469 Assignments  (click on the assignment for each module)

Modules

Assignment

Due Date

Chapter 1

1

Feb. 10

Chapter 2

2

Feb. 17

Chapter 3

3

Feb. 24

Chapter 3

4

March 2

Chapter 4

5

March 9

Chapter 5

6

March 16

Chapter 6

7

March 23

Review

8

March 30

Exam

Exam #1

April 13

Review

9

April 27

Exam

Exam #2

May 4

Chapter 7

10

May 11

Chapter 8

11

May 11

Chapter 9

12

May 18

Exam #3

Finals week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Your first assignment:

  1. browse the entire course web site, and bring any questions about it to class.
  2. read the first chapter of the book.
  3. take all the online review exams for the first chapter.
  4. submit a message to hypernews (preferably a question for discussion). 
 If you don't have the book yet, you can get the first two chapters in Word format by clicking here .
However, you'll need to get the book before the end of the course, and I will not provide all of the chapters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 
 
 
 
 

Your second assignment.
  1. read the second chapter of the book.
  2. take all the online review exams for the second chapter.
  3. submit a question to hypernews (under "general questions").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your third assignment.
  1. read the third chapter of the book.
  2. take all the online review exams for the third chapter.
  3. submit a question to hypernews (under "general questions").
  4. Try this problem (regarding chapter 2) on the online calculator (I'm giving the answer this time so you can verify it is working correctly):

    Suppose 30 out of 100 test rats die from a test exposure,

    and 20 out of 100 control rats die during the same test.

    What is the z-value? answer: 1.6329

    What is the p-value? answer: 0.0512

    What does this mean? answer: since 95% confidence requires a p < .05, these results are not statistically significant with 95% confidence. We cannot conclude a hazard has been identified with this test, although the results are very close.

    Note: the online tools are designed to help you work through the problem. Ultimately, I'm interested in your working these problems in an exam with a calculator and, of course, the formula (i.e., you don't have to memorize the formula, but you do have to understand it). I recommend you try these problems both with and without the online calculator.

 

 

  1. Using the gaussian air dispersion calculator, take a new quiz.
    • This one is a bit more challenging, because it is not true/false -- it requires calculations.
    • It is the only quiz for this week, but allow yourself a little extra time for this one!
    • You can exit and re-enter the exam as many times as you like (you can even print out the questions and re-enter), but once you click at the bottom to "submit answers", your answers are final.
    • Each answer should be given in numbers that are rounded to the tenth (e.g., 6.2, 137.5, 9.1), and nothing more.
  2. In using the online calculator, pay close attention to:
    • how the problem is laid out -- this should be close to how you'd do it by hand;
    • how atmospheric stability affects the answer when all other variables stay the same. This is a good technique for getting the feel of all our equations.
  3. If you haven't already done so, do a little browsing of all the online calculators -- we'll be covering them over the course of the semester, and a little early familiarity should help. Also, I plan on adding more calculators.
  4. Look at a gaussian program recommended by the EPA (downloadable here) called Screen3. From here you can download zip files for:

 

     

 

 

 

Your next assignment:
  1. read the fourth chapter of the book.
  2. take all the online review exams for the fourth chapter.

 

      
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Your next assignment:
  1. read the fifth chapter of the book.
  2. take all the online review exams for the fifth chapter.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your next assignment:
  1. read the sixth chapter of the book.
  2. take all the online review exams for the sixth chapter.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

There is no assignment during this period. However, now is the time to start reviewing all of the material on risk assessment for the first and second exams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No assignment this week, because the exam is next week.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your next assignment:
  1. read the seventh chapter of the book.
  2. take all the online review exams for the seventh chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

Your next assignment:
  1. read chapter 8 of the book.
  2. take all the online review exams for chapter 8. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your next assignment:
  1. read chapter 9 of the book.
  2. take all the online review exams for chapter 9.