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There are multiple other approaches to teaching students. If the lesson or the materials do not fit one of the already mentioned categories, the lesson will be marked as other.

  • Assignment 2 – EPA Open Docket on Pesticides

    The EPA has opened docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844 to review neonicotinoids, pesticides that may have an adverse effect on pollinators, including bees. You have been asked by your client to review the EPA primary and supporting documents and provide a 2-page memo of comments to the EPA stating your position. You may choose your client. Decide who you will represent—an advocacy group, a state environmental protection agency, a farmer, etc.

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  • Written Assignments

    Each student will be responsible for two short papers on the material from the two units not included in his/her presentation. For example, if a student makes a presentation on metallurgy, the two papers will be on glass and rubber; if the presentation is on rubber processing, the papers will be on metallurgy and glass.

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  • Exam 2

    Exam questions for the course Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability

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  • Exam 1

    Exam questions for the course Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability

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  • Exercise 5: Science, Policy, and Public Opinion

    Your assignment is to research the questions below, and be prepared to argue either side of each issue. The class will be divided into groups, one for each issue, and each issue group will be divided in half: one half will argue in the affirmative, the other in the negative. You will not know which argument you will be making until you arrive in class, so research both sides of the issues! At the beginning of class, you will be given time to prepare your statements. We will then stage a debate for each issue, in which groups respond to questions posed by a moderator

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  • Exercise 4: Reading Geological Maps

    This laboratory exercise will consist of a set of hypothetical geologic examples to familiarize you with the thought process you'll need to use in interpreting simple problems.

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  • Exercise 3: Stereonets

    This exercise is designed to familiarize you with the basic structure and use of a stereonet, which we use to draw our projections. In this exercise we will actually use equal-area projections rather than true stereographic projections, because they are easier to draw while being just as useful for most purposes

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  • Lab 3: Geochronology

    An introductory lab on geochronology from the course Introduction to Geology.

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  • Exercise 2: Rock Structure and Deformation

    This exercise is aimed at giving you some practical experience with rock structures and how they appear on the earth’s surface as well as in cross section. 

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  • Exercise 1: Composition of the Mantle

    Calculate the composition of the Earth’s Mantle as estimated from the sun’s composition.

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