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 |
Etudes Qsns |
Supporting Documents |
| Chapter 1: Global location, time and maps | 22-Jan | Map Activity |
| Chapter 2: Global energy balance | 29-Jan | |
| Chapter 3: Air temperature | 5-Feb | |
| Chapter 4: Atmospheric moisture and precipitation | 12-Feb | Humidity Activity |
| Chapter 5: Global atmospheric and oceanic circulation | 19-Feb |
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| Chapter 6: Weather systems | 5-Mar |
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| Chapter 7: Global climates and climate change | 12-Mar |
Climate Activity; Köppen Table |
| Chapters 8: Earth's internal structure and materials | 17-Mar | Rock Activity |
| Chapter 9: Plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes | 4-Apr | Plate Boundary Activity |
| Chapter 10: Weathering and mass wasting | 23-Apr | |
| Chapter 11: Fresh water on the continents | 2-May | |
| Chapter 12: Landforms shaped by running water | 7-May | |
| Chapter 13: Landforms shaped by wind and waves | 9-May | |
| Chapter 14: Glacial and periglacial landforms | 18-May | |
| Chapter 15: Soil formation and distribution | ||
| Chapter 16: Biogeographic processes | ||
| Chapter 17: Global biogeography |
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 | 24-Jan-2013 | 31-Jan-2013 |
| Assignment 2: Earthquake! class code: xxxxxx | 4-Apr-2013 | 11-Apr-2013 |
| Assignment 3: River Discharge | 30-Apr-2013 | 7-May-2013 |
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 | 21-Mar-2013 | 4-Apr-2013 |
| Assignment 2: Preliminary Abstract | 23-Apr-2013 | 30-Apr-2013 |
| Assignment 3: Final Abstract | 9-May-2013 | 17-May-2013 |
