E-Text Assignment (Testing Your Knowledge Page 410 Assigned numbers: 1 through 22 Directions: 1) Use MS Word document only. Write each question, highlight or underline each answer. 2) Please number them the same numbers as in your E-Text. 3) Upload your assignment below at the "submission area". 3) This assignment, reading of the chapter, and my lectures will prepare you for knowing the information for Chapter 16.
Write about any fossil or dino of your choice. Add figures, tables, or images to support your argument(s). Add a Title, subtitles and use comprehensive paragraph structure Add a reference page at the end with your references listed alphabetically (at least 5, use ONLY APA format),IN TEXT REFRENCES are mandatory for EVERY fact, statement, number or figure you had to look up
Arizona is one of the driest states in North America, yet its population is the highest of all the landlocked states. In order to provide the population centers of the state (such as Phoenix and Tucson) with water, the Central Arizona Project has been constructed. Explore the project website (http://www.cap-az.com/) and watch some of the special topic videos to the project (such as the introduction to the CAP) at https://www.youtube.com/user/CAPH20/featured. Discuss some of the advantages and potential disadvantages of the Central Arizona Project. Include some information/facts (e.g. numbers) from the website and from at least two videos in your post (and name the videos you watched). The length of your post should be around 200 words.
Paper will be on a topic covered in more detail than the lectures and must be approved by the instructor; note due dates on here. Examples of topics: dinosaur blood, tissue, poop, gastroliths and trackways; Mesozoic global warming; Mesozoic large igneous provinces; dinosaur fossil distribution as evidence for plate tectonics; and sedimentary records of meteorite impacts. Format for paper and sources is discussed below W1-6. This website will be helpful as well: https://www.geosociety.org/documents/gsa/pubs/GSA_RefGuide_Examples.pdLinks to an external site. Writing Intensive (GE Designation WI) Part of being an upper division class is having this Intensive Writing Requirement. Goal: Students will develop their abilities to express themselves and the knowledge they have obtained through practicing various forms of writing within different disciplinary contexts. Writing intensive courses will build upon the skills gained in the Analytical Reading and Expository Writing section of Basic Skills. In each WI course students will be required to complete writing assignments totaling a minimum of 2500 words (which I have reduced to 1800 because of our weekly dinosaur in the news assignments). Goals for this course will take the form of formulating and writing elements of a term paper with a minimum of 2500 words (reduced because of the weekly writing assignment Dinosaurs in the News). Once a topic has been selected the steps will include creation of the following products: 1) annotated bibliography, 2) first draft, 3) final paper, and 4) presentation of a summary of the paper using Powerpoint slides with figures and text. Student Learning Outcomes All of these outcomes will be addressed. Students will: WI-1. Develop and clearly define their ideas through writing; This will be emphasized in stages as the term paper is developed, from topic to final draft. WI-2. Ethically integrate sources of various kinds into their writing; Students will be encouraged to use various sources in collecting information for their term papers, including peer-reviewed research articles and book chapters. Non-peer-reviewed materials may be used only if the information is from a reliable and factual source. WI-3. Compose texts through drafting, revising, and completing a finished product; This draft-revision-final product format is the process outlined in the syllabus. WI-4. Express themselves through their writing by posing questions, making original claims, and coherently structuring complex ideas; This will be accomplished not only by writing associated with the term paper but also in their Powerpoint presentation, as well as answers to essay questions on exams. WI-5. Revise their writing for greater cogency and clarity; An initial draft of the term paper will be reviewed and commented on, with the instructor providing constructive remarks on organization, content, and writing style in addition to spelling and grammar for the student to take into consideration as they continue to develop the paper. The grading rubric will be used so that improvement can be documented in the final draft. WI-6. Utilize adopted communication modes and documentation styles of specific disciplines (MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, etc.) where appropriate. We will modify the following Style Manual for Writing in Geology (2006 edition) by Rossbacher and Rhodes for use by students in this class: http://www.public.asu.edu/~arrows/FIELDI/Rossbacher_Rhodes_Writing_Manual.pdf. Students will use the reference guidelines of the Geological Society of America Bulletin, the standard formatting used for in other undergraduate and graduate courses taught in the Department of Geological Sciences. These format guidelines are available online at http://www.geosociety.org/documents/gsa/pubs/GSA_RefGuide_Examples.pdLinks to an external site.
Please watch Ted Talk by Kelsey Leonard in which Ms. Leonard Links to an external site.argues passionately for lakes and rivers to have the same rights as humans. This week, you will be sharing your thoughts on the video and discussing the video with others in our class. Review what you submitted for the Environmental Geology Film Review 1 Assignment. Click reply below and post a response to the following questions that is written in complete sentences and is no more than 300 words. What do you think was the central message of this video? In other words, what was the speaker or narrator trying to convince their audience of? Do you agree with the central message of this video? Why or why not? Explain. What is your number one takeaway from this video?
Overview Environmental geology is a subdiscipline of geology that applies the principles of geology to understand our intersection with the natural environment, including how we impact it and it impacts us. The issues that fall under this overarching topic are varied and frequently the focus of political and cultural discourse. We will watch environmental-geology related videos in this class that introduce you to some of the environmental-geology themed topics being discussed today. You will watch the video and individually consider the issue by composing and submitting a response to a prompt outlined below. Instructions Watch the video below. After watching the video, use the textbox provided when you click on "Submit Assignment" Lists the topics and/or terms that you recognize from the content presented in class and/or your textbook. Describes how people, society, and/or the environment are affected positively by the main issue discussed in this video. NOTE: This may be explicitlyLinks to an external site. stated in the video or it may be something that you extrapolateLinks to an external site. from what you heard/saw. Describes how people, society, and/or the environment are affected negatively by the main issue discussed in this video. NOTE: This may be explicitlyLinks to an external site. stated in the video or it may be something that you extrapolateLinks to an external site. from what you heard/saw. Describes, in your own words, what you thought the central message of this video was. In other words, what do you think the speaker was trying to convince the audience of? Discusses whether you agree with the speaker's central message or disagree with the speaker's central message AND why, specifically referencing what you have learned in class in this Module and/or past Modules. Lists two questions that came to mind while you were watching this video. https://www.ted.com/talks/kelsey_leonard_why_lakes...
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Global climate change is very much on the conscious of many of the Earth’s citizens as we consider the future of the planet. I would like you to discuss what you visualize as the future of Earth. Is climate change something that is inevitable, unavoidable, and not in our control? Are humans the main contributors to a changing climate? Can we stop, or slow down climate change, if so, how? In your discussion, you should discuss factors such as: human population, pollution, soil degradation, sustainability, etc. Is global warming our biggest environmental, and socioeconomic issue facing the world today? You may complete this part as a written paper
