Lab writeups will be due as per the syllabus, generally on lab days after each test. Only projects from this set are available for credit for the due dates labled "atmos project due". Twenty Points (two credits) are due for each duedate( except first = 30) - choose the projects which interest you - mix & match as you please - just have at least 2 ready for each due date.. ATMOS propjects are 10 points, or one credit each, unless otherwise noted in the seperate item description. You may email your submissions for 10% typed extra credit up to midnight to receive credit for submission for that workday. Remember, online modules only work online, not as static hard copies - the interactive links don't work on paper:P. You risk considerable credit loss trying to work offline on an intercative module! Printing a hard copy to fill out is OK, but be sure to follow the online activities as you fill them out. Rember - you only get credit for your own work (see the home page Plagerism, Citation Machine, Research & Lab Reports,  6-Trait Writing Site &(PDF) links), and writing quality counts.

Project work and individual & group discussion of proceedure, results, and implications is a REQUIRED classtime activity. Each test cycle will usually have 2 full lab days, and usually 2 fractional lab sessions following before the lab set is due, (usually after the next test).

Bring up ?'s / problems in class - I will not excuse misunderstandings caused by last minuet starts of 1.5 week projects. Start on the first day, read all the way through supporting information, and get help during work periods, after school, and through voice/emails. Remember, there are 10 web stations available in class, the entire science library, the lunatic who composed the lessons & will grade them (hint-hint;>), and a total of ~2.5 -3 class hours devoted to each assignment set - with an estimated complettion time of ~45min/ activity (est.90min.tot.)

Off - task, avoidant behavior, lack of materials to work on or with, absence of verifiable progress, or disruptive behavior result in expulsion from lab with a discipline referral for disobeyance / non-compliance. Self-starting is expected - choosing to waste lab time "getting ready to start" warrents an expulsion without any further warning beyond this notice. Similarly, "trying" to decide what to do beyond a minuet or two will result in your choice being determined for you by Mr.J. Work on textbook assignments during lab time is not allowed unless the upcomming lab writeups are handed in & completed to Mr.J.'s satisfaction.

Use the Research & Lab Reports,  6-Trait Writing Site &(PDF) links in constructing your lab reports. Use the Plagerism & Citation Machine links to avoid loss of credit ;>. I reserve the right to quiz you verbally on the content of any lab reports which appear to be of questionable authorship to award or deny credit. determine utility of the submitted information, & thus determine the grade value as well. Standard lab report style is accepted - (title, purpose/abstract, hypothesis, materials, proceedures, results, & analyses/implications) - although a well structured narrative is awarded more value. Projects which are in a worksheet or guided response format require re-writing the questions, and providing complete sentence answers in clear, concise, unambiguous language, with proper spelling and grammar, but not 200 words in lab report style.

NO REPEATS OF PROJECT SELECTIONS ALLOWED FOR ANY CREDIT! Extra Credit IS available at full value for ALL remaining projects ONCE for EACH PERSON during this unit. Extra credit must be done to passing level expectations (7/10pts. minimum), be in by the close of the grading period, are not eligible for early submission bonuses, and all tests and required projects to date must be completed and accepted.

Extra credit demonstrations or orals MAY be given at instructor's discretion. Don't expect class time for extra credit presentations during the last week of the marking period.

Web Page Project Conversion (#7) may be repeated as a helper 1/2 credit. Anyone who successfully completes their submission and has it accepted can help another student learn web site development by converting any other unselected project into a web site. The new submitter gets full credit, the helper another 1/2 credit for their assistance.

Washinton State Science & Engineering Fair (Intel-WSSEF) contract replaces these assignment requirements as long as the contract remains in effect. Instructor retains the right to revoke WSSEF status dependent on productivity, self - responsibility, responsiveness to directives, and quality of work on site.

1) Send in the Clouds:>! web unit - Live from Earth & Mars (LFEM)
Worth 1, 2, or 3 CREDITS (10-30 POINTS TOTAL) Perform all activities as indicated. Be prepared to discuss your activities, observations, hypotheses, & rationale in your writeup. What we're looking for here is how you apply your knowledge of weather forces and planetary dynamics to the weather effects displayed, and the effects of cloud cover on climate. The entire lesson is worth 3 credits - Earth, Mars, and Graph Comparisons. You can do Earth alone for one credit, add Mars for another 10 points (& one complete ATMOS project set), or add the final graph comparison of Earth & Mars for a total of 3 credits, worth 30 points (1.5 ATMOS project sets). Additional live from Earth & Mars Web Units are linked & described towards the end of this project list.

2) CIPE / NIHImage (Data Imaging & Analysis) - Astronomy & Planetology - Face Averaging:>!!

3) Other NASA Web Projects
As in LEM above, feel free to pursue other investigative activities offered by other NASA IITA (Information Infrastructure Technology Applications) or PTK (Passport to Knowledge) project teams, past & present.

4) Virtual Courseware: Earthquake Sims
Read the project & activities descriptions, then download the platform - appropriate software from <http://lasker.princeton.edu/pepp.shtml>, or run from the school Macs. Each lesson activity posted is worth one project credit.(more SEISMO activities)

5) Geographic Information System Training & Projects
Overviews available @ http://www.esri.com & http://www.globe.gov. See Mr. Justin after school or during work periods for details. Software, tutorials, starter data & training are free - but require several hours to break in.Credit also available for revamping the clunky interfaces across our project site, as well as for helping interested CES/VES classes into the measurement schemes:P Multiple ongoing credits available.

6) WWNFF*ESI'97 (Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation / Environmental Science Institute 1997) Web Units
Try the atmospherics first @ <http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/environment/institutes/1997/atmosphere.html>.
Other activities also available via the home page @ http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/environment/institutes/1997>

7) WebPage Project Conversion
Convert ANY project into a WebPage, utilizing help from specially trained Web assistants (see above). Each page must have 5 definition, 5 image, & 5 URL links. After completion & posting of an initial web site, additional half credits are available for helping other students make their initial web site (the principle gets full credit) as long qas the conversion are new - haven't been posted by others yet. I suggest you download and use Netscape Communicator for free to use as a web page editor.

8) Martian / Venusian / Jovian Satellite Rock Analysis
Select a region on any of the above rocky worlds with distinct geologic features, either from a website, book illustration, poster, slide, or video, and explain what type of rocks you would expect to find there, and why. Give complete formative information on the rock types mentioned. When possible, integrate with actual samples. Give a summary with visuals to the class, and hand in a 2 page minimum writeup.
Be sure to access WebPages of Planetary information & visuals via "Send in the Clouds Links". @ <http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/~ejust/SITCL.html> . Color overheads of features HIGHLY recommended:>

9) Clouds, Air Pressure, & Temperature Activity - "Cloud In A Bottle" Handout
Make a cloud in a bottle, the make it disappear:>! The hows & whys of cloud formation as a complex convergence of atmospheric effects. Follow all procedures as indicated on the handout.

10) Research on the internet (metacrawler, ask, yahoo, dogpile, google, altavista) alternate power sources, methods, costs per kilowatt, development time for implementation on a large scale, projected mass market savings, and impact on the environment and economy. include links to your references in your lab report. At least 3 alternate energy production methods required with references.

11.25) Impact Catastrophe Computer Modeling & Weather Simulation
Consult relevant NASA hypercard stack available on the school Macs, or download it at home from <http://www.stsci.edu/exined-html/exined>. Review the information & graphical representations within, & use them as a basis of comparison in your writeup with your observations as detailed below.
Obtain a meterstick, 3 thermometers, 2 styrofoam cups, duct tape (either from the lab or your own), & a piece of darkly filtered glass or plastic, such as a sunglass lens (your own - you needn't break the sunglasses to perform this activity;>). Secure the meterstick 1cm above concrete or asphalt (against a building, or on a stake) exposed to the sun. Stick the thermometers inside the inverted cups to shield them from direct solar radiation. Remember, atmospheric temperature is a measure of the energy within the body of air itself, not including the Sun's energy at that altitude. Secure one shielded thermometer with its tip at the top of the meterstick, the other with its tip 1cm from the concrete.In the middle of the meterstick, tape the 3rd thermometer so that its bulb is shielded by the tinted glass or plastic, & is 1/2 way up the stick. Record morning, mid-day, & evening temps for each thermometer for a week. Graph the temperatures against time & day taken to get an idea of the nature of any cycles which may show up in the data. Calculate averages overall for each thermometer across all days & times. Writeup your procedure, observations, & conclusions regarding any trends you perceive in the means (averages) & extremes of the different thermometers over the week's readings. Hit the website referenced in the "Send in the Clouds" introduction links, & relate them to the effects postulated on the effect on climate of a global blanket of sun-obscuring particles (represented by the colored lens). Compare the upper & lower thermometers to the troposphere & thermosphere on Earth.

12.26) Aneroid Barometer Construction & Calibration
Construct your aneroid barometer following the instructions on pg.399 Activity 14-1
Pull up the barometric reading from the wall unit in the lab, the PC archive of the rooftop readings, the UW weather server rooftop link, or off the Wx station off the wall in the classroom & record your barometer's reading for the same time. Repeat 2x daily for 3 days. Tabulate & graph the results for your barometer & the weather service's. Suggest a conversion factor to convert your readings into standard mercury-based readings. Write an error analysis & suggest improvements in your design. Include the 4 text questions. Write up your procedure, observations, hypotheses & rationale. Consult web tutorials on weather prediction tools for help on the practical application of pressure data.

13.27) Forecasting: WeatherMap Construction & Interpretation
Provide your own local/regional political map, or generate your own online. Observe all the conditions maps for the Wunderground NW Regional displays for 3 days, then hand in your own annotated (draw your predicted front movements & resultant weather) map for day 4 with a well explained rationale for your prediction based on weather forces and planetary dynamics on Earth. More structured web units on weather map components are available towards the end of this list from UIUC COVIS's 2010 Project.

14.28) Mars Today Weathermap Web Activity
Use the Mars Today web link @ <http://humbabe.arc.nasa.gov/MarsToday.html> to observe & describe current Martian seasonal conditions, weather effects, and forces by hemisphere. Helpful tutorials are found @ <http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Grounds/1132/MarsWeather.htm> & <http://humbabe.arc.nasa.gov/mgcm/faq/faq.html>

15.29) Relate the mission & findings to date of the Galileo Extended Europa Mission (GEM), the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), & Pathfinder/Sojourner to the SNC Meteorite ALH84001 hypotheses of McKay (et.al.) & SubLithographic Microbial Ecologies (SLIMES) of Archea Bacteria in the Columbia River Basalts on Earth & thermophyllic bacterial communities in deep ocean hydrothermal "smokers".

16.30) Class Demo: Flame Tornado Lots of resources are linked & referenced here.Involves a demo in front of the class, where you also explain how tornados work. . . see Mr. J. for details:>! Can be done only once in each section. Do not attempt with less than 5 days remaining to project duedate!

17.36) El Nino / La Nina in the NW Oral
Visit <http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml>,<www.globe.gov>, <www.atmos.washington.edu>, and search via <www.metacrawler.com> under El Nino & La Nina as seperate search PHRASES. Prepare a 2 page TYPED (~400 wds) illustrated summary of the mechanisms involved, and their effectson the NW in particular, for an oral presentation to the class.

18) Activity 18: The Anemometer
Details on do-it-yourself wind speed & direction measures as important components of weather description & forecasts.Follow all procedures as indicated on the handouts. Mr. J. MUST see the instrument for credit! (18-1) - (18-2) - (18-3) - (18-4)

19) Activity 19: Measuring Rainfall
Another perfect NW outdoors activity. . . welcome to the Seattle Rain Festival:P
Follow all procedures as indicated on the handout, except measure only on your property (not a team activity) for 3 days, winward and leeward of a structure, under a tree dripline, low & high area. (19-1) - (19-2) - (19-3) - (19-4)

20) Activity 20: The Nephoscope
Tracking & recording cloud types & motions for use in forecasting.
Follow all procedures as indicated on the handout. (20-1) - (20-2) - (20-3) - (20-4)

21) Activity 21: Microclimates
Ideal for Vashon. . . study differences in weather effects just yards apart:>!
Follow all procedures as indicated on the handout. (21-1) - (21-2)

22) Activity 22: The Hair Hygrometer
Using body parts to predict the weather:>!
Follow all procedures as indicated on the handout. (22-1) - (22-2) - (22-3) - (22-4)

23) Activity 23: Weather & Tree Rings (5pts) - NOT A FULL CREDIT
Follow all procedures as indicated on the handout. (23-1) - (23-2)

24) Vortex Generator & Activity 24: Warm Water Meets Cold Water:>
Perform all activities detailed in activity 24 & write up as indicated. In addition, obtain two 2-liter bottles, 3 stiffeners such as popsicle sticks or pencils, masking or duct tape, & food coloring. Fill one bottle ~2/3 with water, add coloring, spangles, Dorothy, Toto, whatever, & tape bottle mouths together using stiffeners to assure a stable joint. Invert & observe. Try swirling in different directions, rapid lateral & vertical accelerations, as well as doing nothing at all. Demo to Mr. Justin, & include an analysis of tornado formation in the writeup at the end of ACTIVITY 24. (24-1) - (24-2)

25.122) Pressure Activity - ww2010 UIUC CoVis - Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

26.123) Air Masses - ww2010 UIUC CoVis -Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

27.124) Precipitation Along Fronts - ww2010 UIUC CoVis - Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

28.125) Mid Latitude Cyclones - ww2010 UIUC CoVis - Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

29.126) Coordinated Universal Time- ww2010 UIUC CoVis - Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

30.127) Interpreting Surface Observation Symbols - ww2010 UIUC CoVis - Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

31.128) Interpreting Weather Symbols - ww2010 UIUC CoVis - Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

32.129) Forecasting Temperature - ww2010 UIUC CoVis - Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

33.130) Forecasting Precipitation - ww2010 UIUC CoVis - Follow all instructions on the web page.Try MapQuest for city/state info, or Wunderground, UW ATMOS, or CoVis Public Portal for state / local forecasts if CoVis is down. Feel free to use the Online Guide Tutorials and internal links for background. Note that following pages are seperate projects.

34.131) Danger in the Air - Follow all instructions on the page for "Activity#4:Finding & AQnalyzing Air Quality Data" ONLY . Feel free to use the background materials in the Live from Earth & Mars Web Unit .

36.133) Let it Snow!(1 or 2 credits {10 or 20 points}= 1/2 or 1 complete ATMOS project set requirement)(no partner / class comparisons required) - Start with the 3rd link in the left frame - "What Makes It Snow", going through all activities and answering all question in a word processing document, or on a piece of paper haqndwritten, through "Cold & Warm Air Masses On The Move" for one 10 point credit. If you wish to earn another 10 point credit and complete your 2 ATMOS duedate requirement with this one activity, also do "Activity: Weather Observations 12-18-90" through "Where Did The Moisture Come From". Feel free to use the background materials in the Live from Earth & Mars Web Unit .

37.134) Water - The NeverEnding Story
(2 credits = 20 points = one complete ATMOS project set requirement) - Follow all instructions (except no partner / class comparisons required) on the site on all the links at the bottom of each page, from "Water - A Never Ending Story" through Olympic Peninsula Rain Forrest" for 20 points / 2 ATMOS credits / one complete ATMOS project requirement set. Feel free to use the background materials in the Live from Earth & Mars Web Unit .

Misc ATMOS URLs:

My NASA Data

Sally Ride PD (climate)