Homework Assignments

Homework # 1 OPTIONAL, DO NOT TURN IT IN. This has lots of detail about how to do conversions, how to read graphs, how to work with scientific notation. It is available here as a study resource.

Homework #2 BE ABLE TO WORK THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS; THIS WILL NOT BE TURNED IN, BUT YOU MAY SEE QUESTIONS LIKE IT ON THE NEXT QUIZ OR EXAMS

Homework #3 to be turned in Wednesday Jan. 26 as hard copy- Write a 1-page double-spaced summary of the content of the Lemonick article in Scientific American. Please feel free to include any of your personal views in this writing. We talked about some of the elements of the article in class, related to Judith Curry’s research into hurricane intensity, interaction with skeptical bloggers, uncertainty in data and models, “groupthink”, “fortress mentality”, and predictions of sea-level rise

Homework #4 BE ABLE TO WORK THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS; THIS WILL NOT BE TURNED IN, BUT YOU MAY SEE QUESTIONS LIKE IT ON THE NEXT QUIZ OR EXAMS