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GLOBAL CHANGE --- SPRING 1999

DATE	TOPIC	LECTURER	ASSIGNMENTS AND READINGS
Mon 1/11	Welcome Back;Introduction to Course	Dr. Howard andStaff	None
Wed 1/13	Introd. to Chemistry; Take A Breath Activity; Composition of Air	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Fri 1/15	Formulas; Introduction to balancing equations; Scientific Notation; Air Quality; Risk Assessment	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Mon 1/18	HOLIDAY	N/A	N/A
Wed 1/20	Atomic Structure, Covalent Bonding, Lewis Structure, Electromagnetic Spectra Wavelength, Energy of Photons, Potential DNA Damage, Safety Lecture	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Fri 1/22	LAB #1. Preparation and Properties of Gases in Breath	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Mon 1/25	Ozone, Chapman Cycle, Free Radicals, Ozone Hole, CFCs	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Wed 1/27	Interaction of CFCs with ozoneIN-CLASS Assignment : Developing Nations’ objections	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Fri 1/29	LAB #2. Analysis of Vinegar	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Mon 2/1	Global Warming, VSEPR Theory, Vibration of C02 with IR	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Wed 2/3	Carbon Cycle, Human Contributions, Mole and Formula Writing, Methane and other Greenhouse gases; EXAM #1	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Fri 2/5	LAB #3. Moles	Bunce	See chemistry handout
Mon 2/8	Basic Meteorology, Weather Terms, Weather Maps	Mogil	To be assigned
Wed 2/10	LAB #4. WeatherInstruments and Weather Maps	O’Connor	To be assigned
Fri 2/12	Climate and Weather Pattern Changes over Time	Mogil	To be assigned
Mon 2/15	Energy Processes	O’Connor	To be assigned
Wed 2/17	LAB #5. Investigations of Basic Energy Processes	O’Connor	To be assigned
Fri 2/19	Effect of Land Features on Local and Global Temperature Patterns	O’Connor	To be assigned
Mon 2/22	Energy Balance in the Atmosphere Greenhouse Effect	Mogil	To be assigned
Wed 2/24	LAB #6. Determining Pollution at Catholic University; Investigation of Automobile Exhausts; Greenhouse Effect; US Climate Analysis	Mogil	To be assigned
Fri 2/26	Fossil Fuels and Air Pollution	O’Connor	To be assigned
3/1-3/5	SPRING BREAK	N/A	N/A
Mon 3/8	Weather and Air PollutionClimatology of Pollution	Mogil	To be assigned
Wed 3/10	LAB #7. Air Pollution Lab	Mogil	To be assigned
Fri 3/12	Vulcanism	O’Connor	To be assigned
Mon 3/15	EXAM #2	Staff	N/A>
Wed 3/17	LAB #8. Volcanic and Astronomic Impact Lab	O’Connor	To be assigned
Fri 3/19	Impact Craters	Mogil	To be assigned
Sat 3/20	OFF CAMPUS FIELD TRIP # 1 11 am - 3PM "The Shadow Knows" Washington, DC	Staff	N/A
Mon 3/22	Effect of Volcanoes and Meteor Impact Craters on Weather and Climate	Mogil	To be assigned
Wed 3/24	LAB #9. Impact Craters Lab; Geoscience Computer Lab	Mogil; O’Conner	To be assigned
Fri 3/26	Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift	O’Conner	To be assigned
Mon 3/29	Effects of Continent Displacement on Oceans, Weather and Climate	Mogil	To be assigned
Wed 3/31	LAB #10. Modeling Coastal Processes	O’Connor	To be assigned
Friday 4/2 & Monday 4/5	HOLIDAYS	N/A	N/A
Wed 4/7	LAB #11. Climate Change Analysis	O’Connor	To be assigned
Fri 4/9	Global Change: Past, Present, and Future	Mogil	To be assigned/TD>
Mon 4/12	EXAM #3	N/A	N/A
Wed 4/14	Computer Lab	Selinger	To be assigned/TD>
Fri 4/16	Lecture - Computer Modeling	Selinger	To be assigned/TD>
Sat 4/17	OFF CAMPUS FIELD TRIP #2 9:30 am - 3:30 pm "Calvert Cliffs --- A Walk through History"	Staff	N/A
Mon 4/19	Lecture - Computer Modeling	Selinger	To be assigned
Wed 4/21	Computer Lab	Selinger	To be assigned
Fri 4/23	Computer Modeling	Selinger	To be assigned
Mon 4/26	Project Presentations	Staff	N/A
Wed 4/28	Project Presentations	Staff	N/A
Fri 4/30	Compulsory Attendance Day - MUST ATTEND	Staff	N/A
Thur 5/6	FINAL EXAM 1:30-3:30 pm	Staff	N/A

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