The goal of this project is for you to understand how and where volcanoes form. This exercise will take several weeks and will due on November 19, 1998.
You may work in groups of up to three (3) students per group, or you may choose to work by yourself. You have until October 1, 1998 to tell me who you are working with - one sheet of paper or email per group with all names listed. I strongly encourage you to try and communicate via e-mail. Remember, that everyone in the group needs to participate and it will be up to each group to police itself -- making sure that everyone does their part. Students have been known to drop a course every now and then and it will happen in this class. If someone drops out, the remaining students will have to pick up the work.
You may submit material via e-mail or by leaving it with me after class. When you hand in material make sure that the names of all of the group members are included. Everyone in the group will receive the same grade for the check points and the final report for this project.
I suggest that you read through the project description so that you can see where this is heading. Feel free to work ahead.
The project consists of five exercises. Pay attention to the due dates (check points) which are listed on the reading list. Work through the exercises in the order that they are described.
The focus for your assignment is to write a short report in which you:
Make good use the the information you have learned by doing the exercises. Include at least one illustration (cut and paste) to illustrate a significant point of your final report.
The report should be no longer than 1,000 words.
[hand in the answers to part 5 of the project when you hand in the article]
[This project is slightly modified from an exercise developed by John Butler at the University of Houston.]