Course Home

This section contains four sub-sections: Course Description, Succeeding in This Course, Website Structure (which you're reading now), and Getting Help. These pages will help you understand both the course material and this website, offering explanations about the basic structure of each, as well as advice about how to succeed in this course. While it isn’t required, we do recommend that you read these sections before beginning the Course Scenarios section.

Course Scenarios

Clicking here will open the two scenarios that make up this course. You should begin with A: Chemical Release and work through the tasks in order. To begin a scenario, click on it, read the overview, then click on “Task 1”. This will open the task's Project Requirements section, which contains an e-mail from your fictional boss (and/or colleagues) describing the release situation you are currently facing and what your role is in handling it. Many of these e-mails will have attachments containing important information you will need to complete the task, so make sure you open and read any attached documents as well.

Next to the Project Requirements tab, you will notice several other tabs: Getting Help, Submitting Your Work, and Reflecting on What You Learned. These tabs offer specific help and advice about how to complete each task, directions for how to submit your work to your mentor, and some questions about the task to think about after you’ve completed it. More information about these tabs is located in the Course Scenarios section.

Printing Tip: In this course, many of the e-mails have predictive plots (maps) attached to them. If you wish to print these maps out, use the following tips for best results. After opening the map (it will appear in a new browser window), you should open "Page Setup" and select "Landscape" orientation. Then set the margins as small as they will go for your printer (try 0.25 inches for each margin). After making these changes, click OK and proceed to print the map.

Knowledge Center

The Knowledge Center contains numerous links and readings about the course subject matter. Before you begin the scenarios, you may want to do some background research by reading the documents collected here.

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