Wykład specjalistyczny (warsztat naukowca)

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Global Environmneal Prolems is intended to broaden the students understanding of chemical processes taking place in our environment. The relationship between atmospheric, soil and water chemistry will be underlined. This course draws upon general, analytical and organic chemistry experience.

LEARNING GOALS:

Students should:

• Know the relationship between all spheres of the environment

• Know the major pollutants in all spheres, their origin and fate

• Be aware of the environmental effects of pollution

• Know the cycles of environmentally significant elements

• Be aware of the effects of pollution on humans

• Link technology, resources and energy

• Know how to identify and how to treat hazardous wastes

CONCEPTUAL THINKING OBJECTIVES:

• Reading: cause-effect logic, hypothesis testing, summarizing logic

• Writing: cause-effect links, objective designing, experiment planning

• Data analysis: relevant data sources, data treatment, qualitative and quantitative evaluation, data consistency, error analysis

• Models: cause-effect, correlation, trends

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READING LIST (suggestion):

Scientific Journals:

Environmental Science and Technology

Chemical and Engineering News

Chemical Engineering Progress

Environmental Progress

Chemtech

Water Resources

and other relevant WEB resources

After completing this course students should:

1. Know the relationship between all spheres of environment in terms of generation and fate of pollutants.

2. Know causes and effects of acid rain, global warming, ozone layer depletions, and photochemical smog

3. Be able to describe in chemistry terms (reactions, phase interactions) the effects of basic inorganic and organic pollutants (acidic gases, PAH, radicals, heavy metals) on the environment.

4. Be aware of the solutions used to minimize, reduce and recycle wastes generated in the anthrosphere.

5. Be able to evaluate the role of chemists and chemical engineers in polluting/cleaning the environment

6. Work as apart of a problem solving team to solve chemistry problems.

7. Be able to search data bases to extract the needed information