Schedule
Course Schedule For Spring 2022
Link to the Google Calendar for the course is here
The green highlighted links below will take you to the locations in this course WordPress site with detailed instructions for each Unit and assignment.
| Unit | Topic and Dates | Assignments | Due Dates | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Event of the Week
January 21 – April 15 |
a. Read EOTW Post and do research | New post each Friday | |
| b. Comment on Post and answer specific questions | Each following Friday | 10 pts each, 100 pts total | ||
| 1 | Orientation January 10 – 14 |
a. Create WordPress avatar and nickname
b. Syllabus Quiz |
January 14
January 14 |
20
15 |
| c. Introduction blog post | January 14 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Plate Tectonics January 14 – 24 |
a. New resource post | January 24 | 10 pts – 6 pts for the post, 4 points for commenting |
| b. Google Earth project | January 24 | 50 pts | ||
| 3 | Weather/Climate Basics January 24 – Feb. 2 |
a. New resource post | January 31 | 10 (6+4) |
| b. MetEd quizzes complete | February 2 | 50 | ||
| 4 | Intro to Natural Hazards January 31 – Feb. 7 |
a. Case study choices | Complete blog post by Feb 5
Complete comment and replies by Feb 7 |
40 |
| 5 | Case Study 1 February 7 – March 4 |
Wk. 1 – Basic | February 14 | 35 (Quiz – 5; writing and post/comment – 30) |
| Wk. 2 – Monitoring / mitigation | February 21 | 35 | ||
| Wk. 3 – Risk / vulnerability | Feb 28 | 35 | ||
| Wk. 4 – Report | March 4 | 50 | ||
| 6 | Case Study 2* March 14 – April 8*You will do the same types of assignments for Case Study 2 as for Case Study 1, just with your second hazard topic. |
Wk. 1 – Basic Science | March 21 | 35 |
| Wk. 2 – Monitoring / mitigation | March 28 | 35 | ||
| Wk. 3 – Risk / vulnerability | April 4 | 35 | ||
| Wk. 4 – Report | April 8 | 50 | ||
| 7 | Society, Response, Recovery April 8 – April 15 |
a. Discussion
b. Presentation |
April 13
April 15 |
75 |
| 8 | Preparedness April 15 – April 22 |
a. Assess your own preparedness | April 22
April 22 |
75 |
| b. Community preparedness blog post | 75 | |||
| 9 | Capstone Project | April 29 | 150 | |
| Weekly meeting bonus points will be added on top of your final points, with your grade calculated out of 1000 total | Total points | 1000 | ||
| Weekly Meeting Bonus Points | 5 each | |||
Weekly course meeting – Each week I will host one ~ 1 hour long Zoom session and one additional ~ 1 hour long Google chat session for the purpose of connecting with students, answering questions, discussing assignments, or just discussing anything hazards related you might have an interest in. Day and time of the Zoom and Chat sessions TBD depending on participant schedules. Instructions for how to join are in the How To menu.
Bonus points – each week you participate in a Zoom or Chat meeting, you will receive 3.5 bonus points – up to 50 total points by the end of the semester! Participation means that you actively communicate during the Hangout. If you show up but don’t say anything, you won’t get points