Geology 305: Earth Sciences -- Tentative Class Schedule

Geology 305 -- Monday/Wednesday 10:30-11:50 AM -- Fall 2017 (15347)
Week #
 Day Meeting# Topic Reading
1
 August 21, Monday 1 Course mechanics and Scientific Method, Introduction Introduction
August 23,  Wednesday 2 Atoms, density, & basic class skills Ch. 2
 
2
 August 28, Mo 3 Earth's place in the Universe Ch. 21
August 30, We 4 Solar system tour Ch. 22
Last Day to enroll is Sunday, Sept. 3
3
 September 4, Mo Labor Day Holiday -- No Classes
September 6, We 5 Formation of the Solar System & Stars Ch. 1, 23-24
 
4
 September 11, Mo 6 Review
September 13, We 7 First test Intro, Chs. 1, 21-24
 
5
 September 18, Mo 8 Minerals Ch. 2
September 20, We 9 Igneous rocks & more notes
 Ch. 3
  
6
 September 25, Mo 10 Volcanic terrain and video Ch. 9
September 27, We 11 Weathering and sedimentary rocks Ch. 3, 4

7
 October 2, Mo 12 Metamorphic rocks Ch. 3
October 4, We 13 Continental drift Ch. 8

8
 October 9, Mo 14 Plate tectonics Ch. 8
October 11, We 15 Earthquakes Ch. 7

9
 October 16, Mo 16 Geologic time Ch. 11
October 18, We 17 Second exam Review, Chs. 1-4, 7-9, 11

10
 October 23, Mo 18 Atmospheric structure, composition Ch. 16
October 25, We 19 Heating the atmosphere Ch. 16

11
 October 30, Mo 20 Humidity Ch. 17
November 1, We 21 Humidity Ch. 17

12
 November 6, Mo 22 Clouds and atmospheric stability Ch. 17
November 8, We 23
  
 Ch. 18
Last day to drop with "W" is Tuesday, November 14
13
 November 13, Mo 24 Atmospheric pressure and winds Ch. 18
November 15, We 25
 Weather patterns and storm systems Ch. 19
 
14
 November 20, Mo 26 Global warming, climate change, Review Ch. 20
November 22, We 27 Third exam Ch. 16-20
Thanksgiving, November 23 
15
 November 27, Mo 28 Intro to oceans, seawater properties Ch. 14
November 29, We 29 Ocean floor Ch. 13
 
16
 December 4, Mo 30 Currents & tides Ch. 15
December 6, We 31 Waves and coastlines Ch. 15

 17
 December 11, M, 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
32
 Final exam; Review Chs. 13-15

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