Week+Six+Assignment

= This is exam week, you have no writing assignment for this week. =

Please review your study guide, which is located here: http://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/SBVC+Study+Guides

Instead of writing a reflection this week, please work on picking your topic for your presentation project. The instructions specific to your class are located in the Presentation Project folder on Blackboard - the ones I use for my onsite classes are here: http://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Guidlines WHICH I link just so you have easy access to the topic list and also so you can see the examples of sources on the page.

A note about sources - Your textbook is a good source and you are allowed to use it. Internet sources are OK. Print sources are OK too. I do not expect you to browse scientific journals for sources - though if you want to, that is great and SBVC pays for access to them so you can use them as students and there is a way to do that kind of research from home, if you do not know how and are interested, let me know, I will find out. This is an introductory level class though, so I do not expect that from you. WIKIPEDIA is OK, as long as it is not your only source. Sometimes Wikipedia is a good starting place to learn about something. I use it myself but often go straight to the bottom of the page to see what the source of the page is. Lots of times I follow links to the sources and do further research that way.

I give my onsite students 5 points extra credit for going to the writing center for any written part of their projects, I extend the same offer to you. I know there is also a way to work online with the writing center, but I do not know how at this moment. The next time I am on campus, I will find out and I will provide you with that information.

A note about groups - groups need only turn in one copy of their work, but with all of their names on it, so those of you who have chosen to work in groups, you need only turn in one copy of your sources, one copy of your research questions, one copy of your final paper, and you need only make one presentation with all of your names on it.

Oh I almost forgot, I wanted to say happy equinox to all of you, especially in light of the fact that you just covered that material in chapter one and there may be questions about the equinox on your exam : )

Here are a few pictures of the sunset on the equinox that I like: Equinox Sunset at Stonehenge

This one is called Chicagohenge - the streets are aligned just perfectly E/W to catch the sunsets on the equinox. This happens in Manhattan, NY too, and on our E/W streets too. If you watch tomorrow about 6:45 PM you will see the sun set right on Baseline, Highland, Foothill-5th St, because they are aligned east-west too.

Tomorrow, we will have 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness all over the world. After tomorrow the nights become longer than the days - and I am happy summer is over : )