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Course name
HNRS 1035 Natural disturbance and society
Institution
Louisiana State University
Instructor
Becky Carmichael
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Science
Course dates
2015-08-24 – 2015-12-12
Approximate number of student editors
20


Natural disturbances shape our world, causing disruption to our lives, while simultaneously benefiting ecosystem composition and structure. This course will introduce disturbance ecology and explore the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on ecosystems using past and recent disasters. We will discuss the influence these events have on ecological and societal aspects and how past practices have shaped current responses. The course will also emphasize science literacy across disciplines and is communication-intensive, focusing on written and spoken communication.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jisacks Northern appalachian seismic zone 2005 storm in Uruguay, Evans Road Wildfire, Global Alert
DNMaurer Blowhole (geology), Bonnet Carré Crevasse, Geocarpy, Speckled mosquitofish
Daniel Ducote 1975 Haicheng earthquake, 2000 Mumbai landslide, Bayou Corne sinkhole, Weeks Act
Regina.Phalange123 1952 Hasankale earthquake, 2013 Cameron Highlands mud floods, Dos Bocas oil fire, Seventh cholera pandemic (1961–75)
Brittnicole97 2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks, 2015 Louisiana floods, 2015 Southeast Africa Floods, Full City oil spill
MAC2019 2015 Tanzania flood 1974 smallpox epidemic in India, 1976 Songpan-Pingwu earthquake, 1994 plague epidemic in Surat
Bgould4 1995 Gokyo avalanche, 2000 Mumbai landslide, Big Meadows fire, Melinis minutiflora
JayEllRichy Chicago Blizzard of 1979, June 2007 Texas flooding, North Carolina ice storm of 2002
Cball1124 Lonquimay volcano, Mont Blanc glacier flood, San Miguel volcano, Wuqia earthquake
Mblan45 2015 Louisiana floods, Challis Arc, Effusive Eruption, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
Squilliam Fancypants 1937 Great Hong Kong typhoon, April 2014 Nicaragua earthquake, Little Bear Fire, Red Lake (Croatia)
Katiefox8 1575 Valdivia earthquake, Bovedy (meteorite), Chatsbury bushfire, Cold Springs Fire
Cortego 2008 Sulawesi earthquake 2015 Afghanistan avalanches, Hazard map, National Shelter System
Bhardy7 1982-83 paraguay floods, 1982–83 Paraguay floods 2004 Alaska fire season, 2012 Sahel drought, La Espuela Coal Mine disaster
Ncollins129 2010 Guangxi wildfire, 2015 Pakistan cyclone, Eastern China flood of 1991, Triadica sebifera
NaturalWonders208 1902 Guatemala Earthquake, 2002 India Heat Wave, 2015 Canadian Wildfires
Hannahlampo 1881 Haiphong typhoon, 1998 Pymatuning earthquake, 2012 Kamaishi earthquake, Concepción (volcano), Malpa Landslide
225em 1906 San Francisco earthquake, 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole, Feral goats, Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 August 2015   |   Thursday, 27 August 2015
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia


Assignment - Create your account and learn the basics
  • Create an account and then complete the online training for students. A detailed description of the homework is posted on Moodle in the Wikipedia folder. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.



Resources: Online Training for Students


Assignment - Practice exercises
  • Select a stub disturbance/disaster article and make the following improvements:
    • Identify the stub article you will improve on our Wikipedia course page
    • Search for plagiarism in existing content
    • Add 1-2 sentences of new information, supported by appropriate scientific references
    • Add a link to another Wikipedia article
  • Stub articles can be located by searching Category:______ stub. A few examples are listed below, but you are not limited to these choices.
    • Disaster
    • Earthquakes
    • Ecology
    • Floods
    • Tropical cyclones

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 September 2015   |   Thursday, 3 September 2015
Assignment - Add to 3 articles
  • Select 3 different disturbance/disaster articles related to lectures presented and make the following improvements:
    • Identify the articles you will improve on our Wikipedia course page
    • Search for plagiarism in existing content
    • Add 2-3 sentences of new information, supported by appropriate scientific references (at least 1 article)
    • Add 1-2 links to other Wikipedia articles and/or external webpages
    • Indicate in your User sandbox what contributions you made them
    • Indicate in the article Talk Page why you made these contributions (Not that it was part of an assignment)
  • Be sure to connect science in society though your overall contributions.