesticides

 

Morning:

·         Field trip to Compost facility in Puyallup

 

Afternoon:

·        Environmental policy

·       Film:  Chemical Valley

 

HW due:

·       Policy project paper outline

·       Ecology homework for everyone

 

Morning:

·        Project time

·       Chemists do their lab project

 

Afternoon:

·       Project time

·       Chemists do their lab project

 

Seminar:

·        Policy on pesticides readings

·       General pesticide readings

 

Workshop:

·        Overview of pesticides

 

HW due:

·        Seminar paper on pesticide readings (if you’re writing a paper this week)

 

Week seven

 

Feb. 17th-19th

 

Endochrine disrupters

 

·       No Class

Morning: 

·        Project time

·       Chemists do their lab project

Afternoon:

·        Project time

·       Chemists do their lab project

 

HW due: 

·       Re-writes of chemistry lab report due.

 

FYI: 

·       Environmental lobby day for the Washington Legislature.

Seminar:

·       Our Stolen Future

Workshop:

·        Assault on the Male video

HW due:

·       Seminar paper on pesticide readings or Our Stolen Future (if you’re writing a paper this week)

·       Policy paper draft due

Week eight

 

Feb. 24th-26th

 

 

 

Morning:

·       In class exam

·       How do endocrine disrupters work? 

 

Afternoon:

·      John Perkins on pesticides

Morning: 

·        Ester Lauder Lab on scents for everyone

·       What makes a poster good?  Poster walk-around

 

Afternoon:

·        Project Time

·       Chemists do analysis of data.  Bring in graphs and tables of your data.

 

Homework due:

·       Graphs and tables of your data.

Seminar:

·       Founders of the New Northwest readings

Workshop:

·       Endocrine disrupters and other contaminants:  public efforts to sunset of ban industrial chemicals (Lin)

HW due:

·       Seminar paper on Our Stolen Future or Founders of the New Northwest (if you’re writing one this week)

·        Chemistry poster due for review.  This should be polished and professional—for most useful feedback, do not think of it as a draft.

·        2 page brief to accompany chem. posters

 

Week nine

 

March 3rd-5th

 

 

Morning:

·       Discussion of efforts in the region

 

 

Afternoon:

·       Chemists meet with Sharon about your posters.

 

Homework due:

·       Final policy papers due

Field Trip TBA

 

 

Seminar:

·        Cradle to Cradle

 

Workshop:

·        Video The Next Industrial Revolution

 

Homework Due:

·       Seminar paper On Founders of the New Northwest or Cradle to Cradle (if you’re writing one this week).  This is your last opportunity to turn in a seminar paper

·       Homework from ester lauder lab for everyone

Week ten

 

March 10th-12th

 

 

Student Poster Session

Student Poster Session

Seminar:

·        Integration:  What have we learned?

 

Workshop:

·       Last Class

·       Potluck and celebration

 

Homework Due:

·       Portfolios due outside your faculty advisor’s office by 2 p.m.

·       No seminar papers accepted this week

 

PROJECT TIME: when you see this listed for Tuesdays, that means those doing the Policy/Social Science/Ecology Option will be meeting in LIB 1612 or CAB110 (our usual and accustomed meeting places). We won’t be there IF (1) we’ve made other plans, such as an outing to the Legislature or (2) groups/individuals are going off to do their project work or (3) we’ve decided to dedicate some of that time to individual project research, library searches, etc. Each Monday afternoon we can safely assume that we’ll know where we’ll be the next day. When in doubt, go to the classroom.

 

Chemists will meet in lab II 1234 during project time unless otherwise notified.

 

EVALUATION WEEK:  Do not make travel plans for before March 21st without consulting your faculty advisor.