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6 May
The final exam grades, your quiz average (out of your top 7 quiz scores), and the 20 bonus clicker points are now posted on CU Learn. The average score on the final exam was a 75.8%. Final class grades are being calculated and will be posted through the registrar by Monday May 9.
5 May
The key to the final exam is now posted here. This key is for Version A, but all versions had the same questions.
Final exam scores will be posted by this weekend, and final grades calculated by Monday May 9. Thanks for a great semester, and hope everyone has a great summer!
28 April
All grades for the semester (other than the final exam) are now posted on CU Learn. This includes clicker points from today and the Weather Notebook.
27 April
The clicker key for all clicker questions asked since Exam 2, and related to the final is now posted here.
The Chapter 24 lecture slides are also now posted here.
26 April
Connie will not be holding office hours during finals week. She will be holding one extra set of office hours on Friday April 29 from 12-2pm in the ATOC Office. Also, remember that Professor Tessendorf will not be holding normal office hours during finals week, but rather will be holding one two-hour office hours session on Monday May 2 from 9-11am.
This week is the last week for you to correct clicker points that were not attributed to your name. Thus, if you have been using a clicker and perhaps it didn't get registered to your name properly or you changed your clicker during the term and clicker points have not been recorded on CU Learn, you MUST inform Professor Tessendorf this week as once finals week begins and final grades start to get calculated it will be too late. ALL CLICKER POINTS THROUGH TODAY'S CLASS ARE NOW POSTED FOR YOU TO CHECK ON THIS. Unless you contact Professor Tessendorf by her office hours on Monday May 2 to correct a problem with your clicker points, these points as posted will be final and used in your final grade.
25 April
Professor Tessendorf is interested in gathering some information from the class to help improve the course. A survey (not related to the formal class evaluations) is now posted here that is worth 20 bonus clicker points if it is filled out completely and turned in DURING CLASS Thursday April 28 only. This form will not be accepted by email or outside of the class period Thursday--no exceptions!
23 April
The review sheet for the Final Exam is now posted here.
Connie will hold a review session for the Final Exam on Thursday April 28 from 5-7pm in DUAN G1B20.
19 April
Chapter 19 and 21 lecture slides are now available as PDF files here: Ch. 19 and Ch. 21.
The grading scale posted online as a link on the Grades page of this site is an adjusted scale from that printed in the syllabus and is the scale that will be used for final grades. Thus, no extra credit or other curving will be done, as this adjusted scale is already quite lenient.
Professor Tessendorf will be holding normal office hours this week and next week. However, on finals week (beginning May 2) she will only be holding one set of office hours and they will be held on Monday May 2 from 9am-11am. This will be the last office hours that Professor Tessendorf will hold for the Spring 2011 term.
7 April
Chapter 18 lecture slides are now available as a PDF file here.
The grading guidelines for the Weather Notebook assignment is available here.
Prof. Tessendorf will be out of town Apr 9-18. Thus she will not be holding her office hours during this time, nor will she be able to reply to emails during this time. Prof. Cassano will be teaching class on Apr 12 and 14 while she is gone. If you have questions about the Weather Notebook or class content, see Connie during her office hours on Mon and Wed from 3-4pm. If you have other issues that arise that need more immediate attention, please contact Prof. Cassano at john.cassano[at]colorado.edu, but please also cc Prof. Tessendorf so she is aware of the situation when she returns.
3 April
The weather notebook assignment starts today and goes until April 16. Due in class on Tuesday April 19.
Homework #2 grades are now posted on CU Learn.
Lecture notes for the rest of the class lectures are now posted on the Lecture Notes page.
A PDF of the Chapter 16 and Chapter 17 lecture slides are available here: Ch. 16 and Ch. 17.
27 March
Chapter 16 and Chapter 17 lecture notes are now available on the Lecture Notes page.
18 March
The key for the Makeup exam is now posted here. Grades from the makeup will be posted on CU Learn after spring break.
Have a safe and enjoyable spring break everyone!!
15 March
The exam 2 scores are posted on CU Learn. The class average was a 72.4%.
The key for exam 2 (form A, but all versions have same questions just in different order) is now posted here.
10 March
The HW#2 key is now posted on the homework assignments page.
A key to all clicker questions (quiz and non-quiz) since Exam 1 (thus covering material that will be on Exam 2) is now posted here.
8 March
A PDF file of the Chapter 10 slides is posted here.
Professor Tessendorf will be out of town again on Thursday March 10 and thus will not hold office hours that day. Professor Cassano and Connie will lead class on this day. If you have questions, email Professor Tessendorf or see Connie in her office hours Mon and Wed 3-4pm.
The ATOC Study Center has people that can help answer your questions also. Their hours are 5-7pm on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri. On Mon and Fri it is held in DUAN E126, and on Tues and Thurs in STAD 136C.
Clicker pts to date have been posted on CU Learn. Unlike yesterday they should now all be visible to you (just had to make one extra selection so the newly uploaded grades are visible by students too!).
7 March
The Exam 2 review sheet is now posted online here. Connie will also hold an Exam 2 review session on Monday March 14 from 5-7pm in HUMN 250.
Reminder: HW#2 is due at the beginning of class, in class on Thursday March 10!! No late homeworks are accepted, as the key will be posted after class on this day.
Chapter 15 lecture notes are now available on the Lecture Notes page.
A PDF of the Chapter 8 and 9 class slides are posted here: Chapter 8 and Chapter 9.
All clicker points to date have been posted on CU Learn.
23 February
Homework #2 is now posted on the Homework Assignments page. It is due in class at the beginning of class on Thursday March 10!
Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 lecture notes are now posted on the Lecture Notes page.
Professor Tessendorf will be on travel next week (March 1-6) and thus will not be holding office hours that week, nor be teaching class. Professor Cassano will be teaching class in her place. If you have questions, please see Connie during her office hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-4pm (ATOC office, 255 gate 7 stadium).
20 February
The Chapter 7 powerpoint slides are posted as a PDF file here.
Grades from Exam 1, HW1, and the latest clicker points have all been updated and posted on CU Learn. Make sure your grades are posted. If they still are not posted and you took the exam, turned in HW1 on time, and attended class using your clicker, please contact Professor Tessendorf.
If you have 3 or more finals scheduled for Wednesday May 4, you should have notified Professor Tessendorf by now if you wanted to reschedule your ATOC 1050 final. Professor Tessendorf sent confirmation emails out today to those who have contacted her about this. If you did not get a confirmation email and you had contacted her in the past about this, please remind her ASAP. Also, if the 3 finals on May 4 situation applies to you and you have not contacted her, please see her right away!
16 February
Chapter 8 lecture notes are now posted on the Lecture Notes page.
Clicker points from 1/25 and 1/27 have now been updated on CU Learn. Please check to make sure your clicker points from those days have been recorded properly. There are still 5 clickers that registered points on those days that have not been linked to student names through the clicker registration roster.
13 February
Chapter 7 lecture notes are now available on the Lecture Notes page.
11 February
The key for the exam (based on Form A, which has all the same questions as other forms, just in different order) is now posted here.
Grades from the exam will be posted this weekend on CU Learn. The class average exam grade was a 78.4%. Good job!
9 February
The key for HW#1 has now been posted on the Homework Assignments page. No homeworks will be accepted after this point, now that the key has been posted.
7 February
Poor weather may affect our class Tuesday morning (Feb 8). In anticipation of this, I have emailed the class with our "plan B", and am posting some key pieces of information online earlier than planned to help you study for the exam that will still be held on Thursday.
1) The Chapter 6 powerpoint is now posted as a PDF and includes the last few slides on clouds, which will be covered on the exam here.
2) The key to the clicker questions is now posted here.
3) Homeworks will be accepted until Wednesday morning 9am. Make arrangement with Connie to turn in, or drop off at ATOC Office (Gate 7, Stadium, room 255). The homework key will now be posted online Wednesday morning after all homeworks have been turned in.
The exam review session will still be held from 5-7pm Tuesday in Duane G1B20.
6 February
Local Weather lecture notes are now posted on the Lecture Notes page. (Note: this material will NOT be covered on Exam #1.)
REMINDER: Homework #1 is due by the beginning of our next class on Tuesday February 8!
Clicker points have been updated on CU Learn. All quiz scores are now posted as percentages of total points possible. Non-quiz clicker points are still listed as points, with the maximum number of points listed for each day.
3 February
An outline of the topics that will be covered on Exam #1 is posted here.
1 February
A PDF version of the Chapter 3 powerpoint is available here.
The Exam 1 review session will be held in Duane Physics G1B20 on Tuesday February 8, from 5pm-7pm.
30 January
Chapter 6 lecture notes are available on the lecture notes page.
Clicker quiz points and all non-quiz clicker points to date have been posted on CU Learn. Please make sure your clickers are registered so that your points are being credited to you. Please see Professor Tessendorf after class if you are still having problems. The first two clicker quizzes were each worth 27 points (3 pts per question, 1 pt for answering the question and 2 pts for answering it correctly).
22 January
Homework #1 is now posted on the homework assignments page!
20 January
Chapter 3 lecture notes are available on the lecture notes page.
A PDF version of the Chapter 2 powerpoint is available here.
REMINDER: Clicker quizzes could start next week! Make sure to have your clicker in class, and have it registered online already! Starting next week I will not be giving any clicker participation points other than those recorded by your clicker responses! Make sure you set your clicker to the right frequency before class (BA) also to make sure your responses are recorded. Just a reminder, non-quiz clicker points can only help your grade, so missing some here and there is okay. Clicker quizzes on the other hand will hurt your grade, although the lowest two scores will be dropped if you happen to miss a quiz or two. There are NO make up clicker quizzes!
Professor Tessendorf will be on travel next week (Jan 25, Jan 27) and Professor Cassano will be teaching class in her place. There will be no office hours that week though. If you have questions, please go to Connie's office hours on Mon or Wed from 3-4pm in the ATOC office (Gate 7 Stadium).
18 January
Chapter 2 lecture notes are available on the lecture notes page.
A PDF version of the Chapter 1 powerpoint is available here.
REMINDER: Register your clickers online via CuConnect. I've posted the points from today's clicker questions online at CULearn. Please go check and see if you have points from today. If not and you were in class answering clicker questions, your clicker is not registered or you may not have set it to the right frequency. Remember that these points can only help your grade, not hurt it. There were 4 participation points awarded for today (one per question) if you answered all of the questions. If you had your clickers and answered the questions correctly, you earned an additional 1 point per correct answer.
10 January
A PDF version of the class intro Powerpoint, which will be shown during class on Tuesday January 11th, can be downloaded here.
27 December
ATOC1050 section 001 will meet in DUAN G1B30 from 9:30-10:45AM on T/TH.
The book "Severe and Hazardous Weather: An Introduction to High Impact Meteorology - Third Edition" by Rauber, Walsh, and Charlevoix is the required text for this class. In addition we will be using clickers in class.
All students in this class are required to buy both the text and the clickers, which are available from the university bookstore.
More information on the use of clickers in this class can be found here.
You can download a copy of the class syllabus and lecture schedule here.