Laurie Hurson – TLC Assignment Library

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025Environmental Science, STEM

Getting Involved in Environmental Community Groups

The Final Project Alternative is an optional project meant to replace your traditional model of the Final Project (a short presentation on an environmental research topic). This alternative is meant […]

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Environmental Science, Multi-Disciplinary, Public health, Social Sciences, STEM

What do NYC’s rising waters mean for us?

Sustainability Matters is a monthly show that explores climate change and its impact, renewableenergies, and sustainable practices in New York. The showrunners interview leading expertsacross diverse sustainability fields to showcase […]

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Comptuer Science, Math, Statistics, STEM

Building a Predictive Probabilistic Model

This assignment’s objective is to build a probabilistic model to predict the winners of MarchMadness, game by game. As summarized by Google AI: “March Madness is the nickname for theNational […]

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Humanities, Multi-Disciplinary, Social Sciences

Skimming: An In-class Reading Activity

For this in-class assignment, students skim several short articles and paraphrase the arguments in each of the articles, practicing their ability to discern the location of the arguments within a […]

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Humanities, Multi-Disciplinary, Social Sciences, STEM

Group Dialogues

Prior to class, based on readings and/or lecture materials, learners are asked to come up with 3 questions that they would like to ask their fellow learners. Learners are encouraged […]

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Chemistry, STEM

Colligative Properties Pre-Lab for General Chemistry

This assignment is meant to prime students understanding on Colligative Properties such as freezing point depression and molar mass. This assignment takes a traditional chemistry pre-lab assignment that typically include […]

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024Political Science, Social Sciences, Uncategorized

Archiving New York Political Events

In this scaffolded assignment, students propose a topic related to New York City politics, visit an archive, and identify a few primary source documents that might help them formulate an […]

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024Humanities, Philosophy

Final Paper Outline Peer Evaluation

Students are asked to complete their final paper outlines, with thesis statements, in advance, following the rubric, and bring the outline of the final paper to class. They will then […]

December 17, 2024December 18, 2024History, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology

Short Midterm Essay: Reflection on Race and Ethnicity

This assignment is used midway through the course to encourage students to reflect on how their understanding of race and ethnicity has developed. This reflection helps students identify key themes […]

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024Psychology, Social Sciences

Social Psychology & Comics

Students in psychology courses are often required to complete several writing assignments. In a Psychology 101 course at John Jay, students were assigned 500 word (2 page) reflections papers – […]

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Getting Involved in Environmental Community Groups

Colligative Properties Pre-Lab for General Chemistry

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