Weekly Learning Objectives and Study Questions
The documents below include learning objectives and study questions for each week's lesson as well as any supporting documents for a given week. If you understand the facts and ideas that underlie the study questions you will be well prepared for our in-class activities and exams. Because these documents are PDF files you will need to have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) on your computer to read them.
Learning Objectives and Study Questions |
Supporting Documents |
| Chapter 1: Earth-Sun-Moon relationships and maps | |
| Chapter 2: Solar radiation and Earth's energy budget | |
| Chapter 3: Air temperature and global warming | |
| Chapter 4: Atmospheric pressure, winds and ocean currents | |
| Chapter 5: Atmospheric water and weather | |
| Chapter 6: Water resources | |
| Chapter 7: Climate systems and climate change | Köppen Climate Classification |
| Chapters 8: Earth's structure, composition and dynamics | |
| Chapter 9: Plate tectonics, seismicity and volcanism | |
| Chapter 10: Weathering, karst and mass movement | |
| Chapter 11: Rivers and fluvial landforms | |
| Chapter 12: Wind processes and desert landforms | |
| Chapter 13: Oceans and coastal processes | |
| Chapter 14 Glacial and periglacial landscapes | |
| Chapter 15: Soils | |
| Chapter 16: Ecosystems and biomes |
Online Assignments
Each assignment below is an online exercise from the Virtual Courseware project.
Online Assignment |
Date Assigned |
Date Due |
| Assignment 1: Global Warming—Energy Budget Model class code: xxxxx | tba | tba |
| Assignment 2: Earthquake! class code: xxxxx | tba | tba |
Writing Assignments
Each assignment below is linked to instructions for a part of the larger writing assignment. The instruction page includes examples, grading rubrics and links to the articles themselves.
Writing Assignment |
Date Assigned |
Date Due |
| Assignment 1: Outline of article | tba | tba |
| Assignment 2: Abstract of article | tba | tba |
| Assignment 3: Revised abstract | tba | tba |
