Outline
Weeks 1-3 are for orientation activities. Weeks 4-15 have four, three-week cycles with team and individual assignments. Week 16 is for a final project. Click on the links below to access the weekly outlines.

Post your assignments by specified deadlines. Check the Course Outline at the beginning of each new week to plan your work for the week.

Week by Week
Orientation
Week 1	Welcome! Individual: Read the Intro, Read the Guide, Do the Pre-Course Survey Team: Meet and name your team
Week 2	Connections among Earth systems Individual: Do a practice ESS analysis of the Yellowstone Fires
Brazilian Deforestation
Week 3 Sphere Study	Global Climate Change Team: Sphere Study  Individual: Reflection - your questions, theories and prior knowledge
Week 4 Event Study	Global Warming Team: Event Study
Week 5 Classroom Application & Local Event Study	Earth System Science Classroom Activities Individual: Classroom Application, Reflection on learning, Be a critical friend to a classmate, do a Local Event Study (Optional)
Mt. Pinatubo Eruption
Week 6 Sphere Study	Volcanoes & Global Climate Change Team: Sphere Study  Individual: Reflection - your questions, theories and prior knowledge
Week 7 Event Study	Ozone, Trouble in the "Zone" Team: Event Study
Week 8 Classroom Application & Local Event Study	Human Impact on Biodiversity Individual: Classroom Application, Reflection on learning, Be a critical friend to a classmate, do a Local Event Study (Optional)
Larsen Ice Shelf Disintegration
Week 9 Sphere Study	Looking at Earth from Space Using Satellites Team: Sphere Study  Individual: Reflection - your questions, theories and prior knowledge
Week 10 Event Study	Welcome to Planet "Ocean" Team: Event Study
Week 11 Classroom Application & Local Event Study	The Cryosphere Individual: Classroom Application, Reflection on learning, Be a critical friend to a classmate, do a Local Event Study (Optional)
Hurricane Dennis
Final
Week 12 Final	Taking Stock of the ESS Course Individual: Do the Final Project, Do the Post-Course Survey

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