Es Planet Earth

AY2016/2017 Semester 1

This course examines the Earth and its systems through lecture, group-based inquiry learning, and individual reading, writing, and research. Content is based on major discoveries by scientists in the broad fields of Astronomy, Geosciences, Geography, and Biosciences. This will provide the gateway for investigation into such topics as the formation of the solar system, the lithosphere, the atmosphere, and climate change, ocean circulation, the biosphere, ecology, and how humans interact with the environment.