Unit Three: Agricultural Chemistry

week 1

Nov.

10, 12,

Human population growth.

Reading packet: Malthus, Julian Simon

computer modeling lab—population growth.

week 2

Nov.

15, 17, 19

Human impact on the N cycle. Controlling pests and weeds.

Spiro p 253-274

Issues in Ecology white paper

Spiro p 274-288

Discuss biotech report

week 3

Nov. 22, 24

Pesticide resistance, biotechnology

Biotech readings

 no lab this week!

Nov 25-28

Thanksgiving holiday

week 4

Nov 29,

Dec 1,3,

International agreements: the players, legal basis for international regulation, regulation making process, enforcement.

Group meetings, discussion, consensus-building

Small group meetings, present report sections and policy recommendations.

week 5

Dec. 6, 8

post-mortem