CPSG100 Science & Global Change First Year Colloquium I
"Awful Changes": The Reality of Environmental Crises & the Nature of Science
Colloquium CCC 1250 Tues. 3:30-4:50 pm
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SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EVENTS

Week Date & Topic

Move-In Week Students living on campus, please plan to move in on or before 8/26
8/26 Scholars Under the Lights (7-8 pm, Xfinity fields)
8/27 Service Day
Week of 8/30 8/31 Colloquium: Introductions; Logistics of Class; Practical Advice for Being an Effective University Student
9/2 Convocation (7 pm, The Clarice)
9/3 Scholars Block Party (2-4 pm, Cambridge Community Quad); also, Pre-Course Knowledge Survey due
Week of 9/6 9/7 Colloquium: What is Global Change, and Why Should I Care?
9/7 Reading: Kida Introduction and Chaps. 1-3
9/12 (Sun.) Metro Scavenger Hunt
Week of 9/13 9/14 Colloquium: What is Science?
9/14 Reading: Kida Chaps. 4-6; Sagan Preface & Chap. 1
9/17 Quiz 1 due
9/19 CANCELLED: EXCURSION: Fossil hunting at Bayfront Park, Chesapeake Beach, MD
Week of 9/20 9/21 Colloquium: Scientific Method 101: Observations & Hypotheses
9/21 Reading: Kida Chaps. 7-9
9/21 Metro Scavenger Hunt submissions due
Online Lecture: Overview of the Portfolio; Files, Folders, Servers & Uploading a File
Week of 9/27 9/28 Colloquium: Falsifiability and Hypotheses In-Class; Opportunities on Campus Student Panel
9/28 Reading: Kida Chaps. 10-12, Epilogue
10/1 Quiz 2 due
10/2 EXCURSION: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD
Week of 10/4 10/5 Colloquium: Scientific Method 201: "Just a Theory"
10/5 Reading: Sagan Chaps 1-4
10/5 Uploaded image due
Online Lecture: Anatomy of a Scientific Paper
Online Lecture: Effectiveness and Honesty
Week of 10/11 10/12 Colloquium: Anatomy of a Scientific Paper In-class; The Honor Code, Academic Honesty & You in-class
10/12 Reading: Sagan Chaps 5-8
Online Lecture: Argumentation and Logical Fallacies
Online Lecture: HTML and Website Design (see assignment and template)
10/15 Anatomy of a Scientific Paper Takehome due
Week of 10/18 10/19 Colloquium: Identifying Logical Fallacies in-class; HTML review in-class
10/19 Reading: Sagan Chaps. 9-12
Online Lecture: Sagan's Toolbox
10/22 Quiz 3 due
10/23 EXCURSION: Philip Merrill Environmental Center, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Headquarters, Annapolis, MD
Week of 10/25 10/26 Colloquium: Using Sagan's Toolbox in-class; HTML troubleshooting in-class
10/26 Reading: Sagan Chaps. 13-16
Online Lecture: Modern Plesiosaurs, Ancient Astronauts, and Hollow-Earth Antarctic Space Nazis: the Lure and Lore of Pseudoscience
Online Lecture: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
10/29 Base HTML portfolio due
Week of 11/1 11/2 Colloquium: Pseudoscience Today in-class; Troubleshooting CSS
11/2 Reading: Kolbert Prologue & Chaps. I-III
11/5 Quiz 4
Week of 11/8 11/9 Colloquium: Reading the Rocks: Earth and Life Through Time
11/9 Reading: Kolbert Chaps. IV-VII
11/9 CSS-modified Portfolio due
11/13 EXCURSION: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Week of 11/15 11/16 Colloquium: Environments of the Past: Every Rock is a Record of the Environment in Which it Formed; Portfolio Peer-Review Assessments in-class
11/16 Reading: Kolbert Chaps. VIII-X
11/19 Peer-Review Group Assessment of Portfolio due
11/19 Quiz 5
Week of 11/22 11/23 Colloquium: Lecture: Awful Changes: The Fossil Record of Environmental Crises
11/23 Reading: Kolbert XII-XIII
11/23 Final Peer-reviewed e-Portfolio due
11/24-26 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week of 11/29 11/30 Colloquium: The Sixth Extinction: Reflections and Discussions in-class
Online Lecture: Climate and Cultures
12/3 Quiz 6 due
Week of 12/6 12/7 Colloquium: Human History and Climate Change in-class; Semester Wrap-Up
12/10 Final Quiz due
Week of 12/13 12/13 "Expectations vs. Reality" Reflection Essay due
12/13 Excursion Report due