Lecture |
Date |
Topic |
Text Reading |
[CD-ROM] | |
| PART I: | WHAT IS THE EARTH? | ||||
| 1 | Jan. | M 14 | Why study the Earth? | Chap. 1 | 1-15, 399-408 |
| 2 | W 16 | Big Bang | |||
| M 21 | Martin Luther King Day | ||||
| 3 + 4 | W 23 | Origin of the Earth + Earth's Layers | p. 394-397, 11-12, 307-311 | 16-26 | |
| PART II: | EARTH MATERIALS | ||||
| 5 | M 28 | Building blocks of Earth - Minerals | Chap. 2 | 66-183, 1096-1105 | |
| 6 | W 30 | Asbestos - The Deadly Mineral? | 40-41 | ||
| 7 | Feb. | M 4 | The rock cycle | p. 15-17 | 184-212 |
| 8 | W 6 | Soft rock - Sedimentary rocks | p. 94-100, chap. 6 | 287-365 | |
| 9 | M 11 | Hard rock - Igneous and metamorphic rocks | Chaps 3 + 7 | 213-286, CD Frames - 367-396, 1009-1025, | |
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"Rock Review" in Earth Materials
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| PART III: | DEEP TIME | ||||
| 10 | W 13 | Geologic time | p. 370-371 | 1027-1031 | |
| 11 | M 18 | The record in rocks | p. 372-382 | 1064-1093 | |
| 12 | W 20 | Earth's clock | p. 382-392 | 1032-1063, 1094-1140 | |
| Wed | Feb. 20 | EXAM I | 7 to 8 pm | 141 Loomis (last names A - J)
151 Loomis (last names K - R) 144 Loomis (last names S - V) 158 Loomis (last names W - Z) |
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| 13 | M 25 | Extinction of the dinosaurs | p. 407-410, 412-413 | ||
| PART IV: | ENERGY | ||||
| 14 | W 27 | Power from the Earth - Fossil fuel | p. 123-124, 133-134 | ||
| 15 | Mar. | M 4 | Fossil fuel and the environment | ||
| PART V: | THE DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE | ||||
| 16 | W 6 | Wrath of Vulcan | Chap. 4 | 952-1008 | |
| 17 | M 11 | Erupting volcanoes | |||
| 18 | W 13 | Violent pulse - Earthquakes I | p. 288-300 | 898-950 | |
| March 16- 24 | Spring Break | ||||
| 19 | M 25 | Violent pulse - Earthquakes II | p. 300-305 | ||
| Wed. | Mar. 27 | EXAM II | During regular lecture period. 9 am or noon. | 228 NHB | |
| 20 | Apr. | M 1 | Are we ready for the Big One? | p. 305-307 | |
| 21 | W 3 | Drifting continents | p. 313-319 | 744-745 | |
| 22 | M 8 | Wandering poles - Sea-floor spreading | p. 272-282, 332-337 | 47-64 | |
| 23 | W 11 | Grand unification theory - Plate tectonics | p. 319-332, 337-345 | 744-805 | |
| 24 | M 15 | Sculpting Earth with water - Rivers | p. 169-184 | 410-474 | |
| 25 | W 17 | Floods I | p. 184-189 | ||
| 26 | M 22 | Floods II | |||
| 27 | W 24 | Subterranean water | p. 191-199 | 475-526 | |
| 28 | M 29 | Groundwater and the environment | p.199 - 208 | ||
| 29 | May | W 1 | Sculpting Earth with ice - Glaciers | p. 210-215 | 527-610 |
| Sat. | May 4 | FINAL EXAM | (FOR 9 AM LECTURE) | 8 - 11am | (228 NHB) |
| Tues. | May 7 | FINAL EXAM | (FOR NOON LECTURE) | 7 to 10 pm | (228 NHB) |
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