Physics, Politics & Profits of River Restoration

Schedule

Typical Week

Day Time Activity Room
Mon 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Lecture Sem 2, B1105
  1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Seminar, Workshop, Projects Sem 2, C3109
Sem 2, B3105
Wed 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Workshops & Labs wkshop:LongHouse 1007
lab: Lab 2, 1234
Thurs 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Lecture Sem 2, B1105
  1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Seminar Sem 2, C3107 & C3109

Our first day of class will be Monday, March 31st.


Weekly Schedule...This is a fluid document that will undergo changes as deemed necessary to assist with the learning goals of the program...You will be reading materials in preparation for lectures, workshops, labs, and seminars: Complete the readings before the day in which they are listed.

 

Week One (March 31-April 4)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Program introductions, Day-one Packet, etc.

Handout: Day-one Packet

1-3
SEM 2, B3105

Lecture: Economics & Politics Overview

Lecture: Science Overview


Handout: Seminar Reading for Thursday distributed.

Handout: Assignment description for "Personal Goals for Program"

9-10
Lab 2, 1234

Workshop: Laboratory Safety and Introduction to the lab space

10:30-11:30
LongHouse 1007

Workshop: Group Project Details and Topic Brainstorming

9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Myers Briggs Personality Test


1-3
SEM 2,
C3107 & C3109

Seminar: Introductions & Guidelines plus discussion of "The Hydro-Quebec Dam"

Read:"The Hydro-Quebec Dam"

DUE: Seminar Assignment

DUE: Personal Goals for Program





 

Week Two (April 7-11)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Limits, Alternative and Choices

Read: Brue; pgs up through 69

Lecture: Matter, energy, and the environment

Read:Miller, Ostdiek, & Bord; chapter 1 (Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy)


1-3
SEM 2, B3105

Lecture: Phases of Matter

Read:Miller, Ostdiek, & Bord; pgs 24-34 (Airships & Matter:Phases, Forms, and Forces)

Lecture: Markets



9-11:30
LongHouse 1007

Workshop: Team formation for the group projects

DUE: Project Title with Team Member List (at end of session)


9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Library Workshop (plan to sit together with your team)

DUE: Team Covenant

1-3
SEM 2,
C3107 & C3109

Seminar: India: to struggle is to live

Read: Deep Water, beginning of the book through chapter 5 (pgs 1- 103)

DUE: Seminar Assignment




 

 

Week Three (April 14-18)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Pressure & Density

Film: Drowned Out

Read: Miller, Ostdiek, & Bord; pgs 34-63 (Remaining portion of Physics of Matter)

DUE: Physics HW # 1

DUE: Econ/Finance HW # 1


1-3
SEM 2, B3105
Sem 2, C3109

Team Projects: Group Progress Check-in

DUE: Team Project Proposal

9-11:30
Lab 2, 1234

Lab: Properties of Fluids

DUE: Prelab Assignment


9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Supply and Demand

Read: Brue; pgs 48-68


1-3
SEM 2,
C3107 & C3109

Seminar: Southern Africa: one good dam

Read: Deep Water, chapters 6-10(pgs 107-222)

DUE: Seminar Assignment





 

Week Four (April 21-25)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Several fluid principles; and Physics, water,dams

Read: Miller, Ostdiek, & Bord; chapter 3 (Water)

DUE: Physics HW # 2


1-3
SEM 2, B3105
Sem 2, C3109

Team Projects: Group Progress Check-in

DUE: Team Check-in Report

9-11:30
LongHouse 1007

Lecture: Market Failure

QUIZ # 1 at 9:00

Read: Brue; pgs 70-112

9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Workshop: Time Value of Money

Read: tbd


1-3
SEM 2,
C3107 & C3109

Seminar: Australia: a healthy, working river

Read:Deep Water, chapter 11 through the end of the book(pgs 225-end)

DUE: Seminar Assignment

DUE: Be sure to sign-up for week five conferences





 

Week Five (April 28-May 2)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
ALL DAY
FIELD TRIP

depart campus: 9:55
return campus: 3:00

Bring a Packed Lunch

REMINDER: Lab Packet for Properties of Fluids is due Tomorrow by 2:00 to Rebecca


9-11:30
LongHouse 1007

Team Projects: Group Progress Check-in

DUE: Team Check-in Report

Glenn's team schedule

Rebecca's team schedule


9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
faculty office

Individual check-in conferences scheduled with seminar faculty

Glenn's schedule
Rebecca's schedule





DUE By 2:00 on Tuesday to Rebecca: Lab Packet for "Properties of Fluids"

Week Six (May 5-9)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Electricity

Read:Miller, Ostdiek, & Bord; chapter 4 (Electricity)


1-3
SEM 2, B3105
Sem 2, C3109

Team Projects: Group Progress Check-in

Rebecca's team schedule

Glenn's team schedule

DUE: Team Check-in Report

REMINDER: Comparison and Contrast Paper due Tomorrow by 2:00 to your seminar faculty

9-11:30
Lab 2, 1234

Lab: Electricity

DUE: Prelab Assignment


9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Cover Quiz # 1; Monetary Policy

Read:Brue; pgs 338-386

PowerPoint handouts from today's lecture on Monetary Policy (chpt 15, chpt 16)


1-3
SEM 2,
C3107 & C3109

Seminar: An Enemy of the People

Read: Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People

DUE: Seminar Assignment





DUE By 2:00 on Tuesday to Seminar Faculty Member: Comparison and Contrast Paper

Week Seven (May 12-16)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Energy source alternatives

Read: Miller, Ostdiek, & Bord; chapter 5 (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy)

DUE: Physics HW # 3

1-3
SEM 2, B3105
Sem 2, C3109

Team Projects: Group Progress Check-in

Rebecca's team schedule

Glenn's team schedule

DUE: Team Check-in Report

9-11:30
LongHouse 1007

tour of the underground tunnel system


9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Quiz # 2

Lecture: Presentations

Due: Econ HW # 2

1-3
SEM 2,
C3107 & C3109

Seminar: Film and Discussion





 

Week Eight (May 19-23)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Workshop: What about the fish?

Read: Restoration of Puget Sound Rivers; chapters 1, 5, 7, 8, & 12 (each person will be assigned two of these chapters--if you do not know what you were assigned, read all of them)


1-3
SEM 2, B3105
Sem 2, C3109

Team Projects: Group Progress Check-in

Rebecca's team schedule

Glenn's team schedule UPDATED

DUE: Team Check-in Report

No Class

(Extra Time for Team Projects)

9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Lecture: Cover Quiz # 2

Guest Speaker: Pat McCarty from Tacoma Power

Readings (1, 2, 3)


1-3
SEM 2,
C3107 & C3109

Seminar: "Do We Know How to Do it?"

Read: Restoration of Puget Sound Rivers; chapter 18 "Do We Know How to Do it?" (pgs 483-488)

DUE: Seminar Assignment




DUE By 2:00 on Tuesday to Rebecca: Lab Packet for "Electricity"

Week Nine (May 26-30)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
NO CLASS

Memorial Day


9-11:30
LongHouse 1007 or Lab 2, 1234

Group Presentations


9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Group Presentations


1-3
SEM 2,
C3107 & C3109

Group Presentations





Presentations at The Evergreen Science Carnival will be May 30-31 from 10:00AM - 3:00 PM.

Week Ten (June 2-6)

Monday Wednesday Thursday
9-11:30
SEM 2, B1105

Final Exam in Physics
(Review Sheet)

1-3
SEM 2, B3105
Sem 2, C3109

Scheduled meetings for Presentation Feedback and Group Peer Evaluation Discussions (Group Project Evaluation Form: complete and bring 4 copies)

Team Debrief with Rebecca

Team Debrief with Glenn

DUE: Portfolios

Program Picnic at Tumwater Falls Park

11:00-1:00



No Class

Scheduled meetings for Presentation Feedback and Group Peer Evaluation Discussions

Team Debrief with Rebecca





Evaluation Week Runs from June 9-12, with Graduation on June 13th. Unless you get faculty approval, do not plan to depart campus before June 12. Evaluation conferences will be scheduled with your seminar faculty member. Bring two copies of your self-evaluation, a faculty evaluation of Rebecca, and a faculty evaluation of Glenn to your conference.  (Faculty evaluations can be submitted to the program secretary, Pam Udovich, if you prefer, but still must be submitted by the time of your evaluation conference)…Be prepared to discuss the work you are most proud, your area of greatest growth, and your future academic goals. (EVALUATION Conference Schedule with Glenn) (EVALUATION Conference Schedule with Rebecca is posted on her office door.)

 

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