FY2RC_ENV Environmental Physics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Jindřiška Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vladislav Navrátil, CSc.
Department of Physics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Gabriela Vohradská
Supplier department: Department of Physics – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
Introduction of basic concepts of EV and global problems of mankind. The status of environmental education in schools and extracurricular education. Physical aspects of EV and the possibility of blending into the physics of the EV as a subject. Practical work in school, laboratory and field / measurement of basic physical environmental factors, measurements   RES, simulation games /
Syllabus
  • The objective of this seminar are following topics:
  • Energy consumption for the existence of human civilization developed.
  • Treatment of raw materials and natural resources, separation,
  • recycling, the demand on the supply of energy.
  • Production, distribution and consumption of non-renewable resources.
  • The acceptability of alternatives, issues. Solar energy, nuclear energy, limitations, the level of risk.
  • Optimization, economic motives, social impacts. Estimates of potential savings for the Czech Republic. Hygiene levels, noise, heat and radiation around us.
Literature
  • FRIEDMAN, George. Příštích sto let : předpověď pro jednadvacáté století. Translated by Jana Odehnalová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo a Dokořán, 2010, 323 s. ISBN 9788073632878. info
  • KADRNOŽKA, Jaroslav. Globální oteplování Země : příčiny, průběh, důsledky, řešení. Vyd. 1. Brno: VUTIUM, 2008, 467 s. ISBN 9788021434981. info
  • KADRNOŽKA, Jaroslav. Energie a globální oteplování : Země v proměnách při opatřování energie. Vyd. 1. Brno: VUTIUM, 2006, 189 s. ISBN 8021429194. info
  • FRIEDMAN, Benjamin M. The moral consequences of economic growth. 1st ed. New York: Vintage Books, 2005, x, 570. ISBN 1400095719. info
  • IPCC technical guidelines for assessing climate change impacts and adaptations. London: World Meteorological Organization, 1994, x, 59. ISBN 0904813118. info
  • Climate change : the IPCC response strategies. Washington: Island press, 1991, lxii, 272. ISBN 1559631031. info
  • World meteorological organization. Climate change : the IPCC response strategies. Washington: Island press, 1991, lxii, 272. ISBN 1-55963-102-3. info
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/PedF:FY2RC_ENV!
Teaching methods
Class discussion, homework.
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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