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Natural Science Inquiry is a 4-credit sophomore-level class at Portland State University. The goal of the course is to help you make connections between your thinking and the field of study we label as "science." We'll explore a variety of different ways of looking at science and of applying it to address real problems, to see how its methods and insights can apply to your life. A major focus of the course is a community-based project, in which you apply the methods of science to address a current problem or issue in the Portland area. Spring 2000 Course Syllabus (pdf) Final Project: Transit Alternatives to Reduce CO Emissions in the Portland AreaPortland residents take great pride and enjoyment in the beauty of our natural surroundings. Preserving the livability of our community in the face of rapid population growth is one of our top priorities. But it is one thing to simply state our desire for a "livable community." It's quite another to sift through the bewildering array of policy options to choose those that will work in practice to realize this goal. This project is an attempt by PSU students to make sense of the options for reducing carbon monoxide emissions in the Portland area. Since CO emissions come primarily from automobile traffic, their solutions focused on ways to get commuters out of gasoline powered cars and into other forms of transit. Spring 2000 Student Projects:(Student reports are available in either html format - for online viewing - or Adobe Acrobat format. See the link in the left column to download the free Acrobat Reader software).
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