ES 160: Concepts of Environmental Science

Westminster College

Spring 2012

Homework

Due	Reading	Problems	Posted
Due	Reading	Problems	Posted
Jan. 17	Chapters 1, 2.1-3		Jan. 18
Jan. 19	Chapter 9.1-9.4		Jan. 18
Jan. 24			Jan. 22
Jan. 26	Ch 2.4, 2.5 and Ch. 3.1-3.2	Chapter 9 Practice Quiz questions 2-4 and Critical Thinking question 1 and 4	Jan. 22
Jan. 31	Ch 3.3-3.5		Jan. 27
Feb. 2	Ch 5		Jan. 22
Feb. 7	Ch 6		Feb. 16
Feb. 9	Ch 7.1-7.3		Feb. 16
Feb. 14	Ch 2.6, Ch 7.4-7.9		Feb. 16
Feb. 16	Ch 4		Feb. 16
Feb. 21			Feb. 16
Feb. 23	Ch 12	Ch 2: PQ 2.7, 2.11 CT 2.3, 2.5 Ch 3: PQ 3.1, 3.3-3.6, 3.8, 3.10 CT 3.3 Ch 5: PQ 5.2 CT 5.4 Ch 6: PQ 6.5, 6.7 CT none Ch 7: PQ 7.1, 7.4-7.13 CT none	Feb. 16
Feb. 28	Ch 12		Feb. 16
Mar. 1	topic: Hydrolic Fracturing		Feb. 16
Mar. 6	Spring Break
Mar. 8	Spring Break
Mar. 13	topic: Hydrolic Fracturing and Alternative Energy		Mar. 14
Mar. 15	Chapter 12: Alternative energy		May 7
Mar. 20	Chapter 14: Economics		May 7
Mar. 22	Chapter 10: Water resources		May 7
Mar. 27	Chapter 8: Toxicology		May 7
Mar. 29	Chapter 8: Toxicology		May 7
Apr. 3	Chapter 9.5-9.9: Air pollution		May 7
Apr. 5	Topic Air pollution		May 7
Apr. 10	No Class (T is M)
Apr. 12	Chapter 10.6-10.9: Water pollution		May 7
Apr. 17	Chapter 11: Geology-rocks		May 7
Apr. 19	Chapter 11: Geology-streams		May 7
Apr. 24	Chapter 13: Solid and Hazardous wastes		May 7
Apr. 26	Chapter 13: Solid and Hazardous wastes		May 7
May 1	Research project presentations		May 7
May 3	Chapter 15: Environmental Policy and Sustainablitity (argue case to government)	Suggested questions: Ch 8: PQ 5-10, CT 3 Ch 9:PQ8,9, How do conventional air pollutants impact human health? Ch 10: PQ 4, 7-9 Ch 11: PQ 1-3, 7-8, 11-13 Ch 12: PQ 3-10 Ch 13: PQ 3,5,7 Ch 14: PQ 4,6,10,11	May 7
May. 9	Final Exam at 11:30am