This course is built around six anchor projects. Each one takes over the calendar for a stretch of days, absorbs the lessons it needs, and ends with something you made and can defend. Everything below — names, day counts, and every date — is read live from the course pacing file, so this page and the calendar always agree.

Working on the science behind a project? Start at the Earth Systems Science hub and open the module that owns it. Need help getting unstuck? Student Support is open all year.