UPV_0002 Basic of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Miléř, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Barbora Onderková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: intepret (1)basic principles of ecology - understand (2) function of ecosystems. In the lecture crucial problems of the contemporary human society are discussed (3) – usage (4) of natural resources and conversion of environment - interpret (5)global environmental problems - explain (6) theory sustainable life.
Syllabus
  • 1. Main goals of environmentalistics, basic concepts. 2. Basic ecological (biological) concepts. 3. Running of matter and energy. 4. Protection of nature. 5. Energy. 6. Environmetalistics in school and household. 7. Polutants, toxicity and global environment problems - individual reports. 8. Environment generally, of the Czech Republic, regional - reports. 9. Landscape, how, I was born - environmental view.
Literature
  • GORE, Al. Nepříjemná pravda : naše planeta v ohrožení - globální oteplování a co s ním můžeme udělat. Translated by Jitka Fialová. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo, 2007, 325 s. ISBN 9788072038688. info
  • GORE, Al. Země na misce vah : ekologie a lidský duch. Edited by Jan Jařab. Vyd. 2. Praha: Argo, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 8072033107. info
  • GRALLA, Preston. Jak pracuje životní prostředí. Translated by Vratislav Nechuta, Illustrated by Cherie Plumlee. Brno: Unis, 1995, 212 stran. ISBN 156276232X. info
Teaching methods
Class discusion, individual project.
Assessment methods
Completion of a course: credit - presentation of individual project
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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