June 9- 27, 2008. 8:30am -1:00pm MTWThF
ASU Main campus, Physical Sciences Center,
room H-563.
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INSTRUCTOR: PROFESSOR WILLIAM GLAUNSINGER
TEACHING ASSOCIATE: LORNA
STULEN-GLAUNSINGER
e-mail: Lglaunsinger@yahoo.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides a
unique integrated approach to energy and its environmental impact that help
people make intelligent choices regarding development of a more sustainable
lifestyle. Course materials are
custom-designed to benefit all high school science teachers. The course includes in-depth
discussions of energy resources, production and use, and environmental
consequences. Special features are
presentations from experts, group research projects and class presentations,
web resources, solar car project, interactive computer activities, carbon
footprint and offsets, and lesson plan development. Teachers are given the opportunity to pursue a
topic of most interest to them.
COURSE TOPICS:
I.
INTRODUCTION AND GLOBAL POPULATION ISSUES
II. FOSSIL FUELS & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
III.NUCLEAR ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
IV. RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
V.
ENERGY USE
Question: obviously this course is valuable for
chemistry and physics teachers, but why should biology and earth science
teachers take it?
Answer: Biology and earth science teachers will
benefit from this class, because every topic to be discussed involves
principles from these two fields.
For example, fossil fuels provide more than 2/3 of our current energy
use. These fuels are derived from
previously living plants and undergo a metamorphosis caused by extreme pressure
and temperature differences within the earth. The understanding of this process has engaged many of the
best minds in biology and earth science worldwide.
Prerequisites: inservice high school science or
mathematics teacher; a college chemistry course.
Required materials: ring-binder notebook,
blank CD. (No textbook)
Instructor
profiles:
The Energy and the
Environment class is taught by a husband and wife team, Dr. William Glaunsinger
and Lorna Stulen-Glaunsinger. They
reside in a small mountain community of Bonita Creek near Payson, Arizona. They designed and constructed an
energy-efficient Santa Fe style home that uses passive solar heating and
innovations in water collection and conservation. They have several organic
vegetable gardens that are nourished from compost, and a greenhouse to extend
the growing season.
Bill is an Emeritus
Professor of chemistry and biochemistry at ASU; and he has received numerous
awards and honors, including distinguished teaching and research awards. In
2004 he received the International Scientist of the Year Award and the American
Medal of Science. Lorna has been a middle school science teacher and Department
Chair and has received district teaching awards as well as an Intel Technology
Innovation Grant for the integration and use of computers in science laboratory
experiments. In 2004-05 Bill and Lorna served as Judging Chairs for the Arizona
2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and they continue to
work with this annual Fair.
Teachers' comments about "Energy & the
Environment":
·
Your
course was, for me, the most worthwhile course I took in the entire MNS program
... the content was in my opinion the most relevant to what should be core
applications of ideas presented in a high school science program.
·
I
enjoyed the Energy and Environment course immensely. I will be doing the solar car activity we did last summer
with my elective science class soon. I have also reinforced energy concepts
throughout the curriculum. We now
have a recycling program at the school.
I am in the planning stages of revamping the life science program to
center around the environment.
Needless to say, this course had a tremendous impact on me.
Why take this course?
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Unique integrated modeling approach to the most important energy and
environmental topics.
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Paves the way for integrating these topics into existing high school
curricula.
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Materials can be used for after school science club activities.
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Materials can be used to stimulate ideas for science fair projects.
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Empowers teachers to develop alternative energy ed proposals to granting
agencies.
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Teachers can use materials to change student attitudes and behavior with
respect to energy use and environmental impact.
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Implementation of the philosophy and concepts can lead to a more
sustainable future.