Optional Assignments

No.	Date Assigned	Date Due	points	topic(s)
Asst. #3	Tue., Oct. 20	Tue., Oct. 27	0.5	controls of climate (temperature)
Asst. #2	Thu., Oct. 1	Thu., Oct. 8	0.5	mainly surface weather maps
Asst. #1	Tue., Sep. 15	Tue., Sep. 22	0.5	mostly mass, weight, density, pressure
Haiku poem	Tue., Aug 25 (online notes)	Thu., Aug. 27	0.2	composition of the atmosphere.

Copies of the assignment will usually be distributed in class. You can also usually download and print the assignment in Microsoft WORD format by clicking on the appropriate assignment.

If you make an honest attempt at answering all the questions, you should be able to earn full credit on each assignment. An honest effort includes having the assignment done before coming to class and turning the assignment in at the beginning of class.

There will be a sufficient number of optional assignments for you to be able to earn at least 3 points extra credit by the end of the semester. The extra credit points are added to the average grade computed prior to the final exam.

Note: Only papers with less than full credit will have a grade marked (eg. 4/5 means you have earned 0.4 extra credit points out of the 0.5 total points possible). Papers without a grade have earned full credit.

Also note: The fact that you do not have any answers marked wrong does not necessarily mean you answered all the questions correctly. Frequently the grading load requires that we only look at and grade some of the questions on the optional assignments. You should carefully compare your answers with those on the optional assignment answers handout even if nothing is marked wrong on your paper.