20%: Content mastery quizzes (you can make up missed content quizzes at office hours, limit two make-ups per semester).
20%: in-class activities (there are no make-up sessions for in-class activities, but we drop the two lowest scores for the semester).
20%: midterm.
You should identify an unanswered question in earth sciences, and propose a strategy to help solve it. Your strategy could involve making measurements, collecting samples, building a model, or any other approach that might constrain or answer the question you have posed. You do not have to answer the question: you only have to pose the question clearly, and outline a viable course of action, which, if followed, has a decent chance of helping to answer the question. Maximum length: four pages.
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