Dr. Blase Maffia’s Fall
2006
Humans
& the Environment (BIL
103O)
TTh 9:30 - 10:45
a.m.
Room SA145
Course comments
24.08.06The
Everglades
Everglades National Park has been designated a World Heritage
Site,
an International Biosphere Reserve, and a Wetland of
International
Importance.
The important stuff
Course
syllabus (do not print; always a work in progress)
The
course syllabus below lists the topics to be covered along with the
dates
of your exams.
Click
on the topic to see the outline for the day's lecture.
(modified
as of 23.08.06)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24-
Aug |
Housekeeping-
course policies
& procedures
Overview
of
course
|
1 |
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
|
31 |
||
|
|
5-Sept |
||
|
|
7 |
last day to drop is tomorrow |
|
|
|
12 |
||
|
|
14 |
||
|
|
19 |
||
|
|
21 |
Exam 1 | |
|
|
26 |
||
|
|
28 |
All notes are on UM Blackboard system | |
|
|
29 |
||
|
|
3-Oct |
||
|
|
5 |
||
|
|
10 |
||
|
|
12 |
||
|
|
17 |
||
|
|
19 |
||
|
|
24 |
||
|
|
26 |
Exam 2 |
|
|
|
31 |
||
|
|
2-Nov |
||
|
|
7 |
||
|
|
9 |
||
|
|
14 |
||
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
21 |
Class readings | |
|
|
23 |
Turkey break! |
|
|
|
28 |
Catch-up & Review |
|
| 30 |
30 | Exam 3 |
|
| 31 | 7- Dec | Final exam | |
Syllabus topics and order may be subject to change.
Exam dates/ times are set in stone*.
(*Except in the event of an unforseen complication*)
like hurricane Rita & Wilma last year!
The Crandon Park Visitors' and Nature Center is located on Key Biscayne, a sedimentary barrier island with the Atlantic Ocean on the east side and Biscayne Bay to the west. Here you can explore the various ecosystems of the Key including the dunes, mangroves, coastal hammock and seagrass bed community. The island is filled with rare and beautiful plants like the beach peanut, Biscayne prickly ash and the coontie. There are herons, ospreys and many brilliantly colored butterflies.
Wonderful collection of plants and views