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WEEK |
DATE/
LOCATION |
TOPIC |
LINK |
INSTRUCTIONS |
WHAT TO
HAND IN |
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1: No Lab |
3-7 Sept |
NO LAB SECTIONS MEET |
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- |
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2: Lab 1 |
10-14 Sept
Discussion Room |
I. "Challenges We Face" Reading and Discussion
II. Intro
of Term Projects and Prospectus
|
Introduction to Critical Reading & Discourse – The Challenges We Face" |
I. Read through the assignment completely because there
are a number of activities you are required to complete before coming to
class.
II. Before lab, explore the Web Project Development Section
at the bottom of this page. Think about topics that you would like to
explore further for your final project and bring some ideas to class.
A good way to do this is to look at the GCI lecture topics. |
Word attachment in CTools with writeup for "Challenges We Face"
13 points total
-Attendance (3
points)
-Individual
Assignment (10 points)
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3: Lab 2 |
17-21 Sept
Computer Room |
Earth's Energy
Balance Mode |
Earth’s Energy Balance Model |
Read through the lab before coming to class. Turn in the completed
assignment on CTools. Include your models, graphs, and equations in
your Word assignment.
|
Questions,
models, graphs and equations
(10 points)
- attendance
(3 points)
13 points total
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4: Lab 3 |
24-28 Sept
Computer Room |
Daisy World |
Daisy World
|
Read through the lab before coming to class. Turn in the completed
assignment on CTools. |
-Questions, models, graphs, and equations
(10 points)
- attendance
(3 points)
13 points total
*Project Idea/Description week of Oct. 12 in lab
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5:
Lab 4 |
1-5 Oct
Computer Room |
Natural Selection and Mutation: The Case of the Peppered
Moth
|
Natural Selection and Mutation - The Case
of the Peppered Moth
|
Read through the lab before coming to class. Turn in the completed
assignment on CTools. |
-Questions,
models, graphs, and equations
(10 points)
-attendance
(3 points)
Submit your model, equations and 10 graphs.
13 points total
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6: Lab 5 |
8-12 Oct
Computer Room
|
Population Dynamics Revisited: Predator-Prey Interactions
|
Population Dynamics: Predator-Prey
Interactions
|
Read through the lab before coming to class. Turn in the completed
assignment on CTools. |
-Questions,
models, graphs, and equations(10 points)
-attendance
(3 points)
Submit your model,
equations, and four graphs.
13 points total
*Project
Draft due Fri. Nov 2
|
7:
Lab 6
Take
home
|
15-19 Oct
FALL BREAK-
Take Home Assignment
|
Science and Media Take Home Assignment |
Science and Media Take Home
Assignment
|
Read through the lab carefully. Find a Peer-Reviewed
Journal Article to read and answer questions about. Turn in the completed
assignment on CTools. |
-Completed assignment (13 points)
13 points total
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8:
Lab 7
|
22-26 Oct
Computer Room
|
Ecological Footprint |
Ecological Footprint Activity and Assignment
|
Read the Ecological Footprint activity and assignment before class. |
-Completed assignment (10 points)
-attendance (3 points)
13 points total |
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9:
Lab 8 |
29 Oct - 2 Nov
Computer Room |
Group Project |
Group Project Work |
Bring the work you have done so far for your group project. Come prepared to work on your project with your group and bring questions for your GSIs. Check out The Global Change Library Guide
*Also, Read "Reference
#1- Presentation Grading Rubric" |
-Attendance (3 points)
3 points total
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10:
Lab 9 |
5-9 Nov
Computer Room
|
Long Term Climate Regulation
|
Long Term Climate Regulation
|
Read through the lab before coming to class. Turn in the completed
assignment on CTools. Include your models, graphs, and equations in
your Word assignment.
|
-Questions,
models, graphs, and equations
(10 points)
-attendance
(3 points)
13 points total |
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11:
Lab 10 |
12-16 Nov
Computer Room |
Analysis
of Vostok Ice Core Data |
Analysis of Vostok Ice Core Data
|
Link to Vostok Data: VOSTOK DATA LINK
Read
through the lab before coming to class. Turn in the completed assignment with all four graphs
on CTools. |
-Questions, models,
graphs and equations(10 points)
- attendance
(3 points)
13 points total
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12:
Lab 11
|
19-23 Nov
Thanksgiving Break |
No Lab |
No Lab
|
No Lab
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13:
Lab 12
|
26-30 Nov
Computer Room
|
The Global Carbon Cycle |
Alteration of the Global
Carbon Cycle
|
Read through the lab before coming to class. Turn in the completed
assignment on CTools. |
-Questions, models,
graphs (3) and equations(10 points)
- attendance
(3 points)
13 points total |
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14:
Lab 13 |
3-7 Dec
Discussion Rooms |
Student
Presentations |
- |
See web project
resources for details |
100 points
(see rubrics below) |
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