This interdisciplinary course is a real-world collaborative multi-year project that connects various departments, courses, and independent study projects on a college campus. Using the client/consultant model, students from several departments and a wide range of environmental backgrounds come together to explore the design of an efficient future student house on campus. Over a couple of years, students research and test building designs, energy for heating and power, natural flows of available energy, natural ecosystem processes including living machines, and possible materials to use in the eventual construction of the eco-house. This SERC Starting Point site includes learning goals, context for use, teaching tips and materials, assessment, and references.
- Subject:
- Environmental Science
- Life Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Reading
- Syllabus
- Teaching/Learning Strategy
- Provider:
- Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
- Provider Set:
- Starting Point: Teaching Entry Level Geoscience
- Author:
- Cathy Manduca
- Environmental Studies Course, Carleton College Professor Gary Wagenbach gwagenba@carleton.edu and Lecturer Richard Strong rstrong@acws.carleton.edu, Compiled by Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, ssavanic@carleton.edu
- Date Added:
- 03/04/2019
