Optional Assignments

No.	date assigned	due date	topic(s)
Asst. #5	Wed., Mar. 26	Wed., Apr. 1	humidity variables
Asst. #4	Mon., Mar. 24	Mon., Mar. 31	controls of temperature (look for the link to the assignment in the controls of temperature notes)
Asst. #3	Mon., Mar. 3	Mon., Mar. 10	energy transport, electromagnetic radiation & radiative equilibrium
Asst. #2	Mon., Feb. 11	Mon., Feb. 18	station model notation, surface weather maps
Asst. #1	Mon., Feb. 4	Mon. Feb. 11	composition of the air; mass, weight, density, pressure

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

You can earn up to 0.5 points extra credit on each optional 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 (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 (0.5 extra credit points). 

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.