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Welcome to ENVS 250 Introduction to Environmental Science

Welcome to ENVS 250 Introduction to Environmental Science. With your host, Dr. Kleier Please add to your syllabus: http://academic.regis.edu/ckleier/. Population. Malthus Ehrich Hardin. The Story of Easter Island. Environmental Science is Multi-disciplinary.

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Welcome to ENVS 250 Introduction to Environmental Science

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  1. Welcome to ENVS 250Introduction to Environmental Science With your host, Dr. Kleier Please add to your syllabus: http://academic.regis.edu/ckleier/

  2. Population • Malthus • Ehrich • Hardin

  3. The Story of Easter Island

  4. Environmental Science is Multi-disciplinary

  5. Environmental Science ≠ Environmentalism

  6. Environmental scientists try to answer questions using the scientific method

  7. Scientific Method • Make observations • Ask questions • Develop a hypothesis • Make predictions   • Test the predictions • Analyze and interpret results

  8. About testing • Experiment • Manipulating variables • Independent • Dependent • Control vs. treatment • Controlled • Correlation • Observational study • Natural study

  9. Ways to test hypotheses

  10. Sustainability www.Myfootprint.org

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