CPSG101 Science & Global Change First Year Colloquium II
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Causes and Impacts of the Climate Crisis
CCC 1205 Tues. 3:30-4:50 pm
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SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EVENTS

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Week Date & Topic

Week of 1/30 1/31 Colloquium: Semester Introduction: Logistics of Class; Mini-lecture: Welcome to the Anthropocene
Week of 2/6 2/7 Colloquium: Lecture: Paleoclimatology
Guest Presentation: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (David Tana, Maryland Outreach Manager)
Reading: Earle Preface, Introduction, Chaps. 1-3
Week of 2/13 2/14 Colloquium: Energy & Systems; Carbon Footprints (intro to assignment); Paleoclimate Proxy Group Project; Team Project overview
2/14 Proxies Homework Assignment due (must be completed by Colloquium time)
Reading: Earle Chaps. 4-5
2/18 Quiz 1
Week of 2/20 2/21 Colloquium: Climatology 101: Insolation and Atmospheres
2/21 Team Project Team Formation & Team Contract due
Reading: Earle Chaps. 6-7
2/26 (Sun.) EXCURSION National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
Week of 2/27 2/28 Colloquium: Guest Presentation: Strategies for Finding an Internship (Kevin Kenneally, Program Director, Internships, University Career Center); Carbon Footprint Group Project
2/28 Carbon Footprint Homework Assignment due (must be completed by Colloquium time)
Reading: Earle Chaps. 8-9
3/1 Quiz 2 due
Week of 3/6 3/7 Colloquium: Climatology 201: Oceans, Geography, Seasons, and Cycles
Reading:Earle Chaps. 10-11
3/10 Team Project Annotated Bibliography due
3/11 (Sat.) EXCURSION: Tree planting with Blue Water Baltimore in Ashco East community, West Baltimore, MD
Week of 3/13 3/14 Colloquium: Climate Change: How We Know It Happens & How We Know It's Us
3/14 Carbon Footprint Infographic Upload due
Reading: McGuire Forward, Chaps. 1-3
3/17 Quiz 3 due
Week of 3/20 SPRING BREAK
Week of 3/27 3/28 Colloquium: Storms of Our Grandchildren: Climate Change Effects on Weather and Water
Reading: McGuire Chaps. 4-6
3/31 Team Project Draft PowerPoint due
Week of 4/3 4/4 Colloquium: Guest Presentations: Green Fellowship Winners Sydney Shelton, Kathrine Udell-Lopez, and Sandy Herho
Reading: McGuire Chaps. 7-8
4/7 Team Project Final Video due on ELMS
Week of 4/10 4/11 Colloquium: The Value of the Biosphere
Reading: McGuire Chaps. 9-10
4/14 Team Project Within-Team Peer Evaluation due
Week of 4/17 4/18 Colloquium: Climate Change, Economics & National Security
4/21 Quiz 4 and Team Project Student Evalutions due
4/22 (Sat.) EXCURSION: Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies and Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD
Week of 4/24 4/25 Colloquium: What's the Worst that Could Happen? Abrupt Climate Change, the Sixth Extinction, and Other Ongoing Existential Crises
Week of 5/1 5/2 Colloquium: "Possible Futures" Group Project
Reading: "Possible Futures" provided on ELMS
5/5 Quiz 5 due
5/5 Scholars Academic Showcase, 4-5:30 pm, Edward St. John Building: Please attend!!
5/6 (Sat.) Scholars Kickball Tournament
5/7 (Sun.) EXCURSION National Zoo, Washington, DC
Week of 5/8 5/9 Colloquium: Is There Hope? Planning to Live in a Changing World; Semester Wrap-Up
5/9 Academic Showcase Report, Final Quiz, Excursion Report, Freshman Time Capsule Essay due