Unit 2: Application of Concepts to Case Studies part of Major Storms and Community Resilience
Patricia Stapleton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lisa Doner, Plymouth State University; Lorraine Motola, Metropolitan College of New York
In Unit 2, students apply and evaluate foundational concepts about storm hazards and risk in the context of two cases studies: Superstorm Sandy (2012) and the Storm of the Century (1993). Through different ...

Unit 1: Introduction to the Geologic Timeline & Mass Extinctions part of Changing Biosphere
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
In this unit, students will identify mass extinctions as paleontologists have done and recognize and understand the "pull of the recent," that is, the human tendency to know more about events closer to ...

Unit 2: Causes of Mass Extinction part of Changing Biosphere
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
During Unit 2, students will learn about the causes of two past mass extinctions and discuss the controversies surrounding these causes and the evidence upon which the theories in the debates are based. Before ...

Unit 4: Impacts of Environmental Change on Organisms: Horses part of Changing Biosphere
Camille Holmgren, SUNY Buffalo State University
In this unit, students will gain a deep-time perspective on how life evolves on a dynamic planet. They will use the Equidae (horse family) as a case study to examine the relationship among climate, biomes, and ...

Capstone Project: Urban Water Portfolio part of Water Science and Society
Students will use the skills and knowledge they have developed throughout the course to develop a water portfolio for the future for a given water-critical city. They will need to estimate the city's water ...

Module 3: Rivers and Watersheds part of Water Science and Society
Patrick Belmont, Utah State University
In this module, we investigate the processes by which precipitation accumulates in, moves through, and is transported out of a landscape. We especially focus on flow of water in streams and rivers, including how ...

Module 6: Groundwater Hydrology part of Water Science and Society
Demian Saffer and Michael Arthur, Pennsylvania State University
In this two-part module, we focus on the occurrence and movement of groundwater. Key topics will include an overview of aquifer types and nomenclature, and the physical properties and processes that govern the ...

Module 8.1: Cities in Peril: Dealing with Water Scarcity part of Water Science and Society
Demian Saffer and Michael Arthur, Pennsylvania State University and Patrick Belmont, Utah State University
In this first part of Module 8, we will focus on current strategies for addressing water scarcity. In part, these strategies have arisen within the confines of water laws that have shaped the history of water ...

Module 10: Solving the Water Crisis? part of Water Science and Society
Demian Saffer and Michael Arthur, Pennsylvania State University
In Module 10, the culmination of the course, students explore potential solutions to the problems of water quantity and quality, especially in the face of population growth, increasing energy and food demands, and ...

Module 4: Flood and Drought part of Water Science and Society
Patrick Belmont, Utah State University
In this module, we will discuss the causes, implications and ways to characterize and predict what are often referred to as "extreme events" in hydrology: floods and droughts. Such events play important ...