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Course name
ERTH 4303 Resources of the Earth
Institution
Carleton University
Instructor
James Mungall
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Mineral, food, and water resources
Course dates
2021-01-14 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
46


Course objective: To learn about mineral, water, and food resources, in the context of economic and environmental consequences of their extraction and use; and the differences between concepts of sustainability of resource utilization in the short term (e.g., market cycles, electoral cycles), longer term (decades to centuries) and ultimate sustainability of industrial society. The Wikipedia assignment will be to choose one element or commodity and either make substantial edits to or write entirely new sections of the Wikipedia articles on that subject.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Enzo User Bauxite
Alex Prieditis Overconsumption Carminic acid, Water security
Serenavlegault
Kedmvl Creighton Mine Water, Forestry in Canada
Amt1997 Environmental impact of mining Organic fertilizer, Creighton Mine
Cassandrarousseau Phycotechnology Chonolith, Chromite
Joq Oliver Deep sea mining Hecla Mining, Mycoremediation
DullestStimpy Ottawa River timber trade Mycoremediation, Petrol Piracy
Ejanef
Ellenmarciniak
LoveTheExperience Habitat destruction Chonolith, Limestone
LisaTruong3 Biodiversity loss Carbon offset, Sphalerite
Ajmaclaurin Cubanite Carminic acid, Columbia River Basalt Group
Laurenmacky Sphalerite Chonolith, Columbia River Basalt Group
Sedith7 Columbia River Basalt Group Hydrothermal circulation, Hemp
Kyra Robertson Surface mining Creighton Mine, Granitoid
BenjCap Forestry in Canada Silver mining, Deforestation in Central America
ShawnInnocent99 Environmental impact of the petroleum industry Water security, Limestone
Nightlymist Carbon offset Borehole mining, Afforestation
Tamara Omar Chromite Overconsumption, Malachite
EmlyCole Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits Carrying capacity, Sphalerite
Annawood2 Limestone Bioremediation, Carrying capacity
StolteKate Bioremediation Biodiversity loss, Hydropower
ObliqueFault Granitoid Silver mining, Organic fertilizer
Kuzey Gunesli Mycoremediation Overconsumption, Hecla Mining
BlossomN Hydrothermal circulation Air pollution in Canada, Surface runoff
Davidbbell3 Silver mining Ottawa River timber trade, Surface mining
Trentjohnson17 Water security Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits, Carbon offset
Nidazia Air pollution in Canada Deep sea mining, Petrol Piracy
JazChapman Malachite Uranium mining, Forestry in Canada
Yanakigel1 Hemp Biodiversity loss, Bioremediation
JacquelineB3 Carrying capacity Malachite, Cubanite
MccEmma Afforestation Ottawa River timber trade, Hydropower
Morgan.b18 Borehole mining Carbon farming, Granitoid
Mickinahan Organic fertilizer Uranium mining, Cubanite
TigerERTH4303 Carminic acid Hydrothermal circulation, Environmental impact of the petroleum industry
Yvon Secord
LivyRosa Carbon farming Afforestation, Surface mining
Leeland Adderley-Heron Placer deposit Petrol Piracy
Pavneetah Chonolith Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits, Environmental impact of the petroleum industry
Iheanyiarizor Surface runoff Environmental impact of mining, Chromite
Sltannaeemi Deforestation in Central America Water, Chromite
ShanPitt Uranium mining Carbon farming, Habitat destruction
TOTM123 Petrol Piracy Surface runoff, Habitat destruction
Rumrunner3210 Water Hemp, Borehole mining
Nkaba224 Hecla Mining Air pollution in Canada, Deep sea mining
Kawther.H Hydropower Deforestation in Central America, Environmental impact of mining
TobeyG.CU Natural building
Babak98 Lithium-ion battery
TA chrisjenkins Troubleshooting

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 14 January 2021
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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 21 January 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia 5%

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Assignment - Choose your topic/Find your sources

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Environmental Sciences

Week 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 4 February 2021
Assignment - Add to an article 5%

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 February 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions 25%

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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles 5%

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 4 March 2021
Assignment - Respond to your peer review and 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 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Assignment - Continue improving your article 5%

Exercise

Add links to 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 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Assignment - Polish your work 5%

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 25 March 2021
Milestones

It's the final two weeks 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!


Assignment - Reflective essay 10%

Guiding questions

Week 11

Course meetings
Thursday, 1 April 2021
Assignment - You've finished your Wikipedia assignment! 40%

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.