1S1P report topics and assignments

Assignment #3 (see below for due dates)

Topic	points possible	Source(s)	comments
Rainbows, Mirages, and the Green Flash (report due on or before Tue., 11/27)	15	online notes	report writing guidelines
Regional Winds (report due on or before Tue., 11/20)	8	online notes	report writing guidelines
Atmospheric Stability (report due on or before Tue., 11/20)	7	read this background material then download this worksheet	study this example
Foucault's Pendulum (report due Tue., 11/13)	7	Wikipedia	report writing guidelines
Fog in Tucson (report due Thu., 11/8)	8	online notes	report writing guidelines

Assignment #2 addition (due Thu., Oct. 25)

Topic	points possible	Source(s)	comments
October, 1983, flood	8	Wikipedia article Arizona Geological Survey article Pima County Flood Control District article	report writing guidelines

You can write a report about this topic even if you do two reports as part of Assignment #2

Assignment #2 (the surface map analysis was due Tue., Oct. 2, the reports are due Thu., Oct. 18)

Topic	points possible	Source(s)	comments
Surface Weather Map Analysis	6	download this weather map worksheet click here to see the completed analysis	example analysis
Causes of the Seasons	13	online notes	report writing guidelines
The Ozone layer, ozone depletion, and the ozone hole	12	ClassNotes (pps 17-22) Abridged Wikipedia article Ozone hole summary	report writing guidelines

You can do 0, 1, or 2 reports and the Surface Weather Map Analysis (if you want to, it won't be counted as part of the total number of reports). Your report must be double spaced, must fit entirely on one side of one page (a cover page is not needed), and should be your understanding and explanation of the material (i.e. don't just cut and paste from or paraphrase source material) You can find more information on 1S1P reports on the Writing Requirements page.

Assignment #1 (due Tue., Sep. 11)

Topic	points possible	Source(s)	comments
The 2012 North American Drought	12	Wikipedia article Wunderblog article	report writing guidelines
The Discovery of and Some Early Studies of Oxygen	10	Wikipedia article (abridged) Julian Rubin article Fred Senese article	report writing guidelines
Radon	10	click here	report writing guidelines

You can do up to 0, 1, or 2 reports as part of this assignment. Your goal should be to earn 45 1S1P pts by the end of the semester. Whether you do that by writing lots of reports early in the semester, or spread the effort out over the whole semester is up to you. You are only allowed to write a total of 4 reports (Bonus Assignments aren't included in this total). Though because this is the first assignment, if you write 2 reports as part of this assignment, I will only count them as one (you'll be allowed to write 3 additional reports later in the semester).

Your report must be double spaced, must fit entirely on one side of one page, and should be your understanding and explanation of the material (i.e. don't just cut and paste from or paraphrase the source material). You can find more information on 1S1P reports on the Writing Requirements page.