How would you design an introductory course to climate change?
You’re given the task of designing a one semester introductory course to climate change. The course is undergraduate level and will likely be taken by freshman who have no extensive knowledge of science or politics. Basically you can assume that the students will have about the same level of knowledge as the average American.
How would you structure the course? Keeping in mind that your freedom to get too technical is limited, how would you introduce it? Would you start with basic science of the greenhouse effect? Would you start with addressing their previous opinions on it? Or would you start instead with the politics and carbon legislation?
Assuming that this will be the only formal education your students will receive on this subject, and keeping in mind the limited amount of time you have, what will you include in your course that will give them the most practical knowledge and the best ability to understand this issue (and vote on it) as it develops for the rest of their lives?
Liam: should go without saying, but a prerequisite for being allowed to design a course is having at least a basic knowledge of the subject material.
Jim: I wasn’t trying to be vague, and the class is about climate change in general. Whether it will focus more on the current climate change than on previous ones is up to the course designer, although I did specify that it should prepare them to understand the issue of climate change as it develops through their lifetimes.
Is global warming really a important problem of today or?
Is global warming really a important problem of today or not. Although global warming may be a problem, Most of us will never know. Should we not leave this for future generations to come. Our problems of today are much more important .We will never get to solve global warming if we do not take the problems of today first. Today your freedom is the most important problem. Without it ,Your input means nothing. Which is more important today?
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Honda FCX Clarity. Stan Meyers Water Powered Volkswagon and many more. Fuel Cell technology/Hydrogen. Air Cars in India.