Environmental Science
Courses
- Abnormal Psychology
- Academic Writing
- Academic Writing II: Writing about Literature
- Advanced Topics in Mathematics
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Astronomy
- Environmental Science
- FUNdamentals of Chemistry
- Java for Video Games
- Mathematical Problem Solving
- Molecules, Proteins, and Genes: Building Blocks of Biology
- Nanotechnology
- Plugged In: Media Studies in the 21st Century
- Screenwriting
- Short Fiction Workshop
- Short Fiction Workshop II
- Social Psychology
Score Requirements: (Score Table 1)
About the Course: Can global initiatives like the Kyoto Protocol successfully decrease global warming? Will such plans cost jobs here and abroad? What other alternatives could be explored? How can we conduct experiments to answer these questions without risking greater harm to the environment? By combining computer simulations with online discussions, reading, and problem sets, this course provides students with an overview of the scientific concepts from biology, chemistry, and physics that are crucial to understanding and attempting to answer these and other environmental questions. Students will also explore the relationship between environmental science and other academic disciplines, such as economics and public policy. As they alter variables in computer simulations and then examine outcomes, students will imagine and test novel possibilities without risking harm to the environment. In the process, students will be challenged to formulate their own conclusions and solutions to the world’s most vexing and controversial environmental problems.
About the Instructor: Robert Corbin serves as Vice President of Learning Experiences at the Discovery Place science museum in Charlotte, NC. He has a B.S. in Environmental Science from Michigan State University and an I.M.A. in Natural Science Education from the University of South Carolina. He is a National Board Certified Science Teacher serving the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System (CMS) as Earth Science Academic Content Coach. He is a founding member of the Bank of America Teaching Fellows and Affiliates program and science facilitator for the National Board Teacher Support Program for CMS. Robert has taught a variety of technology and science courses in a number of public high-school, middle-school and university settings for almost 20 years. He is a Christa McAuliffe Fellow, Duke TIP Sawyer Fellow, Omnicron Psi Outstanding Science Teacher, Whitehead Educator of Distinction, and NAGT Outstanding Earth Science Teacher of the Southeastern United States. Robert has received grants and awards from numerous organizations, including the EPA, International Paper Corporation, Virtual High School Concord Consortium, the NC Department of Public Instruction and the Christa McAuliffe Foundation. He has written science curriculum for Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth, the Weather Channel, the Environmental Literacy Council, Microsoft, and the Weyerhaeuser Corporation.
Instructor(s) subject to change.