A university course that offers Bang for the Buck: How to build a habitable planet (GS265). Here is the original LS&A course description.
Formation of the Universe, Sun, and Earth, and societal interactions with our planet form the basis of this course that is primarily aimed at first-year students who wish to explore a scientific perspective to our physical world and examine humankind's role. Topics including the Big Bang, formation of stars and planets, the Earth's age and its structure, continents and oceans, Ice Ages, resources, and human impact will be discussed. Throughout the course you will learn several fundamental scientific discoveries. We make use of multimedia resources (e.g., CD-ROM) and access the Internet for latest data and information on scientific events. Grades are based on classroom participation, and a presentation and paper on a topic that contributes to the goals of the course. Students of all backgrounds are encouraged to take this class. Text: How to Build a Habitable Planet by W.C. Broecker (Eldigio Press). (van der Pluijm).
In the chapters of this cybertext you will find the fruits of the hard
labor that was hiding behind this innocent-sounding course write up. Each
chapter was written and designed by a randomly selected team of two students.
Each team learned to use Netscape's
Navigator Gold (2.0 beta versions) for the design, editing and transfer
of their webpages. All students were asked to comment on the webpages,
which is compiled in a separate section (peer
evaluations). Support for this project came from CRLT
and the Department of Geological
Sciences.
Read and enjoy these tales by tomorrow's leaders of Society, and see how
we may all live happily ever after.
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