One Side of One Page (1S1P) Assignments Page

Assignment #3
(two due dates: Thu., Nov. 15 & Tue., Nov. 20)
Topic
 points possible
 5th edition
 4th edition
 comments
# 6 Sea and Land Breezes, Monsoons, Mountain and Valley Breezes, Chinook Winds, Santa Ana Winds
 15
 p. 172, pps 174-183 (Ch. 7)
 p.170, pps 172-181 (Ch. 7)
 up to, but not including, global winds
# 7 Ocean Currents, El Nino/Southern Oscillation
 15
 pps 192-199 (Ch. 7)
 pps 189-197 (Ch. 7)
#8 Refraction, the Green Flash, Mirages, Haloes and Sundogs, Rainbows
 15
 pps 421-431 (Ch. 15)
 pps 409-419 (Ch. 15)
 up to, but not including, Coronas and Cloud Iridescence
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.  So, 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 (due Thu., Oct. 25)
Topic
 points possible
 5th ed.
4th ed.
 comments
#4 Rising & Sinking Air
Atmospheric Stability*
 15 +  (4)w
 p. 31 (Ch. 2)
pps 112-117 (Ch. 5)
 p. 31 (Ch. 2)
pps 112-117 (Ch. 5)
 Focus on a Special Topic Box only
Up to, but not including, Cloud Development
and Stability
#5 Fronts**
 15 +  (4)m pps 214-222 (Ch. 8)
 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 the environmental, dry, and moist lapse rates; and mention 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 #5 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.

You can do 0, 1, or 2 reports as part of this assignment.  If you didn't write any Assignment #1 reports you should definitely do two reports this time.  As you turn in 1S1P reports during the semester you will accumulate points; your goal during the course of the semester should be to get as close as possible to the maximum of 45 total points allowed for 1S1P reports.  There will be one more assignment similar to this one later in the semester.

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. 


Assignment #1 (due Tue. Sept. 18)
Topic
 points possible
 5th ed.
 4th ed.
comments
#1 The Earth's Changing Climate
 15
 pps 384-390
 pps 374-380
#2 Possible Causes of Climate Change
 15
 pps 391-401
 pps 380-390
#3 Air Masses
 12
 pps 204-214
 pps 202-212
 up to the Brief Review section