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.