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These assignments again follow the same basic scheme as those for all
other weeks.
Reading
assignment:
This week we begin our study of the
carnivorous dinosaurs, the theropods (chapter 9).
This group has some famous members such as Allosaurus, Tyrannosaurus,
Velociraptor, and Compsognathus
(the little "Compys" in Jurassic Park
movies). These are
popular dinosaurs for Hollywood to depict but we will work to separate observational fact from
movie fiction!
Weekly communication:
As usual, we will utilize the
communication room
specific to this week. As
you know, up to 15 points can be earned
through your active participation this week.
Class
blog: Another thought has
been posted to our public class blog
for your consideration. As in previous weeks, please post your
comments some time this week
at
http://nsccdinosaurs.blogspot.com.
Up to 10 points can be earned
through your contributions during this week.
Quiz
(due end of Sunday at midnight):
As we
do every week, you need to take a timed (30-minute) quiz on our
reading material for this week.
Total points possible
for the quiz are 15 with a bonus point for timely
submittal.
Live online
meeting (Monday at 7 PM
MOVED to
Saturday at 10 AM):
Each week you have the option to join a
live online session on Monday evenings. You must notify me
by email or in the
communication room
if you are interested in meeting
so that I can plan to be present. If we meet, the meeting will be
automatically recorded so that folks who were not able to attend can always listen in to the conversations. The
recordings will be available on the
live online meeting web page.
No points are related to participation.
Written
assignment
(due end of Tuesday at midnight):
As usual, your submission
form for this assignment will be in your In box / Out box. Remember to compose your answers
OFF-LINE.
Click here for the homework
questions for this week.
Totals points possible are
50 for
completing this part. And, if you turn in the answers on-time,
an additional 5 bonus points are added to your final score.
In-person or
"virtual"
field trip:
We have an in-person or virtual field trip this week. For those
who are interested and available,
I will lead a visit to the Burke Museum
(University of Washington Campus) on Sunday, February 21st, at 10 AM.
This is an small but incredible museum packed with fossils and rocks from the
Pacific Northwest and around the world.
EVERYONE is
welcome -- feel free to bring family and friends.
Admission to the museum
has been
$4 per person (a discount from the regular entrance fee). The museum has a parking lot but
allow 20 minutes
to find a space and make it to the entrance by 10 AM sharp.
If you are late, it may affect the credit you can earn for this optional
course activity.
Learn more
about the museum and its location by visiting their website at:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/. Find the web pages
on the "Life and Times of Washington State" in order to preview the area
of the museum where we will be spending most of our time. The
"Field Guides" link and "Research & Collections" link on the museum
website bring you to some great online resources for learning about our
regional natural history. This website is fun, informative, nicely
designed and highly recommended!
For this trip, bring
paper and pen. We will
each complete a field trip report during our 2-hour visit to the museum.
Report
forms will be handed out to participants and, if completed properly,
are worth 10 points.
This report will be turned in at the end of the trip.
CLICK
HERE FOR
THE FIRST BURKE MUSEUM FIELD TRIP
REPORT FORM. Feel free to print this out ahead of time.
However, I will distribute copies when we meet in-person as well. (One
of the questions refers to chapter 8 in an earlier textbook so please
ignore that.)
Because of a special exhibit ("Cruising
the Fossil Freeway"), we are in luck! A second Field Trip form
will be used to explore this bonus feature.
"Virtual field trip" option: If
you cannot attend the in-person field trip described above, an
alternative field trip and report can be completed for the same 10
points. The field trip can be online (many virtual geologic
field trips are available) or it can be your own in-person field trip
to a geologically significant location.
Or, if
you visit the Burke Museum on your own, you can complete the Burke
Museum field trip
report form available above and email it to me.
If you wish to work on one of these other trip
options, you
need to email me ahead of time to receive approval for your field
trip idea. Together we will work out the type of report you
will need to complete.
Your virtual field trip report is due at the
same time as the written homework this week.
Total time involved for whatever trip you take should be
about 1-2 hours. In other words, your
work should entail approximately as much time as the first option for
the in-person Burke Museum trip and report in order to earn a comparable
amount of points.
TOTAL REGULAR POINTS
possible this
week are
100. TOTAL BONUS POINTS possible are 6 for
on-time quiz and written homework (plus points for
discovered textbook errors and updates). Email me privately or post publicly in the
communication room if you have any
questions.
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