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This e-portfolio describes the re-design of an online Environmental Science course offered at California State University, Sacramento.  For this project, I hoped to not only conduct the course online but also to foster a view of science in line with that of practicing scientists. The course fulfills the B2 (Life Science) general education requirement and serves Environmental Studies majors, engineering and construction management students, business and economics students, and other majors.  Even if this is their last encounter with a science class, a view of science as a way of thinking rather than a collection of facts will help students evaluate science-related conclusions they encounter in the media or as a part of their careers.  Tools that helped foster views of science as more than a collection of facts included (a) explicit discussion of ways of thinking and learning in science, (b) assignments that require students to use and identify (explicitly) scientific thinking skills, (c) required discussion of course content via small group and whole class blogs, and (d) the use of notes and textbook for at least part of the exams.

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