À propos de ce cours : Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years.
Créé par : Université de Manchester
Enseigné par : Prof. David M. Schultz, Professor of Synoptic Meteorology
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
Enseigné par : Dr Rochelle Taylor, Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences
Enseigné par : Dr Jonathan Fairman, Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
| Niveau | Beginner |
| Langue | English, Sous-titres : Chinese (Simplified) |
| Comment réussir | Réussissez tous les devoirs notés pour terminer le cours. |
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Programme de cours
SEMAINE 1
Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System
15 vidéos, 7 lectures
- Vidéo: What's in store ...
- Reading: Course Guide
- Reading: Grading & Logistics
- Reading: Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System
- Vidéo: Video 1.0: Introduction and Philosophy
- Vidéo: Video 1.1: How does science work?
- Vidéo: Optional Video: How do scientific papers get published?
- Vidéo: Video 1.2: Introduction to the Earth's climate system
- Vidéo: Video 1.3: How do we measure geologic time?
- Vidéo: Video 1.4: Geological Time Scale Song
- Vidéo: Video 1.5: Minerals and Rocks
- Vidéo: Video 1.5.1: Igneous Rock
- Vidéo: Video 1.5.2: Sedimentary Rock
- Vidéo: Video 1.5.3: Metamorphic Rock
- Vidéo: Video 1.6: Using radioactivity to date rocks - Dr. Ray Burgess
- Vidéo: Video 1.7: Using stable isotopes to understand Earth processes - Dr. Ray Burgess
- Vidéo: Video 1.8: How do we know how old the Earth is?
- Vidéo: Video 1.9: What are those rocks doing lying around?
- Reading: Google Earth Tour 1
- Reading: Activity 1: Introduction
- Reading: Eloquent Science
- Reading: Our Earth 001 Course Book
Noté: Assessment 1
SEMAINE 2
Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth
14 vidéos, 2 lectures
- Reading: Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth
- Vidéo: Video 2.1.1: How did the Moon form? - Dr. Katherine Joy
- Vidéo: Video 2.1.2: Why is the Moon important to life on earth? - Dr. Katherine Joy
- Vidéo: Video 2.2: What came before plate tectonics?
- Vidéo: Video 2.3: How did plate tectonics get discovered?
- Vidéo: Video 2.4.1: The Earth's magnetic field
- Vidéo: Video 2.4.2: The magnetic poles flip? You're kidding me, right?
- Vidéo: Video 2.5: How earthquakes happen
- Vidéo: Video 2.6.1: What's inside the Earth?
- Vidéo: Video 2.6.2: How do we know about the insides of the Earth?
- Vidéo: Video 2.7: How do the plates move?
- Vidéo: Video 2.8: How does magma form?
- Vidéo: Video 2.9: How were the Himalaya formed?
- Vidéo: Video 2.10: Supercontinent Pangaea
- Vidéo: Video 2.11: The supercontinent cycle
- Reading: Google Earth Tour 2 and 3
Noté: Assessment 2
SEMAINE 3
Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere
14 vidéos, 5 lectures
- Reading: Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere
- Vidéo: Video 3.1.1: Where Did the Oceans Come From?
- Vidéo: Video 3.1.2: Are the Oceans in Steady State?
- Vidéo: Video 3.2.1: How the oceans work - Dr. Gregory Lane-Serff
- Vidéo: Video 3.2.2: The oceanic conveyor belt - Dr. Gregory Lane-Serff
- Vidéo: Video 3.3.1: What is the Atmosphere Made Of?
- Vidéo: Video 3.3.2: What Controls the Temperature Profile of the Atmosphere?
- Vidéo: Video 3.3.3: Three Radiation Laws
- Vidéo: Video 3.3.4: What if the Earth had no Atmosphere?
- Vidéo: Video 3.4.1: How does the Atmosphere Work?
- Vidéo: Video 3.4.2: How do the Jet Streams Control the Weather?
- Vidéo: Video 3.5: Extratropical cyclones
- Vidéo: Video 3.6: The Rise and Fall of Ice on Earth
- Vidéo: Video 3.7: How do Glaciers Control the Height of Mountains? – Dr. Simon Brocklehurst
- Vidéo: Video 3.8: Why the Arctic is Crucial to Earth's Climate - Dr. Bart Van Dongen and Dr. Robert Sparks
- Reading: Google Earth Tour 4
- Reading: Activity 2: Further Exploration
- Reading: The Thinking Persons’ Guide to Climate Change
- Reading: The shaping of storm tracks by mountains and ocean dynamics
Noté: Assessment 3
SEMAINE 4
Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System
17 vidéos, 2 lectures
- Reading: Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System
- Vidéo: Video 4.3.2: The Earliest Life on Earth
- Vidéo: Video 4.3.1 The Formation of Organic Molecules and the Tree of Life
- Vidéo: Video 4.1: The Earth's primitive atmosphere
- Vidéo: Video 4.2: Fossils
- Vidéo: Video 4.4.1: Welcome to The Manchester Museum - Prof. Phil Manning
- Vidéo: Video 4.4.2: Apex Chert and Stromatolites - Prof. Phil Manning
- Vidéo: Video 4.4.3: Ediacaran Fauna - Prof. Phil Manning
- Vidéo: Video 4.5.1: How Oxygen Changed the Earth Forever
- Vidéo: Video 4.5.2: The Arrival of Multicellular Life and the Cambrian Explosion
- Vidéo: Video 4.6.1: How Plants and Animals Came Onshore - Dr. Victoria Egerton
- Vidéo: Video 4.6.2: Colonization of Land
- Vidéo: Video 4.7.1: Devonian: From Fish to Tetrapod - Prof. Phil Manning
- Vidéo: Video 4.7.2: Carboniferous - Prof. Phil Manning
- Vidéo: Video 4.7.3: Jurassic Coast - Prof. Phil Manning
- Vidéo: Video 4.7.4: Dinosaurs - Prof. Phil Manning
- Vidéo: Video 4.7.5: Chemical Fossils - Prof. Phil Manning
- Vidéo: Video 4.8: Controls on Life on Earth: Mass Extinctions
- Reading: Google Earth Tour 5
Noté: Assessment 4
SEMAINE 5
Build Your Own Earth and Conclusion
5 vidéos, 4 lectures
- Reading: Build Your Own Earth
- Vidéo: BYOE Video 1: Introduction to Build Your Own Earth
- Vidéo: BYOE Video 2: How to Use Build your own Earth
- Vidéo: BYOE Video 3: How to Interpret Climate Properties: Surface Temperatures, the Jet Stream, Clouds, and Precipitation
- Vidéo: BYOE Video 4: Using Build Your Own Earth to Study Past Earth Climates
- Reading: Activity 1: Introduction
- Reading: Activity 2: Further Exploration
- Reading: Activity 3: Assessment
- Vidéo: Video 5.0: Synthesis and Anthropogenic Climate Change
Noté: BYOE Assessment
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