GEO 1002 – EARTH HISTORY
Lecture 001 – Fall, 2005
LECTURE
SCHEDULE
‘ONLY
A GUESSTIMATE!’
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DATES |
M
W F - 10:10 a.m. |
Friday
Quizzes |
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SEPT. |
7-9 |
Course Intro/ Steno’s Worlds Lecture
Ramblings |
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12-14-16 |
Past Cosmologies & Geomyths Lecture Notes |
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19-21-23 |
Evolution: Life Without Stasis Chapter 7 |
QUIZ |
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26-28-30 |
A Restless & Integrated Earth Tectonics & Cycles Chapters 8, 9 & 10 |
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OCT. |
3-5-7 |
Archean: An
Ancient World Chapter 11 |
QUIZ |
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10-12-14 |
Proterozoic: The Dawn of Sex Chapter 12 |
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17-19-21 |
Early Paleozoic: Diverse Life Takes Hold
Chapter 13 |
QUIZ |
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24-26-28 |
Middle Paleozoic: Life Moves to the Land Chapter 14 |
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NOV. |
31-2-4 |
Late Paleozoic: The Ice Returns & a Crisis Chapter
15 |
QUIZ |
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7-9-11 |
Early Mesozoic: Mean Seas & Early Dinos
Chapter 16 |
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14-16-18 |
Late Mesozoic: Flowers Rule the Earth
Chapter 17 |
QUIZ |
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21-no-TH |
Late Mesozoic: Birth of Our Modern World |
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28-30-2 |
Late Cretacrous & Paleogene: Mammals Inherit the Earth Chapter
18 |
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DEC. |
5(Quiz) -7-9 |
Paleogene & Neogene: Cats & Dogs Come to Terms Chapter 19 |
QUIZ |
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12-14 |
Neogene & A Glacial Legacy: Humans Change the Rules
Chapter 20 |
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16 |
Friday, 1:30 p.m. |
QUIZ & FINAL |
Weekly review sheets will contain details of reading assignments.
QUIZZES – quizzes will last roughly 25 minutes
FINAL – mandatory,
comprehensive and CANNOT be dropped,
but only weighted same as other quizzes