Tentative Schedule -- Geology 301 -- Spring Semester 2020

Day

Lab#

Reading

Topic

Supplies

January 21

1

TBA

Intro, Basic concepts

pencil, eraser, lab equipment

Jan. 28

2

ch. 3

Minerals

pencil & eraser

Feb. 4

3

ch. 5

Mineral quiz; Igneous rocks

pencil & eraser

February 11

4

ch. 6

Sedimentary rocks

pencil & eraser

February 18

5

ch. 7

Metamorphic rocks

pencil & eraser

February 25

6

ch. 8

Rocks quiz; Geologic Time

pencil & eraser, calculator

March 3

7

ch. 10

Structural Geology

equipment provided , protractor, ruler, scissors, removable tape (optional)

March 10

8

ch. 16

Earthquakes

equipment provided, compass, ruler

March 17

9

ch. 2

Plate Tectonics

equipment provided, ruler, calculator

March 24

10

ch. 9

Topographic maps

pencil & eraser, ruler, calculator

March 31

11

ch. 11

Rivers & streams

pencil & eraser, ruler, calculator

Spring Break April 6-10 -- No classes!

April 14

13

ch. 12

Groundwater

calculator, ruler

April 21

14

ch. 13

Glacial Geology

Pencil & eraser, ruler

April 28

15

ch. 15

Coastal Geology

Pencil & eraser, ruler

May 5

16

ch. 14

Desert geology

Pencil & eraser, ruler

May 12

17

TBA

May 19

Finals Week

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Monday, 12:45-2:45 PM

Pencil/eraser, calculator, protractor, compass, ruler