Honors 101 - Science and the Public Good
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Honors 101 Schedule

Links to Course resources

Paper and Presentation

Paper Due Date changed to 11/25- read this document for help in revising your paper

Assignment

Citation

Grading rubric- paper

Grading rubric - presentation

Avoiding plagiarism

Other Stuff

Presentation Schedule - check presentation schedule for links to notes from each presentation

 

Week of
Topic - click link for Power point notes

Topic Guide- due Tuesdays

Response Paper or assignment

Sept. 2
none
none
Sept. 9

Risk and Responsibility

 

Sept. 16
Sept. 23

Volcanoes

Sept. 30

Landslides

Landslide Lawsuit Simulation

Outline & Bibliography due

La Conchita - see Topic Guide
Oct. 7

Floods

Oct. 14

none

Oct. 21

Natural Disaster Policy

none
none
Oct. 28
Carbon Footprint (on Topic Guide)
Nov. 4

Climate Change Policy

First Draft Due

none

Peer Editing (due 11/11)

Nov. 11

NO CLASS

none

Water (due 11/18)

My water use (due 11/18- print your results sheet)

Nov. 18

Water Supply Policy

none
none
Nov. 25

NO CLASS

Final Draft due by email - see link at the top of this page

Surprise! You get the week off.

Eat turkey.

Dec. 2
Dec. 9

Energy Policy

none
none
Dec. 16
Finals week
EXAM 12/16, 5:15 pm