BIO 107 Environmental Science M. Stephen Ailstock smailstock@aacc.edu410/647/3823 Home 410/777/2230 Office 410/777/4012 FAX 4 credit hours – Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory weekly; one semester. A through consideration of the major issues in contemporary environmental science with special emphasis on scientific reasoning and the skills needed to resolve contemporary problems. Major topics include ecosystem dynamics, habitat assessment, pollution resource management and environmental restoration. Students are required to attend occasional scheduled field trips. Lab fee $40. Office Hours
Text: Environmental Science, Bernard Nebel and Richard Wright Grading:
Exam I 100
points Exams & finals Project Presentation/ Term Paper 100 points Total Possible 600 Cheating - Refer to attached sheet. Attendance - Come. It has been my experience that there is a very high correlation between student attendance and the grades they receive, even in classes such as this one where absences are not penalized. Make-up Tests - None without prior notification and a valid documented reason. My Personal Goal - that all students complete the class with a passing grade. Each class member, working in a group of three, will be required to write a 6- to 10-page term paper and make a 5- to 10-minute presentation to the class on a significant contemporary environmental issue. One team member will describe the issue/problems and how the issue is currently addressed. In essence, this person will provide the framework for the other team members by defining the status quo. A second team member will discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the approaches currently used to address the problem. The final team member will provide the group's recommendation for solving the problem or reconciling the issues. This presentation should include the recommendations, how the recommendations could be implemented (who is going to pay for it) and how the success or failure of these recommendations could be measured and then modified.
PROPOSED TOPICS
EXAM I STUDY GUIDE
SOME TERMS TO KNOW Abiotic Anthropogenic Aquifer Autotroph Biodiversity Biome Biosphere Biotic Capillary Water Carnivore Carrying capacity Cell Climate Conservation Consumers Consumptive (water use) Cornucopianism Decomposers Demographer Detritus Ecology Ecological succession Ecosystem Endangered species Endangered Species Act Environment Environmentalism Environmental resistance Evapotranspiration Extinction First Law of Thermodynamics Fecal Food chain Food web Freshwater Gene pool Global warming Gravitational water Greenhouse effect Greenhouse gases Groundwater Habitat Hard water Herbivore Herbivory Heterotroph Humidity Humus Hypothesis Intrinsic value Limiting factor Law of Limiting Factors Loam Marine environment Natural increase Natural resources No-till agriculture Non-consumptive (water use) Nutrient cycles Omnivore Organic Parent material pH Photosynthesis Plankton Plant community Population Population density Predator Prey Primary consumer Producers Rain shadow Range of tolerance Relative humidity Restoration ecology Runoff Saltwater intrusion Scientific method Secondary consumer Sediment 2nd Law of Thermodynamics Silt Soft water Soil Soil erosion Soil profile Steward/Stewardship Subsoil Succession Primary succession Secondary succession Theory Topsoil Transpiration Water cycle Utterly Dismal Theorem Water-holding capacity Watershed Wildlife management World view Lecture Text Introductory Plant Biology by K.R. Stern Click here to go to
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