Date assigned	Readings before next class period	Homework, Writing or other Assignments, & Class handouts	Homework/Writing Assignment Due Dates
Thursday, Nov. 10	For Tuesday, 11/15, LAST DAY OF CLASS: No reading. See short writing assignment at right.	Class Stuff: Owen's Bring Back on Japanese pyramids Caitlin's Bring Back on Ice Oct. 21, 2005 report on Abrupt Climate Change conference Last Little Assignment: Write 2-3 pages (informal writing) on your own "mind change" events in this course. Try to point to exactly what helped your minds changes happen. We will talk about this on Nov. 15 in class as a way to end the course. Turn this into your HAND-IN folder and bring a hard copy to class with you (to use in class). Poster Stuff: Important info on Poster Format and printing procedures. Submit print request for poster online here by Thursday night, Nov. 17. Your poster pdf file must be less than 15Mb for an online printing request. Carefully cite the literature! Use this guide. Pick up poster at Printing and Mailing Services on Friday Nov. 18 by 5pm (Basement of Leighton). Poster Session Sat. Nov. 19 3:30-4:30 pm in Olin 02 (bring poster!)	Due Tuesday Nov. 15: Mind Change in Course short writing assignment (at left). Due in class and to HAND-IN folder (filename = "lastname-finalmindchange.doc")   Put a final copy of your project poster in a HAND-IN folder in our course folder by Sat. Nov. 19 at 6pm.
Tuesday, Nov. 8	For Thursday, 11/10: Read Gardner's book Changing Minds Chpt. 7, 9, and 10 (pp. 208-212 is a nice summary). On Thursday Nov. 10, go to CMC 110 at 1 pm (NOTE EARLY START). Doug Foxgrover will teach you how to use Adobe Illustrator to make your poster. We'll do 2 Bring Backs Nov. 10. We'll have a joint discussion with the Mind-Brain Seminar on Gardner's reading above.	Class Stuff: Nora's Bring Back on Viking's demise and Inuit survival in Greenland Rob's Bring Back on climate change impacts in Asia Jay's Bring Back on Changes in the Arctic Vera's Bring Back on climate change and the Artic Tundra Final Project Assignment: Prepare required draft materials to be used in our Tutorial session on Adobe Acrobate Illustrator (the computer program you will use to start making your poster on Thursday Nov. 10. during class).	Illustrator Poster Prep: Place draft items to be used in your poster in the Course folder by noon, Thursday Nov. 10 so you can access these items at the Nov. 10 tutorial on Adobe Acrobat Ilustrator. You will start your poster at this session. Find instructions here for required group project work prior to this session.
Thursday, Nov. 3	For Tuesday, 11/8: Come to class at 1:15, we'll do 4 Bring Backs and then depart! Use cancelled class time to work on project with your partner(s) or consult with Trish. No new reading! See assignments related to your Final Project at right.	Final Project Assignments: Work on your project with your partner(s) and learn- for the rest of the term! Required group work in preparation for your consulting appointment with Trish next week. Your group is also required to prepare draft materials to be used in our Tutorial session on Adobe Acrobate Illustrator (the computer program you will use to start making your poster on Thursday Nov. 10. during class). Class Stuff: Phil's Bring Back on Geological Time Tzu-Hsin's Bring Back on Mass Extinctions Emily's Bring Back on Artic Plants Alley Science Article "Inquiry Questions" Gardner Changing Minds Handout	Trish Consult Prep: You will sign up for project team appointments. Appointments are on Tues. Nov. 8 and Wed Nov. 9. Find here the required group prep work for this consultation and what to bring to your appointment.       Illustrator Poster Prep: Place draft items to be used in your poster in the Course folder by noon, Thursday Nov. 10 so you can access these items at the Nov. 10 tutorial on Adobe Acrobat Ilustrator. You will start your poster at this session.
Tuesday, Nov. 1	For Thursday, 11/3: Howard Gardner's book Changing Minds...pp. 1-22, 49-67, 113-132 (Chpts. 1, 3, and 6). Easy read, Chpt. 6 is "Kuhn lite". We'll discuss this in class (45 min) Bring all your project resources to class. I will give you time in class to work with your partner(s), with Trish and Dana available as resources.	Assignment: Arrange to work with your partner(s)on your project. Gather resources, talk about a project focus. Make an appointment with Charlie Priore this week for the customized library activity. Class Stuff: Alley's article, Fig. 4 Class "Inquiry Questions" for digesting Alley's 2003 Science article Katie's Bring Back on thickening of the Greenland ice cap	Library Activity with Charlie Priore must be done THIS week.
Thursday, Oct. 27	For Tuesday 11/1: Reread Alley's Abrupt Climate Change article in Science, and attempt to answer these questions. We'll discuss this in detail in class. Bring a copy of the article and your notes to class too. This important article will help us summarize our learning of abrupt climate change, move us into new territory on this topic, and help prepare you to read and digest the original scientific literature on your final project.	Assignment: Belief & Knowledge paper. The doc below (ideas, not to be taken as "truth") might be of some use in starting your thinking. Logic Faith Belief Triangle (offered by Catilin) NOTE: If you wrote on logic, belief, and faith in your Kuhn paper, pick a question(s) to address in this assignment that does NOT overlap with issues in your Kuhn paper. In other words, move into new territory in this paper, there is plenty to address. Class Stuff: Evidence of scholarly thinking Station W web site (ocean measurements) Two billion years of climate change (plot) New evidence of more ancient climate swings that are abrupt Guide for reading the scientific literature	Belief-Knowledge paper due Monday Oct. 31 at 5pm in HAND-IN folder
Tuesday, Oct. 25	For Thursday 10/27: Print and read article about Ruth Curry (Woods Hole) et al. work on "How Much Fresh Water Was Added to the North Atlantic in Recent Decades?" Print and read first half of Alley et. al Science article, 2003, "Abrupt Climate Change" (some of this is review, but much new cool stuff here that relates to our future).	Class Stuff: N. Atlantic Ocean salinity data link Ocean salinity changes (all on 1 plot) Global ocean salinity maps Nature 2002 article "Rapid freshening of the deep North Atlantic Ocean over the past 4 decades". Nature 2003 article "A change of the freshwater balance of the Atlantic Ocean over the past 4 decades" Sarah's "Bring Back" on the sun's role in global warming Results from "class quiz" done individually and in groups Assignment: Belief & Knowledge paper. The doc below (ideas, not to be taken as "truth") might be of some use in starting your thinking. Logic Faith Belief Triangle (offered by Catilin) NOTE: If you wrote on logic, belief, and faith in your Kuhn paper, pick a question(s) to address in this assignment that does NOT overlap with issues in your Kuhn paper. In other words, move into new territory in this paper, there is plenty to address!	Belief-Knowledge paper due Monday Oct. 31 at 5pm in HAND-IN folder
Thursday, Oct. 20	For Tuesday 10/25: Finish Alley's Two-Mile Time Machine, p. 169-192 on our future. Read this brochure on "Abrupt Climate Change. Should we be worried?"	Class stuff: 1-pager on "Why some societies make disastrous decisions" from Diamond's Collapse Chpt. 14 Board notes about student ideas on antidotes to "groupthink". Assignment: Work on Kuhn paper for Friday.	Kuhn-climate writing assigment due Friday Oct. 21 at 5 pm to HAND-IN folder.
Tuesday, Oct. 18	For Thursday 10/20: Chpt. 14 on "Why do some societies make disastrous decisions?" in Diamond's Collapse. Lib e-reserve, password = IDSC Chapter on "Intuitions about Reality". Password= IDSC.	Class Stuff: Maya proxy data Galen's "bring back" on the Chem Nobel Prize (related to Kuhn ideas) Class board notes onthe Maya in Diamond's 5-point framework Board notes on concerns about today using Diamond's 5-point framework Assignment: Kuhn-climate integrative writing assignment due this week. Documents that should be of some help: Kuhn "Top Two" Big ideas (class board notes) Kuhnian read of the Physics Today article (class board notes)	Kuhn-climate writing assigment due Friday Oct. 21 at 5 pm to HAND-IN folder.
Thursday, Oct. 13	For Tuesday, 10/18: American Scientist article on Maya collapse. Look at FIGURES TOO! In Jared Diamond's Collapse, the Prologue (focus mainly on 5-point framework). Password = IDSC. Mayan Chpt. from Jared Diamond's book Collapse on library e-reserves. Password = IDSC	Class Stuff: Class handout for small groups for the "Kuhnian read" of the Physics Today article Student's work from class on reading Physics Today article as Kuhn would. Assignment: Informal assignment due Friday at 5pm in your HAND-IN folder. Pick a final project by Friday Oct. 14. See choices here.Consult with Trish if you want more info. Final project groups were passed out in class this week. Kuhn-climate integrative writing assignment due next week	Final project choice due Friday Oct. 14, email Trish Informal assignment due Friday Oct. 14 at 5pm Kuhn-climate writing assigment due Friday Oct. 21 at 5 pm to HAND-IN folder.
Tuesday, Oct. 11	For Thursday, 10/13: Reread Physics Today article on paradigm shifts in climate change. Print the article and mark it up, attach "Kuhnian labels" to events, and take notes on things that relate to Kuhn's ideas. You will use this work in class Thursday.	Assignment: Pick a final project by Friday Oct. 14. See choices here.Consult with Trish if you want more info. Final project groups were passed out in class today. Informal assignment due Friday at 5pm in your HAND-IN folder. Class Stuff: New York Times article on the Nobel Prize related to stomach ulcers (and Kuhnian ideas). Board notes of class compilation of "Top Two Big Ideas" in Kuhn (thanks Dana for recording this)	Final project choice due Friday Oct. 14, email Trish.   Informal assignment due Friday oct. 14 at 5pm
Thursday, Oct. 6	For Tuesday, 10/11: Kuhn pp. 136-173. Physics Today article on the paradigm shift story in climate change.	No homework, enjoy the weekend! Class stuff: Puzzling experiment diagram New Paradigms from the Quantum Revolution Kuhn discussion questions (pp. 92-135).	N/A
Tuesday, Oct. 4	For Thurs, 10/6: Kuhn pp. 92-135.	Writing Assignment #2 due Friday this week. Class stuff: Kuhn Discussion questions for small group work in class Climate Change "Big Ideas & Key Terms" handout Why did the Younger Dryas occur? Several student questions on Kuhn pp. 52-91	Writing assignment due Friday, Oct. 7, at 5pm. Submit to your HAND-IN folder on the network.
Thursday, Sept. 29	For Tues, 10/4: Kuhn pp. 52-91 (anomaly, discovery, crisis, and response). No new climate reading. Review Alley Two-Mile Time Machine pp. 91-98, 109-128, 131-165 for ideas related to our discussion questions #2c, 3, 4 & 5.	Assignment: Informal assignment due Monday, Oct. 3 at 5pm . Writing assignment #2: Learning by integrating Tipping Point with abrupt climate change Class stuff: Student questions on Kuhn pp. 1-42 Handouts, discussion questions, visuals, data (climate) Nick's' "bring back" on cave proxy measurements	Informal assignment due Monday Oct. 3, 5pm.   Writing assignment due Friday, Oct. 7, at 5pm. Submit to your HAND-IN folder on the network.
Tuesday, Sept. 27	For Thurs, 9/29: Kuhn text, pp. 1-42 (role for history, normal science). Skim Alley Two-Mile Time Machine pp. 83-165, fish for ideas directly relevant to our discussion questions. Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises, read pp. 73-78 (online).	Homework: Informal assignment due Monday, Oct. 3 at 5pm . Submit 1 question related to the Kuhn reading at left to Trish over email (Tferrett@Carleton.edu). Feel free to pose a question that asks: for clarification of the author's ideas, how ideas are applied or what they mean, about anything you wonder about, or a meaty discussion question for our class to tackle together. Class Handouts, Figures, and Data links: Comments on Sept23 data homework More handouts, discussion questions, and useful visuals & data. Dana's "bring back" on how climate change affected Vikings' demise in Greenland.	Kuhn question due to Trish over email by Thursday Sept. 29 at 11 am.   Informal assignment due Monday Oct. 3 at 5pm, electronic submission in your HAND-IN folder.
Thursday, Sept. 22	For Tues., 9/27: Alley Two-Mile Time Machine. Read pp. 83-165. Focus especially on Younger Dryas, why it happened, role of ocean conveyer belt and warming. Finish Alley's article in Scientific American on library e-reserves.	No homework. Focus carefully on Alley reading.   Class Handouts & Data links: Discussion questions for Tipping Point Chpts. 5 & 7 Discussion questions on proxies (reading the past) Vostok ice cores back 400,000 years (ice ages!): cdiac site, ChemConnections site Final project possibilities	None.
Tuesday, Sept. 20	For Thurs. 9/22: Tipping Point pp. 169-192 (Chpt. 5), and 216-252 (Chpt. 7). Focus on teenage smoking case in Chpt. 7. Alley's Two-Mile Time Machine. Read pp. 11-13, skim 17-58, read 59-70. Read pp. 19-24 online (and table), short section on paleoproxy data in Alley's book Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises.	Homework: Data assignment. Thoughtful but brief answer to these questions which are mostly found in the data handouts from classes on Sept. 15 and 20.  Class Handouts: Lesson Learned from Tippy Games (pdf) Data handout used in class (pdf) Discussion agenda for Tipping Point Chpts. 2,3, & 4 (pdf)	Data assignment at left due Friday at 5pm . If you hit an electronic glitch, put paper copy under Trish's office door as backup plan. Dana will have an optional help session on Thursday night, Sept. 22, 8:45-10:30pm, Olin 02. You can come and talk with her and your classmates about questions on this assignment. Collaboration is encouraged, but you must write your own answers up, in your own words. Acknowledge significant ideas borrowed from others.
Thursday, Sept. 15	For Tues. 9/20: Tipping Point, pp. 89-168. Alley's Two-Mile Time Machine, pp. 3-9. Quickly read/skim this article on library e-reserves. It will take us a few weeks to digest all this. "Abrupt Climate Change", by Richard Alley, Sci. Amer. Nov. 2004. Focus mainly on pp. 62-65 for now. Click here for instructions on accessing library e-reserves for our course.	No Homework   Discussion agenda for Tipping Point Chpt. 1 (pdf) Tippy balance and data class handout (pdf)	None.
Tuesday, Sept. 13	For Thurs 9/15: Gladwell's Tipping Point, pp. 3-29 (Chpt. 1) and 30-88 (Chpt. 2). We'll discuss Chpt. 1 in class Thursday.	Short informal writing assignment #1	Friday Sept. 16 at 5pm. Hard copy to Trish (Mudd 189) and post in your Hand-In folder on COURSES network drive. "Network How To Instructions" here.

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