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WEEK |
DATE/
LOCATION |
TOPIC |
LINK |
INSTRUCTIONS |
WHAT TO
HAND IN |
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1: No Lab |
9.7-9.9 |
NO LAB SECTIONS MEET |
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2: Lab 1 |
9.12-9.16
Discussion Room |
I. "Challenges We Face" Reading and Discussion
II. Intro
of Term Projects and Prospectus
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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 |
9.19-9.23
Computer Room |
Earth's Energy
Balance Mode |
Earths 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.
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Questions,
models, graphs and equations
(10 points)
- attendance
(3 points)
13 points total
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4: Lab 3 |
9.26-9.30
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. 14 in lab
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5:
Lab 4 |
10.310.7
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 |
10.1010.14
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 4
|
7:
Lab 6
Take
home
|
10.17–10.21
FALL BREAK-
Take Home Assignment
|
Ecological Footprint |
Ecological Footprint Activity and Assignment
|
Complete the Ecological Footprint activity and assignment before class. |
- Ecological Footprints Activity
(13 points)
13 points total |
8:
Lab 7
|
10.24–10.28
Computer Room
|
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 (10 points)
-attendance (3 points)
13 points total
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9:
Lab 8 |
10.31-11.4
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 |
11.7 11.11
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)
Submit your model, equations and 10 graphs.
13 points total |
|
11:
Lab 10 |
11.14 11.18
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
|
11.21-11.25
Thanksgiving Break |
No Lab |
No Lab
|
No Lab
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13:
Lab 12
|
11.28-12.2
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 |
12.5 12.9
Discussion Rooms |
Student
Presentations |
- |
See web project
resources for details |
100 points
(see rubrics below) |
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