EEOS 120
Introduction to Environmental,
Earth and Ocean Sciences
Human Population Over Time
 http://desip.igc.org/mapanim.html
 Today-6.783 billion people
 2040-projected 9 billion people
News
 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/09/08/north_kore
a_explains_fatal_flood_in_south/
 http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2009/09/04/study_links_h
umans_to_warming_in_the_arctic/
 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/27/c
ritics_say_rush_for_stimulus_money_puts_watershed_at_risk/
 http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2009/09/06/one_mans_a
ction_renews_interest_in_dedhams_mother_brook/
 http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE5810XZ20090902
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/as_himalayas_ne
w_species
 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/08/21/world_sets_rec
ord_for_hottest_ocean_temperature/
Introduction
 Who are “we”
 Goals of the Course
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Content
Concepts
Skills
Learning
 Syllabus
 Policies
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Are you a…..?
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(A) Freshman
(B) Sophomore
(C) Junior
(D) Senior
(E) Other
Are you a …. ?
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(A) EEOS major
(B) other College of Science & Math major
(C) College of Liberal Arts major
(D) College of Management or Nursing
major
 (E) Other
My age is:
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(A) <20
(B) 20-24
(C) 25-35
(D) 35-45
(E) >45
Environmental, Earth and Ocean
Sciences (EEOS)
 EEOS is an interdisciplinary department that
integrates the natural and social sciences to
generate and apply new knowledge about the
quality of our environment and the sustainable use
of its resources. It focuses on promoting
integrated science, planning, policy, and education
for understanding earth-system processes and
managing the impacts of urbanization on linked
watershed and coastal marine systems
Pre-Evaluation
 To see what you learn during this course, I
need to know what you already know…
Index Card
 Name 3 ways land
affects coastal waters
 Name 3 ways the
ocean affects the land
 Name 3 ways you
affect the environment
 Name 3 ways the
environment affects
you
Reading
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www.mwra.com
Harbor and Bay
Boston Harbor
State of the Harbor Report (2005)
– 1996 state of the Harbor Report
 http://www.boston-online.com/harbor.html
Scientific Method
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Boston Harbor Observation
Question?
Hypothesis
Testing the hypothesis
New Hypothesisexperiment
Result
Conclusion
Boston Harbor
Linked Watershed-Coastal
Marine Systems
Homework
 Please photocopy your ID card photo and
write your name, major, and hometown on a
8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper.
 (I would like to attempt to learn all of your
names and faces)