Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?
Jonathan Geisler
, geislerj@gasou.edu
Georgia Southern University
a Public four-year institution, primarily undergraduate
.Summary
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Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology , Climate Change:Greenhouse effect
Resource Type: Course Information
Ready for Use: Course Goals Only
Course Type: Entry Level:Global Change
Topics: Climate
Course Size:
31-70
Course Context:
This is an introductory level course that has no prerequistes and is not a prerequisite for any other course. Most students would take the course to satisfy a general education requirement.
Course Goals:
This is an introductory level course that has no prerequistes and is not a prerequisite for any other course. Most students would take the course to satisfy a general education requirement.
How course activities and course structure help students achieve these goals:
The course will be divided into three parts, each of which deals primarily with one of the discipline-related goals. Goal 3 will be achieved by the implementation of pyramid exams and a series of "press releases" where students will present and defend policy decisions related to the global warming controversy.
Skills Goals
1) read and inerpret maps
2) read and interpret graphs
3) teach their peers and learn how to communicate scientific concepts
2) read and interpret graphs
3) teach their peers and learn how to communicate scientific concepts
How course activities and course structure help students achieve these goals:
Classroom lectures as well as exams will extensively use maps and graphs. Use of pyramid exams will help students to improve their peer instruction skills.
Attitudinal Goals
not provided
No Syllabus provided.
