One Side of One Page (1S1P) Assignments Page

Assignment #3 (final assignment of the semester)
(two due dates: Wed., Apr. 11 & Wed., Apr. 18)
Topic
 points possible
 4th edition
 comments
#7
 Local Wind Systems
15
 pps 170-181 (Ch. 7)
 up to, but not including, global winds
#8
 Global Wind Patterns & the Oceans
15
 pps 189-197 (Ch. 7)
#9
 Twinkling, Twilight, and the Green Flash
15
 pps 409-419 (Ch. 15)
Note (read this section carefully): You can submit a total of 0, 1, or 2 reports as part of this assignment.  You can turn in one or two reports on the first due date.  You can only turn in one report on the second due date.  Thus if you are planning on doing two reports as part of this assignment, at least one report must be turned in on the first due date.

Reports must be double spaced and fit on one side of one sheet of paper.  People sometimes submit a second page with just a sentence or two - that is a waste of paper.  You can almost always fit that extra sentence onto the first page by adjusting the margins a little bit.  If you can't then you will need to edit and shorten your report so that it will fit on one page.




Assignment #2
(two due dates: Wednesday, Feb. 28 and Friday, Mar. 2)
Topic
 points possible
 4th edition
 comments
#4
 Rising and Sinking Air
Atmospheric Stability*
15 + (4)w p. 31 (Ch. 2)
pps 112-117 (Ch. 5)		 Focus on a Special Topic box only
up to, but not including, Cloud
   Development & Stability
#5
 Daily Temperature Variations
12
 pps 56-62
#6
 Fronts**
15 + (4)m pps 212-219 (Ch. 8) up to, but not including, Middle Latitude Cyclones
*  Your Topic #4 report should briefly explain why rising air cools; explain stable and unstable equilibria; explain the difference between environmental, dry, and moist lapse rates; and examine the conditions that make the atmosphere stable, unstable, and conditionally unstable.
w  You can earn an additional 4 points by correctly completing an atmospheric stability worksheet. Here is a stability worksheet example.

** You should concentrate on warm and cold fronts in your Topic #6 report.  You should describe the structure of warm and cold fronts and list the weather changes that would accompany the approach and passage of a warm and cold front.
m  You can earn an additional 4 points by correctly analyzing a surface weather map worksheet.  Here is a surface weather map analysis example.

Note (read this section carefully): You can submit a total of 0, 1, or 2 reports as part of this assignment.  You can turn in one or two reports on the first due date.  You can only turn in one report on the second due date.  Thus if you are planning on doing two reports as part of this assignment, at least one report must be turned in on the first due date.





Assignment #1
(due Monday, Feb. 5)
Topic
 points possible
 4th edition
 comments
#1
 The Earth's Changing Climate
15
 pps 374-380
 up to, but not including, Possible Causes of Climate Change
#2
 Possible Causes of Climatic Change
15
 pps 380-391
 up to, but not including, Global Warming
#3
 Air Masses
15
 pps 202-212
 up to, but not including, Fronts

You can do 0, 1, or 2 reports.  Your report must be double spaced and must fit entirely on one side of one page.  A more complete set of rules and restrictions is given on the Writing Requirements page.