CPSG100 Science & Global Change First Year Colloquium I
"Awful Changes": The Reality of Environmental Crises & the Nature of Science
Colloquium CCC 1205 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 8/25
8/25 Scholars Under the Lights (7-8 pm, Bob "Turtle" Smith Baseball Stadium)
8/26 Service Day
Week of 8/29 8/30 Colloquium: Introductions; Logistics of Class; Practical Advice for Being an Effective University Student
9/1 Convocation (7 pm, The Clarice)
9/2 Scholars Block Party (2-4 pm, Cambridge Community Quad); also, Pre-Course Knowledge Survey due
Week of 9/5 9/6 Colloquium: What is Global Change, and Why Should I Care?
9/6 Reading: Kida Introduction and Chaps. 1-3
9/11 (Sun.) Metro Scavenger Hunt
Week of 9/12 9/13 Colloquium: What is Science?
9/13 Reading: Kida Chaps. 4-6; Sagan Preface & Chap. 1
9/16 Quiz 1 due
9/17 (Sat.) EXCURSION: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD
Week of 9/19 9/20 Colloquium: Scientific Method 101: Observations & Hypotheses
9/20 Reading: Kida Chaps. 7-9
9/20 Metro Scavenger Hunt submissions due
Online Lecture: Overview of the Portfolio; Files, Folders, Servers & Uploading a File
Week of 9/26 9/27 Colloquium: Scientific Method 201: "Just a Theory"
9/27 Reading: Kida Chaps. 10-12, Epilogue
9/30 Quiz 2 due
Week of 10/4 10/5 Colloquium: Argumentation and Logical Fallacies
10/5 Reading: Sagan Chaps 1-4
10/5 Uploaded image due
Online Lecture: HTML and Website Design (see e-Portfolio assignment and template)
Week of 10/10 10/11 Colloquium: Anatomy of a Scientific Paper; HTML review
10/11 Reading: Sagan Chaps 5-8
10/14 (Optional) Mid-Semester Evaluation due
Week of 10/17 10/18 Colloquium: Sagan's Toolbox
10/18 Reading: Sagan Chaps. 9-12
10/21 Quiz 3 due
10/21 Base HTML portfolio due
10/23 (Sun.) EXCURSION: Philip Merrill Environmental Center, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis, MD
Week of 10/24 10/25 Colloquium: The Honor Code, Honesty & You; HTML troubleshooting in-class
10/25 Reading: Sagan Chaps. 13-16
Online Lecture: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
10/30 (Sun.) EXCURSION: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Week of 10/31 11/1 Colloquium: Opportunities on Campus panel; Portfolio Peer-Review Assessments in-class
11/1 Reading: Kolbert Prologue & Chaps. I-III
11/1 CSS-modified Portfolio due
11/4 Quiz 4
Week of 11/7 11/8 Colloquium: Modern Plesiosaurs, Ancient Astronauts, and Hollow-Earth Antarctic Space Nazis: the Lure and Lore of Pseudoscience
11/8 Reading: Kolbert Chaps. IV-VII
Week of 11/14 11/15 Colloquium: Reading the Rocks: Earth and Life Through Time
11/15 Reading: Kolbert Chaps. VIII-X
11/18 Peer-Review Group Assessment of Portfolio due
11/18 Quiz 5
Week of 11/21 11/22 Colloquium: Lecture: Awful Changes: The Fossil Record of Environmental Crises
11/22 Reading: Kolbert XII-XIII
11/22 Final Peer-reviewed e-Portfolio due
11/23-25 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week of 11/28 11/29 Colloquium: The Sixth Extinction: Reflections and Discussions in-class
12/2 Quiz 6 due
12/3 (Sat.) [provisional date] EXCURSION: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Week of 12/6 12/6 Colloquium: Human History and Climate Change; Semester Wrap-Up
12/9 Final Quiz due
Week of 12/12 12/12 "Expectations vs. Reality" Reflection Essay due
12/12 Excursion Report due