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Field Trips "Look deep
into nature, and then you will understand everything better." -
Albert Einstein "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. "- Thomas Jefferson In a recent University of Illinois at Chicago survey sent to 10,257 Earth Scientists, 97.4% of the climatologists who responded answered "yes" when asked "do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?" With the release of the revised
statement by the American Association of
Petroleum Geologists in 2007, no remaining scientific body of national or
international standing is known to reject the basic findings of human
influence on recent climate change.
World
Population is currently about 6.7 billion. It grew more in the last 50
years than during the preceding 4 million years. We now add 4 people
each second, 250/minute, 15,000/hour, 220,000/day or 80 million people
per year. Symptoms of a Common Cold vs. an Influenza (Flu) Viris (H1N1) |
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New
Courses - Natural Disasters, History of the Universe Natural Disasters will address exciting, current and relevant topics of interest
to students and of great importance to society. Topics will include
heat waves and drought, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, tsunami, volcanism,
earthquakes, mass wasting, asteroid / comet impacts, gamma ray bursts, solar
flares, geomagnetic reversal, climate change, the scientific study and assessment
of impact and risk, and government planning and response. This course is of interest to all students, but
especially those entering fields of science, government, planning, social
services, etc. Natural Disasters will be group project-based. Course
work will emphasize team projects, research and the use of technology,
as well as reading and writing. Groups will be trained to
use "Web 2.0" online collaboration software such as pbworks to produce web sites
with reports and presentations. The course will be offered as a single semester of
elective science. Prerequisite: students must have taken and
passed Earth science and Living Environment. Go to the Natural Disasters page.
History of the Universe is a “big
picture” course, for people who want to explore the wider Universe
around them and better understand their place in it. We will
explore the origin and structure of the Universe, vast expanses of space and
time, and the origins and histories of the Earth and life, because you can’t
truly know where you’re going unless you know where you’ve been. History of the Universe emphasizes
relevant and current issues centering around the Nature of Science and its
role in modern society; Origin and Structure of the Universe, Time and Space,
Galaxies, The Nebular Hypothesis; The Origin of the Earth, The Origin of
Life, Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Mammals and Pleistocene Megafauna;
Human Evolution (Paleoanthropology); Technology, Human History, Culture, the
Future, and Climate Change. We will also be going on a field trip to
see local geology. If you’re a naturalist, are
interested in the “big picture” and "long-term" views of
deep space and deep time, or if you enjoyed Earth science, this course is for
you. We will explore questions like "Where did we come from? What
is out there in the Universe? How might life have started? What were
the dinosaurs and large mammals of the ice ages like? What were early
hominids like and what tools did they use? What does the future hold and what
is my place in it?" The course will be offered as
a single semester of elective science. Prerequisite: students
must have taken and passed Earth science and Living Environment.
Go to the History of the Universe
page.
Read the Albany Times Union article
about the History of the Universe field trip |
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