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NOTE: To start GEOG 1240, you MUST complete the following task (10 points) within the first 2 weeks. It is designed to make you familiar with the procedures you need to use D2L in this course.
1) Log into D2L (Learn @ UW) using your campus username and password.
2) Find the syllabus which shows up either as a link on the course page or under "content." Open the syllabus.
3) Open a new tab in your browser and open D2L again. Find "Quizzes" and the "Intro Quiz." Start the quiz. Leave the tab with the quiz open and use the tab with the syllabus to find the answers.
4) Complete the Intro Quiz and submit the answers.
5) Your grade should be posted under "grades." If you don't take and submit the quiz, your grade with not be posted.

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RECOMMENDED PREPARATION AND BASIC SKILLS

This course assumes that students admitted to a university have the ability to read and write at a college level. Knowledge of high school level algebra and geometry is also helpful to understand course material. Number problems do not go beyond solving for single variables (find "x"), rates, and proportions.

Lab supplies: ruler, calculator, red & blue colored pencils.
BRING TO EVERY LAB
Failure to have lab equipment for lab will bring about a 2 point deduction from your grade (-2).

Final Exam: Wednesday, May 15, 10:00 AM- 11:52 AM - Final Exam Schedule

Course Objectives:

1. To define the various elements that make up weather and climate.

2. To demonstrate the various processes involved in weather and climate.

3. To gain a familiarity with and appreciation for different areas of the world with respect to varieties of weather and climate.

4. To integrate these geographic concepts and facts to appreciate the impact that they have on humans.

From the textbook:

• "The purpose of studying the natural sciences is to help students understand nature and how the processes of scientific investigation lead to new discoveries. A course meeting liberal arts requirements in natural sciences is designed to enable students to: discover the patterns, principles, and dynamics of natural phenomena and relate them to issues in their lives as citizens; comprehend scientific methodology and its limitations; engage in the analysis of natural phenomena."

Assessment & Evaluation:

The examinations will cover
1) mainly material from class (your notes)
2) but also textbook material, whether covered in class or not.
Exams may have multiple choice, fill in the blanks, short definitions, essays, calculations, or sketching diagrams.

The Final Examination will have 100 points on the material since the 3rd examination and 50 points of comprehensive questions on the material from the lecture and the lab exercises. If you learn as you go, the comprehensive section will be easy. If you don't learn the material either before each examination (poor grade), or after the examination (using the exam to see what you didn't know), then the entire last section will be difficult, not just the comprehensive, because this course is cumulative in nature which means that to move to a new topic, the past topic(s) must be understood.

The final examination for seniors will be waived IF your class grade average after Lab Test 4 is above 90%.

D2L quizzes:

You have several days to several weeks to complete the online quizzes. If you have an activity that will interfere on the day that the quiz is due, do it before the due date! Therefore, there is no makeup or extension. As soon as 5 PM of the day it's due is reached, D2L will turn the quiz off. Read the chapter before attempting the quiz - 20 minutes is not a long time to find all the answers. These quizzes add up to 150 points; they are basically an open book exam covering the text material.

Lab Tests:

The labs themselves will not be graded. However, all material on labs will be tested after every 3 labs. This would include, the problems you did on the lab, the vocabulary on the lab, and the explanations on the lab. Simply writing the answer down on the lab in a group effort doesn't mean that you know it. Make sure you know it and not just your lab neighbor! 4 lab tests are 200 points, 50 points each.

Homework:

Homework assignments will be found under "Quizzes" on D2L when they become available. There are 5 homework assignments worth 10 points each or 50 points total.

Makeup Examinations:

• There will be NO makeup examinations .

• There are No quiz extensions.

• Late homework is NOT accepted.

• If you have to miss an exam or a map test with a valid reason, you must let me know before the test.

• I also must have a written verification of your reason for missing from the appropriate person before I can consider a make-up exam or test.

• All make-up exams will be essay in format. There will be no makeups for a reading assignment quiz.

• Makeup examinations must be completed within 1 week of the scheduled exam.

Graduating seniors can waive the final exam IF they have a 90% or above class average after the 4th lab test.

Assignments:

• The reading assignment is given on the syllabus. The day that the assignment is listed is the day BY which it should be read.

Absenteeism:

• You are expected to attend class and are responsible for material that is presented in class. Examinations will emphasize what is covered in class. Take good notes!!

Final Grade:

• To pass the course you will need a total average of more than 60%.
• Cell Phones: Cell phones should be silent in class. If your "vibration mode" is louder than your ringer, just turn the phone off.

Any phone or communication device that is heard or seen being used (texting/email) in class between 9 AM and 9:52 AM or in lab will require the owner to bring treats for the entire class to the next class. .Failure to do so will forfeit 10 homework points from whatever the total (if 0 then -10).

Tentative Outline and Reading Assignments: (NOTE: Schedule/subjects may change)

Date	Event	Lab (Tuesdays)	Class	D2L Quiz	Daily Reading Assignment
January - Tu 22		No lab
W 23	Earth-Sun Relationships		1	Intro Quiz	Introduction
F 25	Air density & Altitude		2		Earth and the Atmosphere (Chapter 1)
M 28	Insolation		3	Quiz 1
Tu 29		1 Earth in Space-Atmosphere
W 30	Temperature		4		Solar Radiation (Chapter 2)
February - F1			5	Quiz 2
M 4			6		Energy and Temperature (Chapter 3)
Tu 5		2 Insolation
W 6			7	Quiz 3
F 8	Inversions	Hmwk 1	8		Atmospheric Moisture (Chapter 5)
M 11	Humidity		9	Quiz 4
Tu 12		Lab Test 1
W 13	Relative Humidity		10
F 15	Exam 1		11
M 18		Hmwk 2	12
Tu 19		3 Vapor
W 20	Lapse Rates		13		Cloud Development and Forms (Chapter 6)
F 22			14	Quiz 5
M 25	Cumulus Cloud Height		15
Tu 26		4 Condensation
W 27	Clouds & Symbols Cloud Pix	Hmwk 3	16		Precipitation (Chapter 7)
March - F1	Cloud Tutorial Cloud Quiz		17	Quiz 6
M 4	Precipitation Types		18		Atmospheric Pressure & Wind (Chap. 4)
Tu 5		5 Pressure & Wind
W 6	Winds		19	Quiz 7	Global Pressure & Winds (Chapter 8)
F 8	Jet Streams		20	Quiz 8
M 11	Coriolis Force		21
Tu 12		Lab Test 2
W 13	Coriolis 2		22
F 15	Exam 2		23
M 18	Fronts (Warm Fronts) (Cold Fronts)	Hmwk 4	24		Air Masses & Fronts (Chapter 9)
Tu 19		6 Weather Maps
W 20			25	Quiz 9
F 22			26	Quiz 10	Mid-latitude Cyclones (Chapter 10)
Spring Recess - 23 March to 1 April
April - Tu 2	Thunder & Lightning	7 Tornadoes
W 3	Drawing Fronts		27	Quiz 11	Thunderstorms & Tornadoes (Chapter 11)
F 5		Hmwk 5	28
M 8			29		Hurricanes (Chapter 12)
W 10	Tornadoes		30	Quiz 12
Th 11		8 Hurricanes
F 12	Hurricanes		31		Human Effects: Pollution (Chap. 14)
M 15			32	Quiz 13
Tu 16		Lab Test 3
W 17	Exam 3		33
F 19			34		Global Climates (Chapter 15)
M 22	Global Pressure, Winds, & Climate		35
Tu 23		9 Climates I
W 24	Belt Shifts		36	Quiz 14
F 26	Climate Classification		37		Climate Change (Chapter 16)
M 29			38	Quiz 15
Tu 30		10 Climates II
May - W 1	World Climate Map		39
F 3	Climate Koppen Self Quiz		40
M 6			41
Tu 7		Lab Test 4
W 8			42
F 10	Last class		43		Summary
		Posted Grades D2L
Wed, May 15	Final Examination				10:00 AM - 11:50 AM

"Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him or her from fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so we can discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your education opportunities."