| Lecture Schedule -- Geology 300 -- Spring 2014 (14841) | ||||
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Date | Meeting # | Topic |
Chapter in book |
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| 1 |
Tuesday, Jan. 21 (Tu) | Introductions; course procedures; Scientific Method | ch. 1 | |
| Thursday, Jan. 23 (Th) | 2 | Origin of Earth/Solar System, Earth properties | ch. 1, ch. 22 | |
| 2 |
January 28 (Tu) | 3 | Earth properties, Minerals | ch. 17, 2 |
| January 30 (Th) | 4 | Minerals | ch. 2 |
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Last day
to enroll or drop without "W" is Sunday, Feb. 2
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| 3 |
February 4 (Tu) | 5 | Igneous rocks | ch. 3 |
| February 6 (Th) | 6 | Volcanic terrains | ch. 4 | |
| 4 |
Feb. 11 (Tu) | 7 |
Volcano video | |
| Feb. 13 (Th) | 8 , 8a, 8b | Weathering/Sedimentary rocks | ch. 5/6 | |
| 5 |
Feb. 18 (Tu) | 9 | Sedimentary rocks/Metamorphic rocks | ch. 6/7 |
| Feb. 20 (Th) | 10 | Review | chs. 1-7, 17, 22 |
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| 6 |
Feb. 25 (Tu) | 11 | First Midterm |
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| Feb. 27 (Th) | 12 | Geologic
Time |
ch. 8 |
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| 7 |
March 4 (Tu) | 13, 13a | Structural
Geology: stratigraphy, folds & faults |
ch. 15 |
| March 6 (Th) | 14 | Earthquakes | ch. 16 |
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| 8 |
March 11 (Tu) | 15 | Earthquakes
-- damage, safety, & video |
ch. 16 |
| March 13 (Th) | 16 | Continental
Drift/Development of Plate Tectonics |
ch. 19 |
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Midterm grade status
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| 9 |
March 18 (Tu) | 17 | Plate
Tectonics |
ch. 19 |
| March 20 (Th) | 18 | Plate
Tectonics -- Mountain belts/ Continents |
ch. 20 |
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| 10 |
March 25 (Tu) | 19 | Review |
chs. 8, 15,16, 19, 20 |
| March 27 (Th) | 20 | Second Midterm |
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| 11 |
April 1 (Tu) | 21 | Marine
Geology |
ch. 18 |
| April 3 (Th) | 22 | Rivers
& Streams |
ch. 10 |
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| 12 |
April 8 (Tu) | 23 | Rivers
& Streams |
ch. 10 |
| April 10 (Th) | 24 | Groundwater | ch. 11 |
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| April 14-20 -- Spring Break -- No Class
this Week Last Day to Drop with a "W" is Sunday, April 20 |
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| 13 |
April 22 (Tu) | 25 | Review | chs. 10-11, 18 |
| April 24 (Th) | 26 | Third
Midterm |
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| 14 |
April 29 (Tu) | 27 | Mass Wasting | ch. 9 |
| May 1 (Th) |
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Glaciers | ch. 12 | |
| 15 |
May 6 (Tu) | 29 | Ice Ages,
Global Climate Change |
ch. 12, 21 |
| May 8 (Th) | 30 | Desert geology |
ch. 13 | |
| 16 |
May 13 (Tu) |
31 |
Waves, beaches, Coastlines; Review | ch. 14 |
| No class this day |
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| 17 |
May 20 (Tu) | 32 | FINAL EXAM (10:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m.) | |
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