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MIT Course | Preview | Type of Activity | Instructional Approach | Content Area | SDG |
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| Essay 2 | Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues |
You will need to choose two texts to consider in this paper (see below guidelines for a list of works that you may select from), but you should not write an open-ended comparison of the two texts; instead, you should choose an issue or theme that emerges in both of them. Most of you will end up working with writers who share many basic values; you will need to read and think carefully to uncover meaningful distinctions between them. |
Paper | Other | Writing | SDG 15 - Life on Land |
| Essay 1 | Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues |
Purpose of assignment:
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Paper | Other | Writing | SDG 15 - Life on Land |
| Essay | Geobiology |
What criteria do you think are important for assessing the habitability of a planetary body? Illustrate with reference to current or past missions in our solar system. or What is meant by the concept of Galactic Habitable Zone. Illustrate with reference to a current mission that looks outside our solar system. |
Paper | Other | Biology | SDG 15 - Life on Land |
| Environmental Ethics | Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning |
Traditionally economists have argued that humans are utility maximizers, although some behavioral economists and social psychologists have recently raised questions about this. With this in mind, please write a paper addressing the following questions. |
Paper | Other | Urban Studies | SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities |
| Environmental Assessment | Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning |
Most environmental planners presume that policy decisions regarding the use of natural resources and patterns of development can be enhanced through the application of various analytical tools.
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Paper | Other | Urban Studies | SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities |
| Energy Explorations (Assignment 7) | Environmental Technologies in Buildings |
Now that you have a well daylit, visually comfortable building with an electric lighting design in place, we are turning our attention towards evaluating and improving the energy performance of your design. In this assignment you will first create a baseline energy model of your building and then explore various energy updates. |
Modeling/Simulation | Experiential Learning | Architecture | SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities |
| Emission temperatures and greenhouse models | Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics |
Problem sets for the Activity: Emission temperatures and greenhouse models |
Problem Set | Other | Fluid Dynamics | SDG 15 - Life on Land |
| Embodied Energy Evaluation | D-Lab II: Design |
Embodied Energy Evaluation |
Lab | Collaborative, Small Group Learning | Design | SDG 15 - Life on Land |
| Drowned Out | D-Lab I: Development |
If you can't make it to the evening film screening, view DVD of Drowned Out on your own time prior to class on Ses #25. |
Watch Movie | Place-Based Learning | Development | SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure |
| Dream Project/Term Project Proposal | D-Lab: Water Climate Change and Health |
The proposal describes your dream project. The proposal is your opportunity to detail the scope of your project, its context, what you need to make this happen, your timeline and milestones, who are your teammates if you have teammates, or if you are planning to proceed individually. In the first deliverable, it does not need to be a fully formed proposal but a rough first draft. There’s no specific page requirement, but 4 to 8 pages of text total, or perhaps 10+ PowerPoint slides might be a good length. |
Proposal | Inquiry-Based Learning | Varies | SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals |