1S1P Assignments

One Side of One Page (1S1P) Assignments Page

Assignment #3
(due dates: Wed. Apr. 12 & Wed. Apr. 19)

Topic

points possible

4th edition

3rd edition

#8	Local Wind Systems

pps 170-181
(Ch7)

pps 168-178

up to, but not including, Global Winds

#9	Climatic Classification- The Koppen System

pps 350-369
(Ch13)

pps 346-367

#10	Twinkling, Twilight, and the Green Flash

pps 409- 419
(Ch15)

pps 405-415

up to, but not including, Coronas and Cloud Iridescence

You can write up to two reports. If you do two reports, at least one of the reports must be turned in on the 1st due date (you can also turn both reports in on the first due date). You can only turn in one report on the 2nd due date.

Assignment #2
(due date: Wed. Mar. 1)

Topic

points possible

4th edition

3rd edition

#4	Rising Air Cools & Sinking Air Warms Atmospheric Stability*

p. 31 (Ch2)
pps 112-117 (Ch5)

p. 31
pps 110-115

Focus on a Special Topic
up to, but not including, Cloud
Development and Stability

#5	Why the Wind Blows

pps 150-153 (Ch6)

pps 147-151

#6	Air Mass Classification Fronts**

p. 203 (Ch8)
pps 212-219 (Ch8)

p. 199
pps 208-215

just the short "Classification" section
up to, but not including, Middle-Latitude
Cyclones

#7	Global Wind Patterns and the Oceans

pps 189-197 (Ch7)

pps 187-192

You can turn in 0, 1, or 2 reports. Please clearly identify the topic you are reporting on. Remember 1S1P reports must be double spaced and must fit on one side of one page. Reports should be your understanding and explanation of the material and should be written in your own words..
* Your 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.

** You should concentrate on warm and cold fronts in your report. You should describe the structures of warm and cold fronts and list the weather changes that would accompany the approach and passage of a warm and cold front.

Assignment #1
(due date: Mon. Jan. 30)

Topic

points possible

4th edition

3rd edition

#1	Air Pollution, Acid Deposition

pps 318-325
pps 337-339

pps 314-321
pps 333-335

up to, but not including, Ozone in the Stratosphere
up to the end of chapter summary

#2	Ozone in the Stratosphere The Ozone Hole

pps 325-327
p. 330

pps 321-323
p. 324

up to, but not including, Air Pollution: Trends and Patterns

#3	The Earth's Changing Climate

pps 374-380

pps 372-376

up to, but not including, Possible Causes of Climatic Change

You can turn in 0, 1, or 2 reports. Please clearly identify the topic you are reporting on. Remember 1S1P reports must be double spaced and must fit on one side of one page. See the Writing Requirements link for a detailed list of rules.

Credit for 1S1P reports will make up about 50% of your writing grade and your writing grade has the same weight as a quiz. Your goal should be to earn 45 1S1P points, the maximum allowed, by the end of the semester. If you write two reports as part of this assignment and two reports on the next assignment you should be able to earn 45 1S1P points by the middle of the semester. You might prefer not to do any reports as part of this assignment and to try to earn 45 1S1P points on assignments that come later in the semester. The choice is yours. There will be at least two more 1S1P assignments later in the semester.