Geography 1301-Descriptive Meteorology

 

Course Website

Meteorology Syllabus

Student Information

Classroom Civility

Collection of Supplementary Notes

Different People: What Do They Have In Common?

Two Lab Science Courses?

Boulding Quiz

The Great Principles of Science

The Earth As A Planet: Introduction

Modes Of Authority

Fatherly Advice

20th Century Surprises

Uncertainty and Information

The Beginnings of Science: Philosophers

Basic Categories of Human Pleasure

The Basic Categories of Human Pleasure

Three Secret to Academic Success

Flournay Scholars Presentation

The Beginning of a "Modern" or Scientific Outlook: Some Key Developments

Notes About Assumptions: Is Knowledge Better Than Ignorance?

Some Key Terms

Non-Credit Pre-Quiz

Mid Term Tutorial for D and F Students

The Three WorldViews

Six Major Effects Of Earth-Sun Relationships

Reflection Question: Cause of the Seasons

Reality Criteria

The Weather Elements: The Climatic Controls

Intuitive and Counter-Intuitive Explanations in Science

The Quality Triangle

A Brief Overview Of Weather Principles

Time and Longitude(page1, page2)

Culture Change: Transformational Technological Developments Since 1850*

Kenneth Boulding's AAAS Lecture

How Scientists Think and What We Value

Writing Assignments

Brief History pg.(1, 2, 3)

Specific Developments in Instrumentation

Weather Journal Assignment

Student Workbook(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)Note: Save files to disk and then print outside of Explorer or Netscape forfull document. Printing from the Internet will cut off the 1/4 of the document.