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Week Class Theme Module 1 1 Introduction and Geography pretest Introduction 2 2 Cultural Geography of Latin America Background: Module I 3 Physiography, Geography and Climate of Latin America 3 4 Plate Tectonics 5 Geologic setting and evolution of Latin America 4 6 Humans in Latin America and Pre-Columbian Cultures Minerals: Module II 7 Pre-Columbian history of gold, silver, and other metals 5 8 Collision of Civilizations 9 Colonial Silver- Potosí (Bolivia) and Guanajuato (Mexico) 6 10 Postcolonial Mining and Development: The Chilean Example 11 Review for mid term Evaluation 1 7 12 First Mid Term 13 Oil and Gas Basics Energy & Natural Hazards: Module III 8 14 Oil and Gas in Latin America 15 Organizational Meeting about projects 9 16 Geothermal Energy 17 Earthquakes in Latin America 10 18 Volcanic Hazards in Latin America 19 El Niño Water and Environment: Module IV 11 20 Glaciers and Climate Change in Latin America 21 Amazon Rive 12 22 Review; Projects and groups must be defined Evaluation 2 23 Second Mid Term 13 24 Rain Forest Water and Environment: Module IV 25 Coral Reefs 14 26 U.S. Mexico Water I 27 U.S. Mexico Water II 15 28 Project Day- Presentation of projects I Evaluation 3 29 Project Day- Presentation of projects II 16 30 Final Exam Table 1. Semester schedule for Geology, Resources, and Environment of Latin America. common usage however, Latin America is accepted to be that part of the New World that lies south of the United States of America, which is how we define the GRELA region of interest. COURSE PHILOSOPHY AND ORGANIZATION This course is an overview of the natural environment of Latin America, and how it is impacted by human activity. It is not possible to be comprehensive in a one-semester course, so we focus on key topics and concepts; because two of us are geologists, we emphasize the physical environment although biosphere components are included in presentations on the Amazon rainforest and coral reefs. After a short introduction the course is taught in order of events, and sequentially: geology, the human presence, use of resources, and environment (Table 1). This organization naturally puts Earth and human history at the beginning of the course and Earth System Science at the end. We choose examples from different countries, so some aspect of nearly every Latin American nation is the focus of at least one lecture. The 22 lectures are ordered into an introduction and 4 modules (Background; Minerals; Energy and Natural Hazards; Water and the Environment). Since we have not found a suitable textbook, the course is taught using PowerPoint© presentations. Literature sources are very important for providing content, and in the following sections of this paper we mention a few of the more important references. Most lectures are given by Dr. Pujana (Argentinean paleontologist) and Dr. Stern (US tectonicist). Dr. Ledbetter was responsible for evaluating the course but also delivered two of the biology-related lectures (rainforest and coral reefs), which are in her area of expertise. The introductory lecture presents the course structure and the instructors' expectations of the students. After this, four lectures (Module 1; Table 1) provide overviews of Latin American cultural and physical geography (Burns and Charlip, 2002; Clawson, 2004), and acquaint students with plate tectonics (Lamb, 2004) and geologic history (Almeida et al., 2000; Cordani et al., 2000). The second module (Table 1) focuses on metals and is the most historical of the four modules. Five lectures move progressively from the beginning of human occupation almost to the present. We first set the stage for civilization in the New World, by summarizing the appearance of humans, extinctions of large mammals (Barnosky et al., 2004), and the rise of Pre-Columbian 358 Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 54, n. 3, May, 2006, p. 357-363PDF Image | Geology, Resources and Environment of Latin America
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