London Summer Travel Course
Summer 2022

NSP 111: Energy Issues in Science and Society

Fronefield Crawford
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Franklin & Marshall College

Left: F&M at Arcadia University in London 2022. Right: Illustration by Brandon Witbrod.

This course is a one-credit Franklin and Marshall NSP course being taught at the Arcadia University's London Center by Froney Crawford. The dates for the course in London are July 4 through July 30, 2022. Most of the logistics involving travel, housing, etc. will be handled by the study abroad office in the Joseph International Center at F&M.

Arcadia London has set up a canvas page for health and safety, covid, residence life and living in the UK (not specifically course related).

The course syllabus and schedule is available on the course canvas page and has a lot of the academic details, including course information, a schedule of course meetings, and assignments.

The required textbook for the course is Energy, Environment, and Climate (3nd edition) by Richard Wolfson.

See the course canvas page.

Useful Links for Assignments

See the course canvas page.

• Gapminder.org
• U.S. and World Popluation Clock
• Life Expectancy Graphs
• Rotating 3D Methane Molecule
• Radiation Dose Chart from xkcd
• YouTube videos showing the fast incoming tide at Morecambe Bay:
  • Video #1
  • Video #2
• IPCC 6th Assessment Report 2022 Summary for Policymakers
• IPCC 6th Assessment Report 2022 Press Release
• ClimatePrediction.net - Use your idle computer cycles to help predict Earth's future climate
• CO2 "clock" - Keeps ticking upward!

Below are the best photographs chosen from those taken by students in the class as part of the field trip assignments. Several photos per trip have been chosen that best represent and encapsulate the notion of energy use, sustainability, climate change, etc. and which are the most artistic in their presentation.
• Best class photographs from Field Trip #1: The Thames Barrier

  

• Best class photographs from Field Trip #2: BedZED (@Zedfactory)

  

• Best class photographs from Field Trip #3a: Big Pit Coal Mine Museum (@BigPitMuseum)

  

• Best class photographs from Field Trip #3b Centre for Alternative Technology (@centre_alt_tech)

  

• Best class photographs from Field Trip #4: Reading Green Park Wind Turbine and Reading Hydro (@RdgHydro)