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Life at the Edge: Extreme Evolution— Class Schedule — JanTerm 2017
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Day	Date	Class Topic	Reading Assignment

Mon	2	10 am to 12 noon: Class Introduction (Syllabus---Procedures; Schedule; Readings; Discussions; Preparing for Lab; Research Paper & Presentation); Animals of the Far South (2 minute video); Science as a Way of Knowing; Afternoon **Field Lab (1:30 pm): Fossils—Duck Creek, Denison Dam,Waterloo Lake (FIEID TRIPS ARE DEPENDENT ON WEATHER**)	What Science Is; Naturalism (read after first lecture)
Tues	3	10 am to 12 noon: Introduction to Evolution; *No Afternoon Lab*	Evolution & Natural Selection (Short YouTube); Three Pieces of Evidence for Evolution; Deadly Bacteria; Farmers Cope with Round-Up Resistant Weeds; Cliff swallows and cars; Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution; Introduction to the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin) (1page)
Wed	4	10 am to 12 noon: Antarctica: The "Most Extreme" Place on Earth; Afternoon session (1:30): Video & discussion	Antarctica's Ecosystem; Antarctic Food Chains & Webs; Antarctic Marine Ecosystem; Antarctic Antarctic Terrestrial Ecosystem; Emperor Penguins
Thur	5	10 am to 12 noon: The Arctic and Comparing Antarctica and the Arctic; Afternoon session (1:30): Video & discussion	Arctic: Location and Geography; Arctic Ecosystem; Alaska Animal Adaptations; Musk Ox; Polar Bears; Comparing Antarctica and the Arctic; The Arctic and The Antarctic
Fri	6	10 am to 12 noon: Climate Change and the Polar Regions; *No Afternoon lab*	Why the Arctic is Drunk; Antarctic CO2; 2016 Arctic Sea Ice Wintertime Extent Hits Another Record Low; Sea ice at record lows; North Pole Hotter; Warm Arctic, Cold Continents; Why we are poles apart on climate change; Your Brain on Climate Change; Detailed article on Arctic ice (OPTIONAL)
Mon	9	10 am to 12 noon: Climate Change (Continued); Video: Chasing Ice; *No Afternoon lab*	Antarctica’s penguins could be decimated by climate change; Penguins and Climate Change; Why this Antarctic ice shelf is breaking up from the inside out; Climate Change News 2016; Climate Change Study Finds U.S. Is Already Widely Affected; Climate Change Faster; Wine and Climate Change
Tue	10	10 am-12 noon: Mountain extremes; Afternoon **Session (1:30 pm): Fossils—Duck Creek, Denison Dam,Waterloo Lake (if Postponed) or Buckner Property (FIEID TRIPS ARE DEPENDENT ON WEATHER)**	Alpine Tundra Biome; Alpine Tundra (3 Minute Video)
Wed	11	10 am to 12 noon: Humans in the "extremes" of the modern world; EXAM I; *Afternoon lab/Movie/Discussion* (1:30): Video & discussion: "The Perfect Human Diet"	Hunter-Gatherer Within, Chapters 1,2,3 (on Moodle); Evolution and the Origins of Disease; Sugar and Cancer; Real Food Diets Video (Diggs TED Talk 13 minutes)
Thur	12	10 am-12 noon: Humans in the "extremes" of the modern world, diet, Old Friends, etc. (Continued); *Afternoon lab/Movie/Discussion* (1:30): Video & discussion: "Cereal Killers"	Is Sugar killing Us?; How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat; Hygiene vs Old Friends Hypothesis; Old Friends Hypothesis; Third reading on Old Friends
Fri	13	10 am-12 noon: Humans in the "extremes" of the modern world: Toxins, epigenetics; *No Afternoon Session*	Hunter-Gatherer Within, Chapter 11 (on Moodle); Toxins that Affected your Great-Grandparents; Environmental Estrogens (1page); Costa Rica's Lethal Harvest (on Moodle)
Mon	16	10 am-12 noon: Deep Ocean Vent Ecosystems; *No Afternoon Session*	Deep sea ecology: hydrothermal vents and cold seeps; Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents; Chemosynthesis and Hydrothermal Vent Life
Tues	17	10 am-12:00: Island Ecosystems; *Afternoon lab/Movie/Discussion* (1:30): Video & discussion: "The Ghost in your Genes"	Madeira: An Introduction to Island Ecology; Island Ecology; Hobbit-Like Human Ancestor Found in Asia (be sure to read page 2)
Wed	18	10 am-12:00: Deserts; *Afternoon lab/Movie/Discussion* (1:30): Video & discussion	The Desert Biome
Thur	19	10 am-12:00: Tropical Rainforests; RESEARCH PAPER DUE; *Afternoon lab/Movie/Discussion* (1:30): Video & discussion: Rainforests	Tropical Rainforests: Hot, wet, and home to millions; Tropical Rainforests
Fri	20	10 am-12 noon: 10 Minute Course Summary; STUDENT PRESENTATIONS; *No Afternoon* *Session*
Mon	23	10 am-12 noon: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS; Afternoon Session (1:30): STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
Tue	24	10 am-12 noon: Final Discussion; EXAM II; *No Afternoon Session*