Geology 305: Earth Sciences -- Tentative Class Schedule

Geology 305 -- Monday/Wednesday 10:30-11:50 AM -- Fall 2016 (14052)
Week #
Day Meeting# Topic Reading
1
August 22, Monday 1 Course mechanics and Scientific Method, Introduction Introduction
August 24,  Wednesday 2 Atoms, density, & basic class skills Ch. 2
 
2
August 29, Mo 3 Earth's place in the Universe Ch. 21
August 31, We 4 Solar system tour Ch. 22
Last Day to enroll is Sunday, Sept. 4
3
September 5, Mo Labor Day Holiday -- No Classes
September 7, We 5 Formation of the Solar System & Stars Ch. 1, 23-24
 
4
September 12, Mo 6 Review
September 14, We 7 First test Intro, Chs. 1, 21-24
 
5
September 19, Mo 8 Minerals Ch. 2
September 21, We 9 Igneous rocks & more notes
Ch. 3
  
6
September 26, Mo 10 Volcanic terrain and video Ch. 9
September 28, We 11 Weathering and sedimentary rocks Ch. 3, 4

7
October 3, Mo 12 Metamorphic rocks Ch. 3
October 5, We 13 Continental drift Ch. 8

8
October 10, Mo 14 Plate tectonics Ch. 8
October 12, We 15 Earthquakes Ch. 7

9
October 17, Mo 16 Geologic time Ch. 11
October 19, We 17 Second exam Review, Chs. 1-4, 7-9, 11

10
October 24, Mo 18 Atmospheric structure, composition Ch. 16
October 26, We 19 Heating the atmosphere Ch. 16

11
October 31, Mo 20 Humidity Ch. 17
November 2, We 21 Humidity Ch. 17

12
November 7, Mo 22 Clouds and atmospheric stability Ch. 17
November 9, We 23
 
Ch. 18
Last day to drop with "W" is Tuesday, November 15
13
November 14, Mo 24 Atmospheric pressure and winds Ch. 18
November 16, We 25
Weather patterns and storm systems Ch. 19
 
14
November 21, Mo 26 Global warming, climate change, Review Ch. 20
November 23, We 27 Third exam Ch. 16-20
Thanksgiving, November 24 
15
November 28, Mo 28 Intro to oceans, seawater properties Ch. 14
November 30, We 29 Ocean floor Ch. 13
 
16
December 5, Mo 30 Currents & tides Ch. 15
December 7, We 31 Waves and coastlines Ch. 15

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

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