Course Schedule Educ 4234 Spring 2012

Class

Topics

Readings (readings with * are in Moodle)

Assignments Due

Week 1 T Jan 17

T: Welcome; Course overview

T: Debate topics; Individual inquiry topics (emailed before the start of class)

R Jan 19

R: Global footprint

R: Assignment descriptions; http://www.footprintnetwork.org/ en/index.php/GFN/page/personal _footprint_calculator*

T: Turn in topic survey HAND OUT ASSIGNMENTS AND DISCUSS ON THURS; NUMBER 1-24 FOR IND’L INQUIRY; SHOW MOODLE AND ERIC; SHOW ISSUE EVAL FORM; WATCH True cost of food; WATCH http://www.storyofstuff.com/movies-all/story-of-stuff/

Week 2 T Jan 24

T: Corporations

T: Armstrong_ Corporations: The good news*

R Jan 26

R: Corporations; Genetically modified foods

R: Swinehart_Got more than milk

T: Vinyl

T: Vinyl siding* (read #1 - #8); Vinyl institute* (read at least three tabs, e.g., What uses, Env, Health, Recycling)

Week 3 T Jan 31

R: Vinyl and PVC

R: Results of global footprint; Qs on assignments DISCUSS ASSIGNMENTS; DETERMINE GROUP DEBATE TOPIC; ASSIGN GROUPS; then show then show http://vodpod.com/watch/2282318-no-environmentalfootprint-no-life-ayn-rand-center-for-individual-rights http://www.storyofstuff.com/ (broke) T: Bring in notes on website; Take notes on documentary NUMBER PEOPLE FOR IND’L INQ; WATCH THE FIRST 65 min THE CORPORATION; R: Bring in notes on article; Take notes on documentary WATCH LAST 75 min THE CORPORATION

R Feb 2 R: Greenpeace_PVC/Vinyl*

T: Individual inquiry persons 1, 2 ADDED MORE TOPPIC S TO MOODLE; MARIANA FROM MPIRG TO TALK; CREATE GROUPS FOR DEBATE; MENTION DOT EARTH FOR POPULATION GROUP; LIFE HOUSE NEEDS TUTORS; FINISH THE CORP (15min); WATCH 45 min OF BLUE VINYL R: Individual inquiry person 3 FINISH BLUE VINYL (55 min); NOPE—DIDN’T GET TO BLUE VINYL—SHARE IT WITH EACH STUDENT INDIVIDUALLY; FINISH THE CORP; DISCUSS BOTH SIDES OF VINYL; DISCUSS THE CORP;

Week 4 T Feb 7

T: Future of food

R: Future of food

T: Monsanto website* (Read Who we Are and Corporate Responsibility including at least three sections within the “Pledge” link)

R Feb 9 R: Swinehart_Got more than milk

T: Bring in notes on websites; Take notes on documentary; Individual inquiry persons 3,4 R: Upload issue eval form (except group B); Debate team B; Individual inquiry person 5

Week 5 T Feb 14

T: Landfills/ Environmental classism

R Feb 16

R: Globalization: Guest speaker, Dr. Dennis Falk

T: Cloning human cells

T: Basics of landfills*; Superior, WI landfill* http://www.ci.superior.wi.us/inde x.aspx?nid=155 R:World population balance*; Population growth* (not required) http://www.worldpopulationbalan ce.org/global_population; http://www.worldpopulationbalan ce.org/exponential-growthtutorial/bacteria-exponentialgrowth.html

R: Intelligent design in schools?

T: SHOW THIS VIDEO FIRST, THEN PARAGUAY, THEN 6, 7, THEN ENV RACISM VIDEOS http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/greenscience/landfill.htm STOP AT 14 sec: 82,000 football fields buried 30 ft deep (120 yards long by 53 1/3 yards wide) (we’ll use 100 by 50); have students calculate what is the volume is in one day; lasagna reference—what do you think? (1 min) (1:30-1:45) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_NLJ6DAHFc (Paraguay) http://www.pbase.com/mreichel/landfill&page=all (Cambodia); SUPERIOR LANDFILL HIGHEST POINT; Environmental racism (6 min): http://vodpod.com/watch/1063990-immigrationenvironmental-racism Environmental racism: Chester (9 min): http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3 Fv%3D5Opr-uzet7Q Upload issue eval form (except group A); Debate team A; Individual inquiry person 4

R: Individual inquiry person 8; Take notes on documentary

Week 6 T Feb 21

T: Future of food

T:

T: Bring in notes on websites; Take notes on

Debate team A reading

documentary; Individual inquiry persons 9, 10

WATCH 45 minutes of FUTURE OF FOOD R: Debate team B reading

R: Bring in notes on article; Take notes on documentary; Individual inquiry persons 11, 12

FINISH FUTURE OF FOOD (45 min)

R Feb 23

R: rBGH

Week 7 T Feb 28

T:

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R Mar 1

R:

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Week 8 T Mar 6

T: Team 1: Moral decline

T: Upload issue eval form (except group C); Debate team C; Individual inquiry person 13 R: Upload issue eval form (except group D); Debate team D; Individual inquiry person 14

R: Easton_ Environmental racism*;

R: Environmental racism;

R: Post comment by Tuesday 2:30 pm; Group inquiry team 2: Globalization; Individual inquiry persons 15, 16 DISCUSS ENV. RACISM

R Mar 8

Week 9 T Mar 13 R Mar 15

T: Prepare and post three questions on Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve for guest speaker Dr. Ralph Garono; Individual inquiry person 15 Group inquiry team 1: Moral decline

NO CLASS

SPRING BREAK

NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK

Week 10 T Mar 20

T: Zandy Waste and recycling;

T: Easton_Waste and recycling*

T: Post comment by Tuesday 2:30 pm; Group inquiry team 3: Health care; Individual inquiry persons 17, 18

R Mar 22

R: Waste and recycling

R: WLSSD_website* (read all tabs—enough to create questions for our hosts)

R: Post comment by Thursday 2:30 pm; Field trip_WLSSD (confirmed—closed-toe shoes)

Week 11 T Mar 27

T: Guest speaker Ralph Garono: Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve R: Racism

T: Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve_Read: “Home,” “Mission & Goals,” and “Program Areas”*

T: Prepare and post three questions on Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve for guest speaker Dr. Ralph Garono; Individual inquiry person 19

R Mar 29

R: Racism article*

R: R: Prepare and post three questions on racism for guest speaker Pat Smith; Individual inquiry person 20

Week 12 T Apr 3

T: Nuclear power

T: Rifkin*_Nuclear energy_Still a bad idea; NCPIRG*_High cost of nuclear power

T: Prepare and post three questions on nuclear power (based on readings) for guest speakers; Individual inquiry person 20

R Apr 5

R:

R: TBD

R:

Week 13 T Apr 10 R Apr 12

T: Walmart

T: Walmart* (click on and read at least three of the tabs, e.g., about us, facts, community, etc.)

T: Individual inquiry person 14, 15 WATCH FIRST 50 min of HIGH COST OF LOW PRICES R: Individual inquiry persons 16, 17 WATCH LAST 50 min of HIGH COST OF LOW PRICES

R: Walmart

R: none

Week 14 T Apr 17

T: Electric cars

R Apr 19

R: Electric cars

T: Kantor_ Green technology isn't always very green* Hartley website* (open and read at least three tabs)

T: Trio inquiry team 4 WATCH FIRST 50 min WHO KILLED ELECTRIC CAR

R: none

R: Trio inquiry team 5: News media bias; Individual inquiry persons 18, 19 WATCH LAST 50 min WHO KILLED ELECTRIC CAR

Week 15 T Apr 24

T: Rain garden

T: UMD rain garden*

T: Individual inquiry persons 20, 21; Field trip_UMD rain garden

R Apr 26

R: LEED certified buildings T: Sustainability;

R: none

R: Field trip_Labovitz School of Business

T: none

T: FINISH A PASSION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

R:

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Week 16 T May 1 R Apr 3 Week 17 T May 8 R May 10

R: Finals Week

Oral final exam