Week 6, Chapter 13 -- Index of Assignments

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Due Date

 Points Activity Est. Time
Tuesday 8 p.m.; responses due by 11 p.m.
5

Starting Assumptions

  • post your assumptions at D2L
  • reply to at least two other students' postings at D2L
  • gradebook declaration in D2L
 30-45 min
Wednesday 11 p.m.
5

Reading + Reading Quiz

  • read the assigned textbook chapter
  • take the reading quiz at MasteringBiology®

 

 2-3 hours

Thursday 8 p.m. for posting your Digging Deeper assignment on D2L; 11 p.m. for responses

10

Digging Deeper

  • post your assignment at D2L
  • reply to at least two other students' postings at D2L
  • gradebook declaration in D2L

 

 2-4 hours

Sunday 8 p.m.

Sunday 8 p.m., for choosing a non-vertebrate organism and declaring this in D2L
13

+2 EXTRA CREDIT
(optional)

Adopt a Species (post)

  • choose a species to "adopt" for the rest of the semester (note extra credit directions)
  • post your assignment to your D2L discussion forum
  • gradebook declaration in D2L for +2 extra credit (optional)
 2-4 hours
Monday noon
2

Adopt a Species (responses)

  • reply to at least two other students with comments to their D2L Adopt-a-Species posts; go to the D2L Discussion Board to learn which students to respond to
  • gradebook declaration in D2L

 

 30 min
between Sunday noon and Monday 11 p.m.
5

Final Thoughts

  • final response to your Starting Assumptions in D2L's discussion board
  • final response to your Digging Deeper assignment in D2L's discussion board
  • final response to your Adopt-a-Species assignment in your D2L discussion forum
  • gradebook declaration in D2L
 20 min
Monday noon
2

Extra Credit

  • comment on additional Adopt-a-Species posts at D2L
  • gradebook declaration in D2L
 15 min
 
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