8/29 

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/science-senses/
  2. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/what-is-science/
  3. https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_b_jones_why_curiosity_is_the_key_to_science_and_medicine?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

9/5  

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/tools-of-seeing/
  2. http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/astronomy/
  3. OpenStax Astronomy – Ch 1: Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour
  4. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/23/science/space/unforgettablehubble-space-telescopephotos.html?_r=0

9/12

  1. Electromagnetic Spectrum: https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/emspectrum1.html
  2. Astronomers use light to study stars and planets: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/10/07/3012690.htm
  3. Cosmic Dawn – https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/cosmic-dawn-astronomys-ancient-quest-to-find-the-universes-first-stars/264998/

9/17 

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/geology/
  2. Cleland C. 2001. Historical science, experimental science, and the scientific method. 29(11):987-990.

9/24     

  1. SciShow: The Times and Troubles of the Scientific Method – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8wi0QnYN6s
  2. Valley JW. 2005. A Cool Early Earth? Scientific American

9/26    

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/urban-ecology/
  2. Bozeman Science: Biodiversity –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-PE3ve3w2w
  3. Big City Conservation: New York City’s Hidden Biodiversity – http://www.ecology.com/2012/02/20/new-york-conservation-biodiversity/
  4. Helden AJ & SR Leather. 2004. Biodiversity on urban roundabouts – Hemiptera, management and the species–area relationship. Basic and Applied Ecology. 5:367-377

10/1  

  1. Pavan Sukhdev TED Talk: What is the price of nature? http://www.ted.com/talks/pavan_sukhdev_what_s_the_price_of_nature.html
  2. NYC Biodiversity – https://blogs.plos.org/ecology/2016/01/27/life-as-a-bird-biodiversity-management-in-new-york-city/ 

10/3    

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/climate-change/
  2. Hansen J. 2004. Defusing the global warming time bomb. Scientific American. pages 69-77.
  3. http://www.scienceintheclassroom.org/research-papers/just-few-degrees-can-change-ecosystem

10/10  

  1. SF Video: Scientific Uncertainty https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/scientific-uncertainty/
  2. Peppered Moths – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRA807djLc
  3. Chapter 6: Science and Politics from Pigliucci M. 2010. Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

10/15  

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/evolution/
  2. Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk – Chapter 7: Science in the Courtroom
  3. GilbertKawai14-KingOfTheMountain = Human adaptation

10/17  

  1. Nature Inspired Design – https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_learning_from_the_gecko_s_tail?language=en&utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
  2. Harris M, G Taylor, & J Taylor. 2007. CatchUp Math and Statistics for the Life Sciences. New York: WH Freeman and Company. Ch. 28 and 29.

10/22

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/the-challenge-of-food/
  2. The challenge of feeding 9 billion people. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/327/5967/812.short

10/24  

  1. Jonathan Foley TED talk: The other inconvenient truth http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_foley_the_other_inconvenient_truth.html
  2. Freedman, DH. 2013. Are engineered foods evil? Scientific American. Pgs. 80-85

10/29  

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/water/
  2. Science360: Sustainability: Water – Ogallala Aquifer – http://science360.gov/obj/video/6d8a2e02-0936-47d8-b2f4-3833c63d11ad/sustainability-waterogallala-aquifer
  3. Pimentel D et al. Water Resources: agriculture, the environment, and society. Available at: http://www.kysq.org/docs/Pimentel97.pdf

10/31 

  1. Science360: Remote Sensing https://science360.gov/obj/video/76478e4f-f0de-4df1-88b2-6c00b6ba60e5/remote-sensing-water-trends-yields-insight-water-quality-quantity
  2. Liu J. , et al 2015 – Assessing water scarcity by simultaneously considering environmental flow requirements, water quantity, and water quality. Ecological Indicators pgs 434 – 441

11/5  

EVERYONE WATCH: SciShow – The Why,

  1. How, and How Much of Oil – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBBGKx65Ygg

WATCH ONLY 1 (assigned in class)

11/7              

  1. SF Video: Energy https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/energy/

11/14  

  1. SF Video: Drug Development and Discovery https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/drug-development-and-discovery/
  2. Francis Collins TED Talk: We need better drugs – now http://www.ted.com/talks/francis_collins_we_need_better_drugs_now.html
  3. Marine Sponges as Drug Treasure – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930278/pdf/bt-24-347.pdf

11/19   

  1. 2013. Free of gene patents, personalized medicine enters new era. Source: NOVA Next. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/gene-patents-and-personalizedmedicine/
  2. Marshall and Price. 2013. US Supreme Court strikes down gene patents. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/06/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-human-gene-patents

11/21  

  1. SF Video: Cancer https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/cancer/
  2. http://www.scienceintheclassroom.org/research-papers/arrested-development-when-cells-make-mistakes

11/26

  1. https://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Video-Library/five-basic-public-speaking-tips
  2. Having a Conversation – https://youtu.be/PMmnPpjtU7c

11/28 

  1. SF Video: Ethics https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/ethics/

12/3 

  1. Science360: Mind Mappers: Mapping the Brain to Understand the Mind, Science360. http://science360.gov/obj/video/91c5b32a-e68b-468b-93bc-25a8067a4167/mind-mappers-mappingbrain-understand-mind

12/5    

  1. https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/scienceforward/portfolio/animal-communication/
  2. HHMI – https://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/spring-2015/building-reality

12/10  

  1. SF Video: Artificial Intelligence
  2. What “AI” is or is not – https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_thrun_and_chris_anderson_the_new_generation_of_computers_is_programming_itself?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare