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READINGS:

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1. "How to Argue"

2. "Top 20 Logical Fallacies"

3. "Why Everyone Needs To Understand Science"

4. "What is Science"

5. "The Flat Earth"

6. "Catastrophe in Reel Life, versus Real Life"

7. "Controversy where there is none"

8. "What makes science news newsworthy?"

9. "Public Opinions on Science"

10. "Science and the Public"

11. "The More Bad Data You See"

12. "Mean vs. Median"

13. "Paradox of Averages"

14. "A Dash of Chance"

15. "10 Ways We Get Odds Wrong"

16. "What is Intelligent Design?"

17. "In Texas, a Line in the Curriculum Revives Evolution Debate"

18. "Evolution is the Classroom"

19. "Metal Mining"

20. "Does Recycling Make Sense?"

21. "Paper vs. Plastic"

22. "In Mayor’s Plan, the Plastic Bag Will Carry a Fee"

23. "Wells and Overpumping"

24. "Nevada's Solutions for Overpumping"

25. "Groundwater Contamination"

26. "What are levees?"

27. "There Will Be Floods"

28. "History Repeats Itself in New Orleans"

29. "Rising Sea Shapes US Coasts"

30. "Beating Back the Ocean"

31. "Assateague Dunes Moved"

32. "Flood Insurance for Dummies"

33. "Gale Force Foolishness"

34. "Climate Change Myths and Facts"

35. "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration'"

36. "Primer on Sea Ice"

37. "Welcome to the Ice Age"

38. "Gore gets a Cold Shoulder"

39. "Global Warming Did It"

40. "Can We Trust Climate Models?"

41. "Forecast - Heavy Weather"

42. "Save the Earth in Six Hard Questions"

SLIDE SETS:

What is Science?

Science in the Real World

Science, the Media and the Public

Statistics and Risk

Mining and Mining Issues

Groundwater

Flooding Part 1

Flooding Part 2

Coastal Processes

Dealing with Coastal Risks

Climate Part 1

Climate Part 2

Global Warming Part 1

Global Warming Part 2