Course Calendar

Week	Class	Date	Topic	Note	Readings
1: Orientation		Mon, Sept. 1	Labor Day	No class
	1	Wed, Sept. 3	Logistics	Register for BioBlitz!	No required videos or readings
		Sat., Sept. 6	BioBlitz: Day 1
		Sun., Sept. 7	BioBlitz: Day 2
2: What is Science?	2	Mon, Sept. 8	What is Science?		Videos: Science Senses, What is Science?; Readings: 1, 2
	3	Wed, Sept. 10	Scientific Thinking		Reading: The Canon, Chapter 1
3: Questions in Science	4	Mon, Sept. 15	Expertise	Pre-Class	Video: 50 Science Misconceptions
	5	Wed, Sept. 17	Sources		Reading: Baby faces
4: BioBlitz	6	Mon, Sept. 22	Picking groups, choosing a topic
		Wed, Sept. 24	Rosh Hashanah	No class
5: Analyzing Data	7	Mon, Sept. 29	Visualizing data	bring laptop
	8	Wed, Oct. 1	BioBlitz data	bring laptop
6: Reading the Literature	9	Mon, Oct. 6	How to read a paper
	10	Wed, Oct. 8	How to read a paper II
7: Community Engagement		Mon, Oct. 13	Columbus Day	No class
	11	Wed, Oct. 15	Citizen Science	Homework 1 Due
8: BioBlitz Data	12	Mon, Oct. 20	Hypotheses
	13	Wed, Oct. 22	GIS mapping	ITF visit; bring laptop
9: Evolution	14	Mon, Oct. 27	Evolution		Videos: SF Evolution, Elaine Morgan and Harvey Fineberg TED talks
	15	Wed, Oct. 29	“Debate”
10: Vaccines	16	Mon, Nov. 3	Vaccines		Videos: Vaccine Types, Flu Vaccine
	17	Wed, Nov. 5	Vaccinations	Sci. Comm. post due SUNDAY
11: Group Work	18	Mon, Nov. 10	Making a Poster	ITF visit; bring laptop
	19	Wed, Nov. 12	GMOs		Video: Challenge of Food
12: Climate Change	20	Mon, Nov. 17	Climate Change		Video: Climate Change
	21	Wed, Nov. 19	Climate Change Models	Please have EdGCM installed. First day for poster printing at Macaulay Central.
13: Artificial Intelligence	22	Mon, Nov. 24	A.I.	Poster printing at Macaulay Central: Mon and Tues only	Video: Artificial Intelligence
	23	Wed, Nov. 26	Robot Apocalypse		Video: Humans Need Not Apply
14: Final Project Work	24	Mon, Dec. 1	Poster practice class
	25	Wed, Dec. 3	Poster practice groups
		Sat., Dec. 6	Final event: Session 1	Register for one session only!
		Sun., Dec. 7	Final event: Session 2
15: Urban Ecology	26	Mon, Dec. 8	Guest Speaker: Rana Boland	Citizen Science post due	Reading: Sustainable Large Parks; Video: Urban Ecology
	27	Wed, Dec. 10	Emerging Diseases
16: Final	28	Mon, Dec. 15	No class: Public talk	Public Talk post due
	29	During finals week