Energy & Environment

Monday 1
Labor Day, no class

Tuesday 2
Drop-Add deadline, 5 PM

• Exponents

• [2.4] Orders of magnitude and Goldilocks

• Human power

• Atoms / Matter [2.1, 2.2]

• Energy of moving bodies [6.3]

• Gravity and Kinetic energy: exercises

• "Seeing" heat, and the Greenhouse Effect

Monday 29
Community Engagement Day (CA) - no class

Friday 3
Homecoming

• Know your atmosphere / humidity

• Moving atoms and temperature [2.3]

• Project Drawdown - solutions

Monday 13
Midterm break through Wed Oct 15

• Work = Force times Distance

• Climate of Man

Monday 27
Jim Stump in class on the COPs

• Feedback cycles and global climate

• Some *positive* positive feedbacks

• Annotated bibliography

• Citations

• Refining your topic

• Citations + TurnItIn "similarity"

• Energy transition and efficiency

• Electric generation: Capacity Factor

• GWPs / radiative "forcing"

• Writing project

Wednesday 26
Thanksgiving break through Fri Nov 28

• Draft 1 response

Monday 8
Final exams through Wed Dec 10

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

• Preparing for the final exam