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Schedule 2026-2027

  
31 August - 4 September

Monday 31
Classes begin
2:00 pm @Wyse 123

Wednesday 2
10 am Opening Convo: President Becky
7 September - 11 September

Monday 7
Labor Day Holiday

Tuesday 8
[CA] Collecting native seeds @ Merry Lea
Drop-Add deadline, 5 PM

Wednesday 9
[CA] Collecting native seeds @ Merry Lea
14 September - 18 September

Monday 14
[CA] The next leap in solar cells, 10 am @ SC 106

Wednesday 16
[CA] Collecting native seeds @ Merry Lea

Thursday 17
[CA] Collecting native seeds @ Merry Lea

  • Practicing unit conversions
  • Anecdotes, numbers, context / conversions
  • Household and Solar Power
  • Research paper
21 September - 25 September

Monday 21
Community Engagement Day - no class
[CA] Community Engagement Day - first year students

Tuesday 22
[CA] Collecting native seeds @ Merry Lea

Friday 25
[CA] Composting and Recycling at the Relief Sale

Saturday 26
[CA] Composting and Recycling at the Relief Sale

  • Atoms / Matter [2.1, 2.2]
  • Energy of moving bodies [6.3]
  • Gravity and Kinetic energy: exercises
  • "Seeing" heat, and the Greenhouse Effect
28 September - 2 October

Monday 28
[CA] FIP: Environment and Spirituality summit

Tuesday 29
[CA] FIP: Environment and Spirituality summit
[CA] Collecting native seeds @ Merry Lea

  • Attitudes about climate change
  • Topic Intro (W)
5 October - 9 October

Friday 9
Homecoming

  • Know your atmosphere / humidity
  • Moving atoms and temperature [2.3]
  • Project Drawdown - solutions
12 October - 16 October
  • History of climate change research
  • Thermal and electrical energy
  • Hurricanes
  • Consumer information (NYT article)
  • Test 1 (and quiz 1) study guide
19 October - 23 October

Monday 19
Midterm break through Wed Oct 21

Thursday 22
Test 1

  • Work = Force times Distance
  • Climate of Man
26 October - 30 October

Monday 26
Academic advising begins

  • Measuring carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere
  • Here come the COPs - International attempts to address CC
2 November - 6 November
  • Feedback cycles and global climate
  • Some *positive* positive feedbacks
  • Annotated bibliography
  • Refining your topic
9 November - 13 November
  • Atoms! / Chemical Energy / Chemical Reactions
  • Electricity - generation and distribution
  • Electricity and "the grid"
  • Water vapor in a warming world
  • XKCD - Temperature timeline
16 November - 20 November
  • Electric generation: Capacity Factor
  • GWPs / radiative "forcing"
  • Ozone hole?-Satellite data
  • Writing project
  • Writing about evidence
23 November - 27 November

Wednesday 25
Thanksgiving break through Fri Nov 27

  • Ozone depletion (+ Solvable)
  • Agriculture, food, and energy
  • Carbon / Water cycles and GWPs
  • Energy transition and efficiency
30 November - 4 December

Friday 4
Last day of classes

Please complete your course evaluations.

  • Draft 1 response
7 December - 11 December

Monday 7
Reading day

Tuesday 8
Final exams through Dec 10

Thursday 10
Final exam and presentation of paper highlights in small groups starting at 8:30
Final draft of your paper due at 5PM

  • Citations + TurnItIn "similarity"
  • Citations
  • Preparing for the final exam
14 December - 18 December

Tuesday 15
Grades due to Registrar's office