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| GSCI100 Home | Homework |
Syllabus | Schedule | Extra Credit Blackboard Login Required: Quizzes | Gradebook |
| Week | Date - Lecture Notes | Podcasts |
Lecture Topics | Reading Assignments from Essentials of Geology |
| Week 1 | Wed 1/12 - Lecture #1 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Introduction, Syllabus, Course Overview | Chapter #1 |
| Fri 1/14 - Lecture #2 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Why Study Geology? Homework #1a (Graded) Due |
Chapter #1 | |
| Week 2 | Mon 1/17 No Lecture |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday | "I Have a Dream" |
| Wed 1/19 - Lecture #3 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
History of the Science of Geology | Chapter #1 | |
| Fri 1/21 - Lecture #4 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Scientific Method in Geology Homework #1b (Graded) Due |
Chapter #1 | |
| Week 3 | Mon 1/24 - Lecture #5 Outline | DVD - No Podcast |
Origin of the Earth & Solar System Early Geologic History of the Earth Structure of the Earth |
Chapter #1 |
| Wed 1/26 - Lecture #6 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Plate Tectonics: Driving Force, Plate Boundaries Rock Types Geologic Processes and the Rock Cycle |
Chapter #1 | |
| Fri 1/28 - Lecture #7 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Geologic Time Overview, Geologic Time Scale Principles of Relative Age Dating Interpreting Relative Ages in Geologic Cross-Sections |
Chapter #18 | |
| Week 4 | Mon 1/31 - Lecture #8 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Interpreting Relative Ages in Geologic Cross-Sections (Even More!) Homework #3 (Graded) Due |
Chapter #18 |
| Wed 2/2 - Lecture #9 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Absolute Age Dating Geologic Time |
Chapter #18 & 19 | |
| Fri 2/4 - Lecture #10 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Geologic History of the Earth | Chapter #19 | |
| Week 5 | Mon 2/7 - Lecture #11 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Geologic History of North America | Chapter #19 |
| Wed 2/9 - Lecture #12 Outline | Exam - No Podcast |
Exam #1 - Study Guide Quizzes #1-4 Due at Noon |
Chapters 1, 18, & 19 | |
| Fri 2/11 - Lecture #13 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Stress and Strain Strike and Dip |
Chapter #17 | |
| Week 6 | Mon 2/14 - Lecture #14 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Folds Faults |
Chapter #15 |
| Wed 2/16 - Lecture #15 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Earthquake Causes & Effects Seismic Waves Earthquake Intensity, Hazards and Mitigation |
Chapter #15 | |
| Fri 2/18 - Lecture #16 Outline | Video - No Podcast |
NOVA Earthquake! Video | Chapter #15 | |
| Week 7 | Mon 2/21 - Lecture #17 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Earthquake Wrap-up Interior Structure of the Earth Homework #5 (Graded) Due |
Chapter #16 |
| Wed 2/23 - Lecture #18 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Continental Drift - Origins of Plate Tectonics Features of the Deep Oceans The Seafloor Spreading Hypothesis |
Chapters 14 & 16 | |
| Fri 2/25 - Lecture #19 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
The Wilson Cycle Subduction Zones and Continental Growth |
Chapter #16 | |
| Week 8 | Mon 2/28 - Lecture #20 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Plate Tectonics and the Origins of Mountain Belts | Chapter #17 |
| Wed 3/2 - Lecture #21 Outline | Exam - No Podcast |
Exam #2 - Study Guide Quizzes #5-8 Due at Noon |
Chapters 14-17 | |
| Fri 3/4 - Lecture #22 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Minerals Defined Basic Chemistry Review Chemical Bonding |
Chapter #2 | |
| Week 9 | Mon 3/7 - Lecture #23 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Chemical Bonding Physical Properties Mineral Classification & Uses |
Chapter #2 |
| Wed 3/9 - Lecture #24 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Making Magmas Crystallization and Differentiation Igneous Rock Classification The Big Chart |
Chapter #3 | |
| Fri 3/11 - Lecture #25 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Forms of Igneous Bodies Volcanoes and Volcanic Landforms |
Chapter #4 | |
| Week 10 Volcano Video Week!® |
Mon 3/14 - Lecture #26 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Volcanic Eruptions - Mafic Magmas Hawaiian Volcano Video |
Chapter #4 |
| Wed 3/16 - Lecture #27 Outline | DVD - No Podcast |
Volcanic Eruptions - Intermediate to Felsic Magmas Montserrat Volcano Video |
Chapter #4 | |
| Fri 3/18 - Lecture #28 Outline | DVD - No Podcast |
Volcanic Hazards and Predictions NOVA Mt. Pinatubo Video Homework #8 (Graded) Due |
Chapter #4 | |
| Spring Break No Class |
"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily." -- Bluto, in Animal House |
Catch Up! | |
| "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." -- Dean Wormer, Ibid |
Read Ahead! | ||
| Week 11 | Mon 3/28 - Lecture #29 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Volcanoes wrap-up | Chapter #4 |
| Wed 3/30 - Lecture #30 Outline | Exam - No Podcast |
Exam #3 - Study Guide Quizzes #9-12 Due at Noon |
Chapters 2-4 | |
| Fri 4/1 - Lecture #31 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Types of Metamorphic Change Agents of Metamorphism |
Chapter #7 | |
| Week 12 | Mon 4/4 - Lecture #32 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Metamorphic Rock Classification Plate Tectonics and Metamorphism |
Chapter #7 |
| Wed 4/6 - Lecture #33 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Weathering | Chapter #5 | |
| Fri 4/8 - Lecture #34 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Soils Erosion, Transport, and Deposition |
Chapter #5 | |
| Week 13 | Mon 4/11 - Lecture #35 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Depositional Environments Sedimentary Rock Classification |
Chapter #6 |
| Wed 4/13 - Lecture #36 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Energy Resources from Sedimentary Rocks | Chapter #6 | |
| Fri 4/15 - Lecture #37 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Mass Wasting | Chapter #8 | |
| Week 14 | Mon 4/18 - Lecture #38 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
The Hydrologic Cycle River Features |
Chapter #9 |
| Wed 4/20 - Lecture #39 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Drainage Basins and the Evolution of Valleys Quantifying River Behavior |
Chapter #9 | |
| Fri 4/22 - Lecture #40 Outline | Exam - No Podcast |
Exam #4 - Study Guide Quizzes #13-16 Due at Noon |
Chapters 5-9 | |
| Week 15 | Mon 4/25 - Lecture #41 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Groundwater Caves & Karst |
Chapter #10 |
| Wed 4/27 - Lecture #42 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Glaciers & Glacial Landforms | Chapter #11 | |
| Fri 4/29 - Lecture #43 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Glaciation & Climate Change Homework #10 (Graded) Due |
Chapter #11 | |
| Week 16 | Mon 5/2 - Lecture #44 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Deserts | Chapter #12 |
| Wed 5/4 - Lecture #45 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Shorelines & Coastal Processes | Chapter #13 | |
| Fri 5/6 - Lecture #46 Outline | Pod A | Pod B |
Surficial Processes Wrap-up and Review | Chapters 10-13 | |
| Exam Week | Sec. A: Wed. 5/11, 10:30am Sec. B: Mon. 5/9, 11:30am |
Final Exam Exam #5 - Study Guide Quizzes #17-20 Due at Noon |
Chapters 10-13 |
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