EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES

Write a 1-2 page reaction paper on a recent article related to class content. Each one due at the exam. You can turn them in early, but not late.

Type it out and attach the article. Other opportunities may include attending an outside lecture, book or movie review/reaction. Ask me first before you start.

• Donovan Hohn, 2011. Moby-Duck: The true story of the 28,000 bath toys lost at sea, and of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists, and fools, including the author, who went in search of them. Viking Pub. (book)
• Charles C. Mann, 2011. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. Knopf Pub.
• Wangari Maatai, 2006. Unbowed: A memoir. Knopf Pub.

METHOD OF GRADING
The assignment of points will be according to the following:
Reaction Papers (2)                           200 points
Exams(4)                                            600 points
Homework                                         100 points
Attendance                                        100 points

TOTAL                                                1000 points

Articles:

The end of the line: The future of fish. Time, July, 18, 2011

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/11/171376509/is-sustainable-labeled-seafood-really-sustainable

The Effects of Lava Flows: Urban Development on Hawaii’s Big Island

Economic History of Hawaii

Brazil & no till farming

History of agriculture in Hawaii

GMO Hawaii

Food Ark National Geographic July 2011

On Thin Ice (Polar Bear) National Geographic July 2011

Hawaii Hopes to Export Trash to the Mainland

Hawaii vehicles nearly match state population

The Toaster Project

Algae & Fuel

Websites:

Ocean Acidification Virtual Lab

Ocean Acidification Virtual Lab Questionniare

http://coralreef.noaa.gov/

El Nino using real data

Ocean acidification using real data

Sea level using real data

Water quality using real data

Videos:

Empty Oceans Empty Nets

Inconvenient Truth

Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise (no link)