| Week # | Topics | Lectures | Action Learning, Demos, Games, & Term Projects | Key Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Introduction & Weather Story | Class Intros and Your Weather Story | Term Projects: Expectations and Deliverables | |
2 | Water, Climate Change, and Health Intro | What Makes a Planet Habitable? Planetary Boundaries | Project Profiles | |
3 | Climate 1 | Earth's Climate History |
Project Profiles (cont.) Present and Discuss Favorite Drawdown Solution(s) | |
4 | Climate 2 | 10,000 Years Ago to Present | Discussion of Project Ideas & Favorite Drawdown Solution(s) | MIT Water Night Event (Optional) |
5 | Climate 3 |
Atmospheric and Oceanic General Circulation Models Guest Lecture: Kasturi Shah, MIT Graduate Student | Due: 1st Deliverable | |
6 | Climate 4 | Future Projections | Demo: Soil Carbon Sponge Demo | Field Trip #1: Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory (Optional) |
7 | Water & Climate Change | Climate Change, Human, and Planetary Health Through the Lens of Water | Project Updates | Due: 2nd Deliverable |
8 | Game | No lecture |
Team Project Updates "Save the World in 120 Minutes" Simulation Game | |
9 | One Health |
One Health Guest Lecture: Hellen Amuguni, Assistant Professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University | ||
10 |
Storm Water Management | No lecture | Field Trip #2: MWRA Storm Water Management, Combined Sewer Overflows | |
11 | Oceans | Ocean Acidification | Renewable Energy (Background to Field Trip #3) |
Due: 3rd Deliverable MIT Climate Night Event (Optional) Field Trip #3: Hull Wind Energy (Optional) Field Trip #4: City Nature Challenge (Optional) |
12 | Climate & Sustainability |
Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: How the World is Doing in Addressing Climate Change and Related Sustainability Issues Guest Lecture: Bill Moomaw, Emeritus Professor of International Environmental Policy at Tufts University MIT’s Climate Action Plan and Massachusetts Climate Action Guest Lecture: Curt Newton, MIT Climate Action Advisory Committee, 350 Massachusetts | ||
13 | SLR Case Study | A Sea Level Rise and Flooding in Coastal Cities Case Study: Boston | ||
14 | Low Carbon Home | No lecture |
Field Trip #5: See Solar Electric, Solar Thermal, and Geothermal Installations in a 100-Year Old Home Due: Final Deliverable |