Extra Credit: Relevant
and approved TV specials, special talks/lectures, and documentaries can be
viewed and journal/magazine articles read after which a 1-page double-spaced
typewritten summary/critique must be submitted within 1 week of opportunity, 1 EC
point each. NOTE: Only 2 extra points may be earned after April 12 and before
5pm on May 5, and none after May 5. Instructors will advertise some
opportunities, and you are encouraged to find others but you must obtain
approval from instructors before attempting to use them for extra credit.
Responsible, motivated, astute students who serve as group leader for the
semester or acting group leader in the absence of their regular group leader
will be able to earn EC points. Max. total ExtraCredit is 6 points, and will be added on to your final
class grade average.
UA EarthWeek
Extra Credit talks and movies:
Saturday April 16, 3:00pm University of Arizona Sustainability
Forum: New Perspectives from Science, Theology & Business, 3:00pm – 5:30pm,
UA Center for Creative Photography Auditorium, 1030 N Olive Rd
Monday April 18 7:00pm Free Planet Earth showing at Gallagher
Theater, 7-9pm
Tuesday April 19, 12:00pm Addressing Global Challenges:
"Climate" with Diana Liverman at EL Portal Saquaro Room, 501 N. Highland Ave (northwest corner of
Highland and Sixth St.) http://portal.environment.arizona.edu/events/1958
Tuesday April 19, 7:00pm Free Carbon Nation showing at Gallagher
Theater, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Tuesday April 19, 3:00pm Campus Arboretum Tree Tours:
"Scavenger Hunt" and "Trees of the World", 3pm – 7pm; "Scavenger Hunt" at 3pm, and "Trees of
the World" at 6pm. Each tour lasts approximately 45 minutes. Everyone is
welcome! Contact us for more detail, tours times and to reserve a spot. Email: infoarboretum@ag.arizona.edu
Thursday
April 21, 12:00pm Addressing Global Challenges: April 21: “Water” with Shane
Snyder at EL Portal Saquaro Room, 501
N. Highland Ave (northwest corner of Highland and Sixth St.) http://portal.environment.arizona.edu/events/1958
Friday
April 22, 2:00pm Addressing Global Challenges: April 21: “Food” with Gary Paul Nabhan at EL Portal Saquaro
Room, 501 N. Highland Ave (northwest corner of Highland and Sixth St.) http://portal.environment.arizona.edu/events/1958
Media Source Suggestions
UPCOMING TV/CABLE SHOWS (will update this as schedules become available)
January and February
|
Date |
Show |
Channel |
|
2/2/2011 |
NOVA Making Stuff: Cleaner |
PBS |
Wednesday, March 30, 10:00pm Journey to Planet Earth Series, Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (on TV, Tucson PBS, Channel 6)
Thursday, March 31, 4:00am Journey to Planet Earth Series Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (on TV, Tucson PBS, Channel 6)
ONLINE TV AND MOVIES (free)
|
SHOW |
SOURCE |
WEBSITE |
|
Heat |
PBS/Frontline |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/ |
|
Secrets
Beneath the Ice |
NOVA 9/30/2010 |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/secrets-beneath-ice.html |
|
Extreme
Ice |
NOVA 3/24/2009 |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/extremeice/ |
|
Understanding
Climate Change:
Seeing Carbon Through the Trees |
Univ. California-SD-TV hosted by
Scripps Saturday Science Lecture Series |
http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.aspx? showID=20232 |
|
Powering
the Future (series, one of the 4 episodes is an hour) |
Science Channel |
http://science.discovery.com/tv/powering-the-future/ |
|
American
Experience: Earth Day Series |
PBS |
hulu.com |
|
After
the BP Oil Spill: The Ecosystem Impact |
FORAtv |
hulu.com |
|
Big
Ideas for a Small Planet |
hulu.com |
|
|
Scientific
American Frontiers: Hot Planet Cold Comfort |
PBS |
hulu.com |
|
Scientific
American Frontiers: Hot Planet Cold Comfort |
PBS |
hulu.com |
MOVIES TO RENT OR STREAM VIA
NETFLIX, ITUNES, or OTHER (rental fee…most likely)
UA WEB FILMS at Films on Demand
Access Instructions:
Go to University of Arizona homepage
Select “Libraries and Museums” link
Select “Main Library” link
Select “Article & Database Searching” link
Select letter “F” and then click on “Films on Demand”
Type film # into Search or search for key words and search by segment or title
Finally, click “Segments” and then view all of the segments
Each film in the following set of films is eligible for 1 EC point:
Segments from Title: Arctic Rush: Staking a Claim in the Earth's Uncertain Future 2006
Segments from
Title: Are We Changing Planet Earth?, 2006
Global Dump: Toxic Waste and the Planetary Ecosystem, Item# 39436 © 2007 [53 min]
Over-Exploiting the Oceans: The Dangers of Over-Fishing, Item# 39440 © 2007 [48 min]
Who's Destroying the Forest? A Global Analysis, Item# 39439 © 2007 [44 min]
Are We Changing Planet Earth? Item# 39356 © 2006 [59 min]
Meltdown: A Global Warming Journey, Item# 35991 © 2006 [60 min]
The Big Chill: A Looming Ice Age? Item# 33702 © 2003 [50 min]
Global Warming: Hype or Hazard? Item# 33597 © 2003 [45 min]
The Sixth Extinction: The Human Role, Item# 33721 © 2002 [51 min]
The Timber Mafia: The Economics of Deforestation, Item# 32380 © 2002 [45 min]
If... The Oil Runs Out, Item# 37526 © 2006 [44 min]
Super-Powered Earth, Item# 35295 © 2005 [46 min]
The Life and Times of El Nino, Item# 34956 © 2005 [50 min]
For the following PAIRS of films, both films must be viewed and included in the written summary/critique to be eligible for 1 EC point:
Energy and Resources, Item# 34727 © 2006 [21 min]
Boiling Point: The Global Struggle for Water, Item# 33089 © 2002 [27 min]
Energy Wise: Developing Renewable Solutions, Item# 37646 © 2005 [24 min]
The Green Fuel Gamble: Better or Worse than Oil? Item# 39731 © 2008 [30 min]
Atmospheric Hole: The History of the Ozone Layer, Item# 36092 © 2006 [30 min]
Smog: The Sweet Smell of Success? Item# 35562 © 2005 [30 min]
Global Warming and the Extinction of Species, Item# 35455 © 2005 [22 min]
The Fragile Reef: Coral in Peril, Item# 30790 © 2002 [30 min]
Atmosphere, Climate, and Weather, Item# 34726 © 2006 [26 min]
Environmental Issues and Human Impact, Item# 34728 © 2006 [22 min]
VIDEOS AT UA LIBRARY
The State of the Planet’s Wildlife [PBS Documentary: Journey to Planet Earth, 2006], QL82 .S73 2006
The
American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?, [adapted
from Senator Paul Simon's book, Tapped out],TD223.9 .A47 2008
What's Up with the weather?
[2000, Frontline/NOVA] QC981.8.G56 W453 2000
Warnings from the ice? [1998, NOVA] QC981.8.G56 W37 1998
Global Warming (Climate, Weather and People [1998] QC981.8.G56 G56 1998
Tales from Other Worlds [1986, WQED] QE31 .P53 1986
The Climate Puzzle [1986, WQED] QE31 .P53 1986
Fate of the Earth [1986, WQED] QE31 .P53 1986
The Solar Seas [1986, WQED] QE31 .P53 1986
The Fallacy of Global Warming [1999] QC981.8 G56 F34
Rising Waters: Global Warming and the fate of the Pacific Islands [2000] QC 981.8 G56 R56
Journey to Planet Earth Series- State of the Ocean's Animals (on DVD in UA Library) QH541.5.S3 S738 2007
Journey to Planet Earth Series- State of the Planet's Wildlife QL82 .S73 2006
Journey
to Planet Earth Series- Future Conditional QH541.145 .F87 2005
Journey
to Planet Earth Series- Hot Zones RA651 .H68 2003
Journey
to Planet Earth Series- Seas of Grass QH541.5.P7 S43 2003
Journey
to Planet Earth Series- On the Brink HC79.E5 O5 2003
Journey
to Planet Earth Series- Land of Plenty, Land of Want S589.7 .L358 1999
Journey to Planet Earth Series- The Urban Explosion QH541.5.C6 U72 1999
Journey
to Planet Earth Series- Rivers of Destiny QH541.5.S7 R5 1999
UNIVERSITY OR REGIONAL
LECTURES/SEMINARS (will be updated as schedules become available)
Subsidies and Innovation
in Climate Change Strategies Under WTO Rules
David A. Gantz
Date: Friday, February 4, 2011 - 8:30am - 9:45am
College of Law Faculty Lounge, Room
237
Cosmology:
Making Sense of the Universe
Guy J. Consolmagno,
S.J., Astronomer and Curator of Meteorites, Vatican Observatory
February 1, 2011, 7pm
Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University
Blvd., UA Campus
Origin of the Universe: The Big Bang
Christopher D. Impey,
University Distinguished Professor, Astronomy/Steward Observatory, University
of Arizona
February 8, 2011, 7pm
Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University
Blvd., UA Campus
Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Inflation: The Big Mysteries
of Cosmology
Michael S. Turner, Professor, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago
Feb. 15, 2011, 7pm
Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University
Blvd., UA Campus
Astronomical Alchemy: The Origin of the Elements
Feb. 22, 2011, 7pm
Philip A. Pinto, Associate
Professor, Astronomy/Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University
Blvd., UA Campus
Biosphere2 Science Saturday Lectures
(schedule out soon)
Other
During Jan. 28-Feb.13, 2011, Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
and other mineral/fossil/gem shows (about 43 in number) are at the Convention
Center and various motels, tents and venues around town, including near I-10.
By clicking on the link in the previous line, you can get information about all
of the shows.
This culminates with the official Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (Tucson Gem and Mineral Society),
which specifically runs from Feb. 10-13 at the Tucson Convention Center.
For EC, visit a Dealer or Display that is showing something you find interesting and somehow related to topics in our global change class (for example the mineral or ore of an element that is important to our society or to sustainable solutions, banded iron formations, the origin of life, the origin of the atmosphere, fossils and the evolution of life, extinctions, etc. NOTE: bead and jewelry shows will not usually fit this qualification). Write up a 1- page, double-spaced, typed summary of what you saw, why it impressed you, and how it is related to the Earth system or global change. If it is a dealer, provide the name of the dealer and his/her location; if it was a display provide info on its location, who sponsored it and who was there representing it.
UA Global Climate Change Lecture Series podcasts
(Fall 2006)
Also available at iTunes
Global Climate Change: Disease and Society (Andrew Comrie)
Global Climate Change: Ocean Impacts and Feedbacks (Julia Cole)
Global Climate Change: The Evidence (Malcolm Hughes)
Global Climate Change: The Role of Living Things (Travis Huxman)
Global Climate Change: What’s Ahead (Jonathan Overpeck)
Global Climate Change: Could Geoengineering Reverse It? (Roger Angel)
Global Climate Change: Designing Policy Responses (Paul Portney)
Peak Oil video (Full peak oil video, about 55 minutes)