Week+Six+Fall+2016

= Assignments = = Exam One = = Reflection Discussion = = Extra Credit Opportunity - Study Guide Discussion = = = = This week it is time for your first exam. The exam covers chapters one thru four. A study guide is available. You will find the exam and the study guide in the EXAMS folder. = = = = When I am teaching this class on site, I like to play a game with the study guide for extra credit, or at least give my students the opportunity for extra credit for looking up all of the items on the study guide. I want to give my online students the same opportunity for extra credit, so a study guide discussion has been created for extra credit. = = = = To receive 5 extra credit points, pick a term from the study guide and post it's definition, or location if it is a place - like the Arctic Circle - and give its significance, like for the Arctic Circle, that it receives no sunlight in the winter and 24 hours of sunlight in the summer (that one is used since I gave it to you.) = = = = Feel free to use pictures or videos - you can think of the post you create as helping your classmates understand the terms, so as you write, be thinking, how do I explain this to someone else? Pictures from the textbook or from the Prezis are OK to use, in fact I encourage it. You can screen shot from your phones or PRINT SCREEN from your computers. To receive credit, your post must be original, so check the discussion board to see which terms have been posted and pick one that has not already been posted. = = = = I wanted to point out that Thursday is the equinox, I do this because I love fall!! But also because it was in your first chapter, and will likely be on the test. At 7:21 AM Thursday is becomes fall. There are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness and the next day, the night is longer than the day (finally!) I put a few pictures of Manhattanhenge - in New York City, the buildings act almost like the stones at Stonehenge. I hope you all get a chance to take a look at the sunset on Thursday because the sun will set directly west of us, so it will set right on the east/west streets, like Highland, Baseline, Foothill/5th St., Arrow HWY/San Bernardino Ave. etc. It makes for great pictures : ) Happy Equinox to you all! Here is a link to the timing on the Equinox in case you are curious: [] =