EARTH 105/105H - Environments of Africa: Geology and Climate Change

This course is offered online through Penn State's eLearning Cooperative. Significant natural features of Africa as related to human endeavor; case studies include the Nile, climate change, natural resources. Selected topics include conservation efforts of the animals in the wild in Africa, environment and health, and groundwater and archaeology concerns.

In Fall 2004, I taught an on-campus version for the honors program. Honors students conducted the Leaf Pack experiment in the stream that runs through campus. They compared their results to ones obtained by a school in Kenya and shared their results with a school in Trinidad. Students toured the Stroud Environmental Research Center, organizers of the Leaf Pack network.

Syllabus from online offering in Spring 2008 (PDF file)