Wood Science: Beyond Building
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Wood Science: Beyond Building
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About this course: The central question of this course: “why study wood?” If “why study wood” is the question, one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in human life span terms. Wood is as important to society today as it ever was, despite the development of many man-made substitute materials, changing resource availability, and the changing needs of society. Some items on the list of wood products stay the same (lumber, plywood and veneer for building construction, furniture, shipping pallets & crates and other containers & packaging materials, railroad ties, utility poles, chemical feed stocks, etc), but the list also keeps changing …
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When you enroll for courses through Coursera you get to choose for a paid plan or for a free plan .
- Free plan: No certicification and/or audit only. You will have access to all course materials except graded items.
- Paid plan: Commit to earning a Certificate—it's a trusted, shareable way to showcase your new skills.
About this course: The central question of this course: “why study wood?” If “why study wood” is the question, one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in human life span terms. Wood is as important to society today as it ever was, despite the development of many man-made substitute materials, changing resource availability, and the changing needs of society. Some items on the list of wood products stay the same (lumber, plywood and veneer for building construction, furniture, shipping pallets & crates and other containers & packaging materials, railroad ties, utility poles, chemical feed stocks, etc), but the list also keeps changing to meet new needs and challenges as the resource changes. In short, wood is a far more diverse, green, and renewable resource than you might have imagined. Join us to learn about the important role of wood in human history, civilization, and our future. By the end of the course, learners will be able to: - describe wood as a raw material and its critical importance to the world economy, and the lives of the people that make that economy work. - identify the projected trend for wood consumption to continue to grow in the coming years, despite the image of wood as a "low tech" material. - identify the ways in which wood's properties can lead to its efficient and sustainable use. -identify wood's positive role in boosting the world economy and ability to lead to unexpected vocations.
Created by: West Virginia University-
Taught by: Lawrence Osborn, Research Associate
Davis College Division of Forestry & Natural Resources -
Taught by: Jeffrey Slahor, Research Instructor
Davis College Division of Forestry & Natural Resources
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WEEK 1
Welcome and Global Use
8 videos, 4 readings expand
- Video: Welcome! Why Study Wood?
- Video: Book Recommendations
- Video: Organization Recommendations
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Introduce Yourself
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: About Names
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Commercial Species
- Video: Forest Cover and Harvests: Part A
- Video: Forest Cover and Harvests: Part B
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Hardwoods vs Softwoods
- Video: Comparing Fuel Values
- Video: Managing Forests
- Video: Harvesting Wood
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Comparing Woods
Graded: Module 1 Quiz
WEEK 2
Basic Wood Science
10 videos, 7 readings expand
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Moisture and Normal Wood Behavior
- Video: Wood Structure & Moisture Content: Part A
- Video: Wood Structure & Moisture Content: Part B
- Video: Wood Structure & Moisture Content: Part C
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Moisture Relations & Physical Properties of Wood
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Drying & Control of Moisture Content & Dimensional Changes
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Wood Qualities
- Video: Wood Challenges and Solutions
- Video: Solving the Riddle
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Stress in Wood
- Video: Stress Tests
- Video: Anisotropic Nature of Wood
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Estimating Dimensional Changes
- Video: Wood Decay and Preservation: Part A
- Video: Wood Decay and Preservation: Part B
- Video: Wood Decay and Preservation: Part C
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: A Rotten Shame. 1985 Phipps Conservatory Wood Repairs Need Redoing
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Wood Preservation and Decay
Graded: Module 2 Quiz
WEEK 3
Wood Products
9 videos, 4 readings expand
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Wood Products: Introducing Andrew White
- Video: Andrew White: Guitar, Part A
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: CITES: The Lacey Act
- Video: Andrew White: Guitar, Part B
- Video: Andrew White: Guitar, Part C
- Video: Solid Wood Flooring
- Вопрос для обсуждения: The Importance of Moisture Content
- Video: Engineered Wood Flooring: Part A
- Video: Engineered Wood Flooring: Part B
- Video: Modern/Engineered Wood Products: Part A
- Video: Modern/Engineered Wood Products: Part B
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Engineered Wood Composites
- Video: Making Engineered Wood Products
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Historic Glued-Laminated Arches Evaluated for Structural Quality
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Species Availability and Wood Products
Graded: Module 3 Quiz
WEEK 4
Wood and the Environment
10 videos, 7 readings expand
- Video: Climate Science: Part A
- Video: Climate Science: Part B
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Understanding the Carbon Cycle; Readings from NASA.
- Video: Life Cycle Analysis
- Video: Life Cycle Analysis of Railroad Ties
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: reThink Wood: Life Cycle Assessment
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: CORRIM Fact Sheet: The Role of Forests, Management, and Forest Products on Carbon Mitigation
- Video: Invasive Species: Part A
- Video: Invasive Species: Part B
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Tree-of-Heaven: Ailanthus altissima
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Preventing, Controlling, or Using Invasive Species?
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Demand and Sustainability
- Video: Land Use
- Video: Impact of Supply and Demand
- Video: Sustainable Management
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Forests and Population Growth
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Bonus: Outtakes
- Video: Bonus: Outtakes
Graded: Module 4 Quiz
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