| Week |
Date
|
Quiz
covers
lectures
|
Lecture Topic
|
Reading
(4th ed.)
|
Reading
(3rd ed.)
|
| 1 |
Tu |
1/17 |
|
Introduction |
|
|
| |
Th |
1/19 |
|
The scientific method |
Ch. 1, p. 10-11 |
Ch. 1, .p. 5-6 |
| 2 |
Tu |
1/24 |
|
Origin of elements + solar system |
Ch. 1, p. 11, 14-17 |
Ch. 1, p. 6-7, 13 |
| |
Th |
1/26 |
|
Intro to Earth's structure + plate tectonics |
Ch. 1, p. 16-28 |
Ch. 1, p. 12-24 |
| 3 |
Tu |
1/31 |
|
Earth materials: minerals |
Ch. 2 |
Ch. 2 |
| |
Th |
2/2 |
|
Earth materials: rocks + rock cycle |
|
|
| 4 |
Tu |
2/7 |
Quiz 1:
1/17-2/2 |
Intro to magma: igneous rocks
(Today's lecture topic is not tested in Quiz 1) |
Ch. 3 |
Ch. 3 |
| |
Th |
2/9 |
|
Magma: volcanoes and their hazards (movie 1) |
Ch. 3, 4 |
Ch. 3, 4 |
| 5 |
Tu |
2/14 |
|
Magma and volcanoes (and some hazards) |
Ch. 4 |
Ch. 4 |
| |
Th |
2/16 |
|
Rest of volcanic hazards + predictions; Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks |
Ch. 7 |
Ch. 7 |
| 6 |
Tu |
2/21 |
|
Structures: folds and faults |
Ch. 9 |
Ch. 9 |
|
|
Th |
2/23 |
Quiz 2:
2/7-2/21 |
Weathering
(Today's lecture topic is not tested in Quiz 2) |
Ch. 5 |
Ch. 5 |
| 7 |
Tu |
2/28 |
|
Sediments + sedimentary rocks |
Ch. 6 |
Ch. 6 |
| |
Th |
3/2 |
|
Relative and absolute geologic time |
Ch. 8 |
Ch. 8 |
| 8 |
Tu |
3/7 |
|
History of Life on Earth |
Ch. 8 |
Ch. 8 |
| |
Th |
3/9 |
|
Oceans and shores (movie 2) |
Ch. 8 |
Ch. 8 |
| 9 |
|
3/13-17 |
|
SPRING BREAK |
|
|
| 10 |
Tu |
3/21 |
|
Mass movement and landslides |
Ch. 14 |
Ch. 13 |
|
|
Th |
3/23 |
Quiz 3:
2/23-3/21 |
Rivers and floods
(Today's lecture topic is not tested in Quiz 3) |
Ch. 15 |
Ch. 14 |
| 11 |
Tu |
3/28 |
|
Rivers, floods, groundwater |
Ch. 15, 16 |
Ch. 14, 15 |
| |
Th |
3/30 |
|
Groundwater, caves, karst |
Ch. 16 |
Ch. 15 |
| 12 |
Tu |
4/4 |
|
Earthquakes and seismology |
Ch. 10 |
Ch. 10 |
| |
Th |
4/6 |
|
Earthquake hazards + society (movie 3) |
Ch. 10 |
Ch. 10 |
| 13 |
Tu |
4/11 |
|
Earthquake hazards + society |
Ch. 10 |
Ch. 10 |
| |
Th |
4/13 |
|
Earth's deep structure |
Ch. 11 |
Ch. 11 |
| 14 |
Tu |
4/18 |
Quiz 4:
3/23-4/13 |
Plate tectonics (contd. from 1/26)
(Today's lecture topic is not tested in Quiz 4) |
Ch. 12 |
Ch. 12 |
| |
Th |
4/20 |
|
Continental tectonics + geology of N-America |
Ch. 12, 13 |
Ch. 12 |
| 15 |
Tu |
4/25 |
|
Glaciers and ice ages (movie 4) |
Ch. 17 |
Ch. 16 |
| |
Th |
4/27 |
|
Ice ages + climate change: snowball Earth |
Ch. 17 |
Ch. 16 |
| 16 |
Tu |
5/2 |
|
Climate change (past and present) |
|
|
| |
Th |
5/4 |
|
Earth resources + geology and society |
Ch. 20 |
Ch. 19 |
| 17 |
We |
5/10 |
Final:
1/17-5/4 |
May 10: FINAL QUIZ (8-10 am)
in our regular lecture hall: 100 Smith Hall
(covers about 60%: 1/17-4/13 and 40%: 4/18-5/4) |
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