Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years.
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1完成时间为 3 小时
Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System
15 个视频 （总计 98 分钟）, 7 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
15 个视频
Video 1.0: Introduction and Philosophy7分钟
Video 1.1: How does science work?6分钟
Optional Video: How do scientific papers get published?10分钟
Video 1.2: Introduction to the Earth's climate system8分钟
Video 1.3: How do we measure geologic time?9分钟
Video 1.4: Geological Time Scale Song2分钟
Video 1.5: Minerals and Rocks2分钟
Video 1.5.1: Igneous Rock3分钟
Video 1.5.2: Sedimentary Rock6分钟
Video 1.5.3: Metamorphic Rock5分钟
Video 1.6: Using radioactivity to date rocks - Dr. Ray Burgess7分钟
Video 1.7: Using stable isotopes to understand Earth processes - Dr. Ray Burgess6分钟
Video 1.8: How do we know how old the Earth is?5分钟
Video 1.9: What are those rocks doing lying around?10分钟
7 个阅读材料
Course Guide10分钟
Grading & Logistics10分钟
Building Blocks of Earth’s Climate System10分钟
Google Earth Tour 110分钟
Activity 1: Introduction10分钟
Eloquent Science10分钟
Our Earth 001 Course Book10分钟
1 个练习
Assessment 120分钟
周
2完成时间为 2 小时
Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth
14 个视频 （总计 107 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
14 个视频
Video 2.1.2: Why is the Moon important to life on earth? - Dr. Katherine Joy 3分钟
Video 2.2: What came before plate tectonics?5分钟
Video 2.3: How did plate tectonics get discovered?6分钟
Video 2.4.1: The Earth's magnetic field7分钟
Video 2.4.2: The magnetic poles flip? You're kidding me, right?6分钟
Video 2.5: How earthquakes happen14分钟
Video 2.6.1: What's inside the Earth?6分钟
Video 2.6.2: How do we know about the insides of the Earth?6分钟
Video 2.7: How do the plates move?3分钟
Video 2.8: How does magma form?11分钟
Video 2.9: How were the Himalaya formed?7分钟
Video 2.10: Supercontinent Pangaea9分钟
Video 2.11: The supercontinent cycle4分钟
2 个阅读材料
Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth10分钟
Google Earth Tour 2 and 310分钟
1 个练习
Assessment 220分钟
周
3完成时间为 3 小时
Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere
14 个视频 （总计 124 分钟）, 5 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
14 个视频
Video 3.1.2: Are the Oceans in Steady State?13分钟
Video 3.2.1: How the oceans work - Dr. Gregory Lane-Serff9分钟
Video 3.2.2: The oceanic conveyor belt - Dr. Gregory Lane-Serff12分钟
Video 3.3.1: What is the Atmosphere Made Of?6分钟
Video 3.3.2: What Controls the Temperature Profile of the Atmosphere?5分钟
Video 3.3.3: Three Radiation Laws4分钟
Video 3.3.4: What if the Earth had no Atmosphere?7分钟
Video 3.4.1: How does the Atmosphere Work?9分钟
Video 3.4.2: How do the Jet Streams Control the Weather?7分钟
Video 3.5: Extratropical cyclones8分钟
Video 3.6: The Rise and Fall of Ice on Earth12分钟
Video 3.7: How do Glaciers Control the Height of Mountains? – Dr. Simon Brocklehurst10分钟
Video 3.8: Why the Arctic is Crucial to Earth's Climate - Dr. Bart Van Dongen and Dr. Robert Sparks 7分钟
5 个阅读材料
Water in Earth’s Climate System: Oceans, Atmosphere, and Cryosphere10分钟
Google Earth Tour 410分钟
Activity 2: Further Exploration10分钟
The Thinking Persons’ Guide to Climate Change10分钟
The shaping of storm tracks by mountains and ocean dynamics10分钟
1 个练习
Assessment 320分钟
周
4完成时间为 3 小时
Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System
17 个视频 （总计 116 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
17 个视频
Video 4.3.1 The Formation of Organic Molecules and the Tree of Life13分钟
Video 4.1: The Earth's primitive atmosphere10分钟
Video 4.2: Fossils6分钟
Video 4.4.1: Welcome to The Manchester Museum - Prof. Phil Manning54
Video 4.4.2: Apex Chert and Stromatolites - Prof. Phil Manning 3分钟
Video 4.4.3: Ediacaran Fauna - Prof. Phil Manning 5分钟
Video 4.5.1: How Oxygen Changed the Earth Forever11分钟
Video 4.5.2: The Arrival of Multicellular Life and the Cambrian Explosion11分钟
Video 4.6.1: How Plants and Animals Came Onshore - Dr. Victoria Egerton7分钟
Video 4.6.2: Colonization of Land3分钟
Video 4.7.1: Devonian: From Fish to Tetrapod - Prof. Phil Manning7分钟
Video 4.7.2: Carboniferous - Prof. Phil Manning2分钟
Video 4.7.3: Jurassic Coast - Prof. Phil Manning3分钟
Video 4.7.4: Dinosaurs - Prof. Phil Manning 4分钟
Video 4.7.5: Chemical Fossils - Prof. Phil Manning 4分钟
Video 4.8: Controls on Life on Earth: Mass Extinctions12分钟
2 个阅读材料
Life, and its Effect on Earth’s Climate System10分钟
Google Earth Tour 510分钟
1 个练习
Assessment 420分钟
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29 个审阅75%
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It was a really nice, and interesting course, which will definitely help me in my career. Thanks University of Manchester!
A great course with some interesting and educational concepts. I really enjoyed this course. Thanks so much.
讲师
Prof. David M. Schultz
Professor of Synoptic MeteorologySchool of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
Dr Rochelle Taylor
Postdoctoral Research AssociateSchool of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences
Dr Jonathan Fairman
Postdoctoral Research AssociateSchool of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
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