Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Iowa State University/Environmental Biogeochemistry (Spring 2022)

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Course name
Environmental Biogeochemistry
Institution
Iowa State University
Instructor
Elizabeth Swanner
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Environmental Sciences
Course dates
2023-01-17 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


This course examines the coupled biological, geochemical, and physical processes that control elemental cycling in the Earth system, with an emphasis on global change. Topics include the biotic and abiotic cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, metals, and water, and their dynamics across multiple spatiotemporal scales, e.g. nanometer to global, deep time to present. Principles of mass balance, kinetics, and thermodynamics will be used to analyze and predict system behavior and to assess human impacts to biogeochemical cycles. The course incorporates extensive readings from the primary literature.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Awr2727 Liming (soil) Hydrated silica, Waalian interglacial
Scienceislife22 Marine Isotope Stage 9 Liming (soil), Sulfur metabolism
Micromeech Sulfur metabolism Marine Isotope Stage 9, Tropospheric ozone depletion events
Jdnorton Hydrated silica Waalian interglacial, Liming (soil)
Sggeer Waalian interglacial Hydrated silica, Sulfur assimilation
Ksaintc4 Tropospheric ozone depletion events Sulfur metabolism, Marine Isotope Stage 9
ShuchaoYe Sulfur assimilation Tropospheric ozone depletion events, Waalian interglacial

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 January 2023   |   Friday, 20 January 2023

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 23 January 2023   |   Wednesday, 25 January 2023   |   Friday, 27 January 2023
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 30 January 2023   |   Wednesday, 1 February 2023   |   Friday, 3 February 2023
Assignment - Choose your article
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Ecology

Science Communication

Species

Assignment - Make a small edit
Assignment - Copyedit an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 6 February 2023   |   Wednesday, 8 February 2023   |   Friday, 10 February 2023
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 13 February 2023   |   Wednesday, 15 February 2023   |   Friday, 17 February 2023
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 20 February 2023   |   Wednesday, 22 February 2023   |   Friday, 24 February 2023
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 27 February 2023   |   Wednesday, 1 March 2023   |   Friday, 3 March 2023
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
In class - In-class presentation

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 6 March 2023   |   Wednesday, 8 March 2023   |   Friday, 10 March 2023

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 20 March 2023   |   Wednesday, 22 March 2023   |   Friday, 24 March 2023

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 27 March 2023   |   Wednesday, 29 March 2023   |   Friday, 31 March 2023

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 3 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 5 April 2023   |   Friday, 7 April 2023

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 10 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 12 April 2023   |   Friday, 14 April 2023