EEOS 120 Introduction to Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences

Human Population Over Time   Today billion people  2040-projected 9 billion people

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Introduction  Who are “we”  Goals of the Course –Content –Concepts –Skills –Learning  Syllabus  Policies Images removed due to copyright restrictions.

Are you a…..?  (A) Freshman  (B) Sophomore  (C) Junior  (D) Senior  (E) Other

Are you a …. ?  (A) EEOS major  (B) other College of Science & Math major  (C) College of Liberal Arts major  (D) College of Management or Nursing major  (E) Other

My age is:  (A) <20  (B)  (C)  (D)  (E) >45

Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences (EEOS)  EEOS is an interdisciplinary department that integrates the natural and social sciences to generate and apply new knowledge about the quality of our environment and the sustainable use of its resources. It focuses on promoting integrated science, planning, policy, and education for understanding earth-system processes and managing the impacts of urbanization on linked watershed and coastal marine systems

Pre-Evaluation  To see what you learn during this course, I need to know what you already know…

Index Card  Name 3 ways land affects coastal waters  Name 3 ways the ocean affects the land  Name 3 ways you affect the environment  Name 3 ways the environment affects you

Reading   Harbor and Bay  Boston Harbor  State of the Harbor Report (2005) –1996 state of the Harbor Report 

Scientific Method  Boston Harbor Observation  Question?  Hypothesis  Testing the hypothesis  New Hypothesis  experiment  Result  Conclusion

Boston Harbor Linked Watershed-Coastal Marine Systems

Homework  Please photocopy your ID card photo and write your name, major, and hometown on a 8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper.  (I would like to attempt to learn all of your names and faces)