|
Date |
|
Lecture Topic |
Reading Assignment |
|
August |
24 |
Introduction Pattern /
Process |
|
| |
26 |
Model for our Planet |
Chapter 1 |
| |
28 |
Minerals and their Properties |
Chapter 2 |
| |
31 |
Minerals / Crystals |
Chapter 2 |
|
September |
2 |
Silicate Minerals |
Chapter 2 |
| |
4 |
Introduction to Rocks |
Chapter 3 |
| |
7 |
NO CLASS - Labor Day |
|
| |
9 |
Igneous Rocks |
Chapter 4 |
| |
11 |
EXAM #1 / Silicate
Magmas |
Chapter 4 |
| |
14 |
Silicate Magmas |
Chapter 4 |
| |
16 |
Volcanism |
Chapter 5 |
| |
18 |
Volcanism |
|
| |
21 |
Geotime |
Chapter 9 |
| |
23 |
Geotime |
Chapter 9 |
| |
25 |
Weathering and Erosion |
Chapter 6 |
| |
28 |
Weathering and Erosion |
Chapter 6 |
| |
30 |
Soils |
Chapter 6 |
|
October |
2 |
Sedimentary Rocks |
Chapter 7 |
| |
5 |
Sedimentary Environments |
Chapter 7 |
| |
7 |
Exam #2 / Metamorphic
Rocks |
Chapter 8 |
| |
9 |
Metamorphic Rocks /
Deformation |
Chapter 8 |
| |
12 |
Geologic Structure |
Chapter 10 |
| |
14 |
Earthquakes |
Chapter 18 |
| |
16 |
Earthquakes |
Chapter 18 |
| |
19 |
Earth's Interior Structure |
Chapter 19 |
| |
21 |
Earth's Interior Composition |
Chapter 19 |
| |
23 |
Earth's Interior Magnetism |
Chapter 19 |
| |
26 |
Exam #3 / Ocean Basins |
Chapter 17, pgs. 435-453 |
| |
28 |
Plate Tectonics |
Chapter 20 |
| |
30 |
Plate Tectonics |
Chapter 20 |
|
November |
2 |
Plate Tectonics |
Chapter 20 |
| |
4 |
Plate Tectonics |
Chapter 20 |
| |
6 |
Mountain Building |
Chapter 21 |
| |
9 |
Mass Wasting |
Chapter 11 |
| |
11 |
NO CLASS - Veterans Day |
|
| |
13 |
Groundwater |
Chapter 12 |
| |
16 |
Groundwater |
Chapter 12 |
| |
19 |
Exam #4 / River
Systems |
Chapter 13 |
| |
20 |
River Systems |
Chapter 13 |
| |
23 |
River Systems |
Chapter 13 |
| |
25 |
River Systems |
Chapter 13 |
| |
27 |
NO CLASS - Thanksgiving |
|
| |
30 |
Beaches and Shorelines |
Chapter 17, p. 418-435 |
|
December |
2 |
Winds and Deserts |
Chapter 14 |
| |
4 |
Glaciers |
Chapter 15 |
| |
7 |
Glaciers |
Chapter 15 |
| |
9 |
Exam #5 |
|