/ Classroom: Assignments
All assignments will be turned in electronically to the online dropbox 
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- Paper 5 is due at 10:30am on Monday, June 8. Click on the paper title to view the instructions in pdf format.
- If you choose to write about offshore oil drilling you may want to refer to the NRC report on cumulative effects of oil and gas drilling . We read a couple of these chapters when Gordon Orians visited class. You can read (and even search) the entire report online
- The list of Tongass issues written by the class on May 26 is now available.
- The press release assignment and the radio spot assignment for the Tongass case study are now available. Here are some important resources for these assignments:
- You can check out a portable audio recorder from the UW's Classroom Support Services (scroll down to "Voice Recorders/MP3 Players" for more info).
- You should place an online equipment request to reserve a recorder in advance.
- The loan period is three business days, meaning if you check a recorder out on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, then you get to keep it over the weekend!
- You should place an online equipment request
- The audio production tutorial that we worked through in class on Thursday, May 21. To do this, you need:
- The Stevens audio file for the tutorial (right click, then choose "Download linked file as...")
- The music track for the tutorial (right click, then choose "Download linked file as...")
- You can download Audacity , a free, cross-platform audio editing software that I recommend. This is the software for which the tutorial is designed.
- The Alaska Course YouTube Channel , where I have compiled 12 short videos that serve as good examples of advertisements related to environmental issues. Close your eyes while you listen to them and they become radio spots.
- Paper 4 was due at 10:00am on Sunday, May 24. (Note the revised deadline). Click on the paper title to view the instructions in pdf format. As always, please contact me with any questions or difficulties you have with this assignment.
- The Tongass case study overview is now available. There are a number of online resources for this project, including:
- The Background timeline to the 2008 Forest Plan Amendment provided by the Forest Service.
- The Tongass History timeline provided by SEACC.
- The Forest Plan Adjustment page at the Tongass National Forest website.
- The Tongass Forest Plan Amendment Record of Decision (ROD) of January 2008.
- (This particular version has highlights that I've added to aid in your reading of this wordy government document.)
- The Summary of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the TLMP Amendment of 2008.
- (This particular version has highlights that I've added to aid in your reading of this wordy government document.)
- The appeals to the 2008 Forest Plan Amendment ROD received by the Forest Service.
- Paper 3 was due at 8:00am on Sunday, May 10. (Note the revised deadline). Click on the paper title to view the instructions in pdf format. As always, please contact me with any questions or difficulties you have with this assignment.
- Paper 2 was due at 5:00pm on Friday, April 24. Click on the paper title to view the instructions in pdf format.
- Tuesday, April 28: Graded versions of this paper, with copious instructor comments, have been returned via the online dropbox. To read the comments, login to the dropbox, go to paper 2, and download the edited file I've placed there. Comments are presented via MS Word's track changes & commenting functions. Note that there is a general summary at the beginning, and also a long string of comment bubbles throughout the paper. Make sure you are able to view all of these, and please let me know immediately if you cannot.
- If you like, view the Paper 2 score distribution which includes a comparison with the Paper 1 scores.
- Also, please read three examples of quality papers that students wrote for Paper 2. Each has a different style, both in writing and in citing evidence; all are strong papers that scored highly.
- Paper 1 was due at 5:00pm on Friday, April 10. Click on the paper title to view the instructions in pdf format.