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BIO 365 Lecture Schedule

Week	Topic	Notes	Chapter
1	Introduction to environmental chemistry Review problems	Review problems Review concepts Review answers
2	Section 1: Components of the biosphere Chemistry of natural waters	Water chemistry Half reaction solutions	9
3	Chemistry of soils Case study: Little Rock Lake	LRL assignment Soil chemistry (part 2)	12 (p. 591 – 599)
4	Atmospheric chemistry	Atmospheric chemistry	1 - 4
5	Section 2: Environmental fate of contaminants Partitioning of contaminants – fugacity	Exam 1 review (solutions) Contaminant partitioning
6	Review; catch up; Contaminant transport Exam 1 (2/15)	Fugacity
7	Transformation of chemicals - biotic / abiotic Case study: Atrazine	Biotic transformations Atrazine article Atrazine notes and assignment
8	Catch up/continue	Abiotic transformations
9	Spring Break – No class
10	Section 3: Pollutant classes, modes of action and toxicity Metals Case study: Arsenic	Metals (part 2) Arsenic assignment Presentation info Example three, four, five	11
11	Pesticides, Herbicides Exam II (3/21)	Exam 2 review Organochlorines	7
12	Hydrocarbons and other organics Student presentations	Herbicides Dioxin presentation (assignment) Dioxin toxicity	8
13	Atmospheric pollutants Case study: Glyphosate Student presentations	Relyea articles	2
14	Section 4: Contaminant removal Purification of polluted waters Student presentations	Polluted water Problem set	10
15	Waste, soils and sediment Case Study: As cycling in Yellowstone National Park and the Madison River drainage	Waste treatment PBB Assignment	12
16	Final review Exam III (4/23) No class (4/25)	Exam 3 review
17	Final exam from 12:00 – 1:50 (Wed. 4/30)