September 11, 2008
In class today we did the following:
1. Dr H showed the Group Ecological Footprint results & the group with the lowest footprint got a mini-prize.
2. Dr H gave a presentation on Topic
#6 The Radiation Laws <== one of the most
important topics of the semester!!!
Topic
#6 The Radiation Laws [color pdf
] [grayscale
pdf]
During the lecture, students worked in pairs, etc. to answer a few lecture "self test" questions. Papers were collected at the end as an attendance check. Of the papers that got all the questions right, 3 will be randomly selected for a mini-prize to be awarded at the next class.
3. For our first a "Sustainability Segment" Dr H showed a video about photographic artist Chris Jordan. You can watch it again at this LINK: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09212007/profile4.html
Learn more about Chris Jordan at his own website: http://www.chrisjordan.com/
Here are some other videos featuring Chris Jordan talking about his work:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/13/greener-gadgets-video-of-artist-chris-jordans-keynote/
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats.html
4. We ran out of time at the end so Dr H will present the details of your next HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT (I-2) and a SUMMARY OF KEY CONCEPTS in Tuesday's class. But you can find a summary of the key points at the end of the presentation posted above. Dr H will go over these next Tuesday.