Power & Society

Schedule (so far) 

Day

Subject/Reading

Due

Optional Labs

Mon 4/30

 

Agenda Building & Context
S Ch 2 (except “Energy and the Environment”)
The Party’s Over: Ch 1
Oil Politics: Epilogue



 

Inconvenient Truth

Tues 5/1

 

Global Effects
R&K Ch 10; S pp 105-116 & pp339 – 362
Global Warming in the News

Discussion Seeds

 

Thurs 5/3

Energy Basics
R&K Ch 1; S Ch 1; Bottomless Well, Preface, Ch 1

Discussion Seeds
R&K, Ch10: Q&P 2, 3, 4, 6

Fri 5/4

Fossil Fuels
R&K Ch 2; S Ch 4; Addicted to Oil: Ch 1
Oil in the News

Discussion Seeds

 

 

Mon 5/7

 

Heat Engines
R&K Ch 3
“Transforming the Power Grid”

Discussion Seeds
R&K, Ch1: Q&P 1, 7, 10, 12
R&K, Ch2: Q&P 3, 6, 8, 9

Heat Engines

Tues 5/8

 

Transportation
R&K Ch 8;
Addicted to Oil: Ch 2; Bottomless Well, Ch 5 – p 87
“The Hydrogen Economy”

Discussion Seeds

 

 

Thurs 5/10

Air Pollution 
R&K Ch 9; AQMD info

Discussion Seeds
R&K, Ch3: Q&P 3, 4, 5, 10,12
R&K, Ch8: Q&P 1, 4, 5, 6, 8

Fri. 5/11

Field Trip: AQMD 9:30 (1.5 – 2hrs)

You @ AHoN lot, ready to roll

 

Mon 5/14
 

Nuclear
R&K Ch 6; S pp 309 – 316
Bottomless Well, Ch 10
Nuclear in the News Packet

Discussion Seeds
R&K, Ch9: Q&P 3, 4, 6, 9, 11

 Performance of PV Cells

 

 

 

Solar Thermal Energy

Tues 5/15

Renewable I: Solar Energy
R&K Ch 4; S pp 284-290
“Solar Energy Conversion”

Discussion Seeds

 

Thurs 5/17

Field Trip: Wind

You @ AHoN lot, ready to roll
R&K, Ch6: Q&P 3, 10, 12, 16, 18
R&K, Ch4: Q&P 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10

Fri 5/18

Renewable II: Alternatives
R&K Ch 5; S Ch 5, all the rest
Wind in the News
Ethanol in the News

Discussion Seeds

 

 

Mon 5/21

 

 

Energy Conservation
R&K Ch 7, S Ch 6 (the rest)
Conservation in the News
Experts from IEUA LEED certification
Bottomless Well, Ch 7
“Thoughts on Long-Term Energy Supplies: Scientists and the…”

Discussion Seeds
R&K, Ch5: Q&P 2, 5, 7, 10, 11,12

Heat Transfer

Tues 5/22

Field Trip: IEUA & Center for Regenerative Studies

You @ AHoN lot, ready to roll

 

Thurs 5/24

Final - Symposium

Linkage Paper
R&K Ch7: Q&P 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 17

*Homework schedule is subject to change.