Living Planet Earth

Guaranteeing department: KCR

Guarantor:Ing. Ivica Linderová, PhD.

Lecturer:RNDr. Milan Kameník

Lecturer's medallion. He worked as a climatologist, editor of the magazine 100 1 ZZ, translator from German and French, lecturer at the Polyglot language school. Author of the books The Cold Planet, Attila, Bernard of Clairvaux and Alain-Fournier. As a U3V lecturer he focuses on geography, history, mythology, religion and literature.

Annotation:The Living Planet Earth course introduces students to the position of our home planet in the Milky Way galaxy and the solar system. It compares conditions on Earth with those on the neighboring planets, Mars and Venus. It discusses the question, are there Earth-like planets in the cosmos? The course then focuses on the structure of the Earth, the magnetism of the Earth, plate motions on its surface, volcanoes and earthquakes, oceans, large rivers and lakes. We then move on to explain climate zones and deserts. Monsoons and the El Niño phenomenon are also important elements of the Earth's climate. Finally, we look at the Earth's vegetation zones and the distribution of selected animal species. The course also includes a lot of information about human and natural evolution, major environmental problems, and natural disasters. Overall, the course provides a major understanding of Earth as a planet and the evolution of life on it. The course can be very useful for seniors who want to learn about the Earth from a cosmic perspective, and also to learn more than what we read in the newspapers or what was in old textbooks. The course will be open with a minimum of 20 people.

Number of semesters: 2

Teaching day: Tuesdays

Learning Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Course end: test

Recommended readings:to be specified in class

Registration: from 1 April 2024 via e-application

Please note: The Centre for Lifelong Learning reserves the right to change for organizational reasons (lecturer, date, class time). Any changes will always be communicated to those interested in the course in a timely manner.