|
Physical Geology 101 Schedule |
Approximate Course Schedule - Spring 2012
Day |
Date |
LectureTopic |
Chapter |
Lab Excercise |
Tue. |
Jan. 17 |
Introduction ppt, Introduction resources Movie: Out of the Rock
|
1 |
Physical Geology Syllabus |
Thur. |
Jan. 19 |
Minerals, Atoms, Elements Movie: Gifts from the Earth |
2, handout |
|
Tue. |
Jan. 24 |
2 |
||
Thur. |
Jan. 26 |
Minerals Review |
1, 2 |
Volcanoes movie: National Geographic Nature's Inferno |
Tue. |
Jan. 31 |
3 |
Igneous Rock I.D., igneous rock lab ppt, igneous rock lab info |
|
Thur. |
Feb. 1 |
4 |
||
Tue. |
Feb. 7 |
4, 5 |
|
|
Thur. |
Feb. 9 |
5, 6 |
||
Tue. |
Feb. 14 |
7 |
||
Sat. or Sun. |
Feb. 25 |
Video |
A Mountain report |
|
Thur. |
Feb. 16 |
Sed. & Metamorphic Rock Exam |
8 |
Geol. History Arizona |
Tue. |
Feb. 21 |
6, 7 |
Grand Canyon lab |
|
Thur. |
Feb. 23 |
9 |
||
Tue. |
Feb. 28 |
10 |
||
| Thur. | Mar. 1 | Groundwater | 11 |
Groundwater Map |
Tue. |
Mar. 6 |
Mid-term Exam |
1-8 |
|
Thur. |
Mar. 8 |
12 |
||
week |
Mar. 12-18 |
Spring Break |
|
|
Tue. |
Mar. 20 |
Deserts |
13 |
Dunes exercise |
Thur. |
Mar. 22 |
14 |
||
Tue. |
Mar. 27 |
Climate Change |
14 |
review |
| Thur. | Mar. 29 | |||
Tue. |
Apr. 3 |
Second Exam |
|
|
Thur. |
Apr. 5 |
16 |
||
Tue. |
Apr. 10 |
15 |
||
Thur. |
Apr. 12 |
Earth's Interior |
17 |
Structure exercise |
Tue. |
Apr. 17 |
18 |
||
Thur. |
Apr. 19 |
19 |
||
Tue. |
Apr. 24 |
21 |
Bingham exercise |
|
Thur. |
Apr. 26 |
Handout |
|
|
Tue. |
May 1 |
Presentations |
|
exercise |
Thur. |
May 3 |
21 |
exercise |
|
| Tue. | May 8 | Geologic Hazards | Review | |
Wed. |
May 10 |
FINAL EXAM |
|
|
textbook = Plummer and others (McGraw Hill)
Day |
Date |
LectureTopic |
Chapter |
Lab Excercise |
Thur. |
Aug. 26 |
Introduction ppt, Introduction resources Atoms, Elements |
1 |
Physical Geology Syllabus |
Tue. |
Aug. 31 |
2, handout |
||
Thur. |
Sep. 2 |
2 |
||
Tue. |
Sept. 7 |
1, 2 |
Minerals Review |
|
Thur. |
Sept. 9 |
3 |
Igneous Rock I.D., igneous rock lab ppt, igneous rock lab info |
|
Tue. |
Sep. 14 |
4 |
||
Thur. |
Sep. 16 |
4, 5 |
||
Tue. |
Sep. 21 |
5, 6 |
||
Thur. |
Sept. 23 |
7 |
||
Sat. |
Sep. 25 |
Video |
A Mountain report |
|
Tue. |
Sept. 28 |
8 |
Grand Canyon lab |
|
Thur. |
Sep. 30 |
Sed. & Metamorphic Rock Exam |
6, 7 |
review |
Tue. |
Oct. 5 |
Mid-term Exam |
1-8 |
|
Thur. |
Oct. 7 |
9 |
||
Tue. |
Oct. 12 |
10 |
||
Thur. |
Oct. 14 |
11 |
||
Tue. |
Oct. 19 |
12 |
||
Thur. |
Oct. 21 |
Deserts |
13 |
Dunes exercise |
Tue. |
Oct. 26 |
14 |
||
Thur. |
Oct. 28 |
Climate Change |
14 |
review |
Tue. |
Nov. 2 |
Second Exam |
|
|
Thur. |
Nov. 4 |
16 |
||
Tue. |
Nov. 9 |
15 |
||
Thur. |
Nov. 16 |
Earth's Interior |
17 |
Structure exercise |
Tue. |
Nov. 18 |
18 |
||
Thur. |
Nov. 23 |
19 |
||
Tue. |
Nov. 30 |
21 |
exercise |
|
Thur. |
Dec. 2 |
Handout |
|
|
Tue. |
Dec. 7 |
21 |
exercise |
|
Thur. |
Dec. 9 |
|
|
|
Wed. |
Dec. 14 |
FINAL EXAM |
|
|
Approximate Course Schedule spring 2007
| Day | spring semester Date |
LectureTopic | Chapter |
Movie | Lab Excercise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2007 | Physical Geology Syllabus | ||||
| Wed. | Jan. 17 | Introduction | 1 |
Out of the Rock | Student questionnaire |
| Mon. | Jan. 22 | Mineral Lecture Questions | 2, handout |
Splendid Stones | Mineral Properties |
| Wed. | Jan. 24 | Mineral I.D. tables | 2 |
Diamond Deception | Mineral lab photos |
| Mon. | Jan. 29 | Mineral Groups | 2 |
Mineral lab 2 photos | |
| Wed. | Jan. 31 | Mineral Uses | 3 |
Atoms & bonding | Mineral lab table to fill |
| Mon. | Feb. 5 | Mineral Review | 3 |
Mineral Exam | |
| Wed. | Feb. 7 | 4 |
Volcanoes-Kraffts | ||
| Mon. | Feb. 12 | Volcanoes Lecture Questions | 4 |
Mt. Pinatubo | Igneous Rock I.D. chart |
| Wed. | Feb. 13 | Volcanoes | 4 |
Mt. St. Helens | Igneous Rock Exam |
| Sun. | TBD | A Mountain trip | 1 - 4 pm | ||
| Mon. | Feb. 19 | Sedimentary Rock Review | 6 |
This Land | |
| Wed. | Feb. 21 | Weathering & Soil | 5 |
Tsunami | Soil Examination lab |
| Mon. | Feb. 26 | Metamorphic Rocks | 7 |
Metamorphic Rock I.D. | Metamorphic Rock I.D. |
| Wed. | Feb. 28 | Geologic Time lecture questions, time scale, photo 1, photo 2 |
Sed. & Metamorphic Rock Exam | Grand Canyon lab | |
| Mon. | Mar. 5 | Mid-term Exam |
USGS topographic map symbols | Topographic map exercise | |
| Wed. | Mar. 6 | Mass Movement | 9 |
Landslide | Landslide Excercise |
| Mon. | Mar. 19 | Rivers | 10 |
Flash Floods; Floods | River Exercise |
| Wed. | Mar. 21 | Groundwater | 11 |
Kartchner Cavern; Caves | Groundwater Map |
| Mon. | Mar. 26 | Glaciers | 12 |
Glaciers | Glaciers Excercise |
| Wed. | Mar. 28 | Deserts | 13 |
Work of the Wind | Dunes air photo exercise |
| Mon. | Apr. 2 | Oceans | 14 |
Blue Planet | Coastline Exercise |
| Wed. | Apr. 4 | Second Exam |
Geologic hazards exercise | ||
| Mon. | Apr. 9 | Earthquakes | 16 |
Day the Earth Shook | |
| Wed. | Apr. 11 | Geological Structures | 15 |
Geological Map Excercise | |
| Mon. | Apr. 16 | Plate Tectonics | 19 |
The Living Machine | Plate Tectonics Excercise, lab |
| Wed. | Apr. 18 | Earth's Interior | 21 |
exercise | |
| Mon. | Apr. 23 | Presentations | handout |
||
| Wed. | Apr. 25 | Arizona Geology | geologic map exercise | ||
| Mon. | Apr. 30 | Energy Resources | Coal - Fossil Fuels; Yucca, Mtn. - Nuclear Waste Repository |
||
| Wed. | May 2 |
Mineral Resources | 21 |
Copper mining ASARCO; Ertzberg-Grasberg gold mine - Super structures - Gold Mine in the Sky | Excercise |
| Mon. | May 7 | FINAL EXAM | 15-22 |
||
Day |
Fall 2006 Semester Date | LectureTopic | Chapter |
Movie | Lab Excercise |
| Physical Geology Syllabus | |||||
| Wed. | Aug. 23 | Introduction | 1 |
Out of the Rock - U.S. Bur. Mines | Student questionnaire |
| Mon. | Aug. 28 |
Atoms, Elements | 2, handout |
Splendid Stones | Mineral Properties |
| Wed. | Aug. 30 | Minerals | 2 |
Diamond Deception | Mineral Identification |
| Mon. | Sept. 4 | Labor Day holiday | |||
| Wed. | Sept. 6 | Minerals | 2 |
Mineral Identification Lab | Mineral Identification |
| Mon. | Sept. 4 | Minerals | 2 |
Mineral Identification Lab 2 | Mineral Identification |
| Wed. | Sept. 13 | Mineral Uses | 3 |
Mineral Identification | Mineral Groups |
| Mon. | Sept. 18 | Minerals Review | 3 |
Mineral Exam | Mineral Exam |
| Wed. | Sept. 20 | Igneous Rocks | 4 |
National Geographic Volcanoes-Kraffts | |
| Mon. | Sept. 25 | Volcanoes | 4 |
Mt. Pinatubo | Igneous Rock I.D. |
| Wed. | Sept. 27 | Volcanoes | 4 |
Mt. St. Helens | Igneous Rock Exam |
| Sat. | Sept. 30 | A Mountain trip | 9 - 12 pm | A Mountain report | |
| Mon. | Oct. 2 | Sedimentary Rocks | 6 |
||
| Wed. | Oct. 4 | Weathering & Soil | 5 |
Soil Exam lab | |
| Mon. | Oct. 9 | Metamorphic Rocks | 7 |
Metamorphic Rock I.D. | Metamorphic Rock I.D. |
| Wed. | Oct. 11 | Sed. & Metamorphic Rock Exam | Grand Canyon lab | ||
| Mon. | Oct. 16 | Mid-term Exam |
Topographic map instructions |
Topographic map exercise | |
| Wed. | Oct. 18 | Mass Movement | 9 |
Landslide | Landslide Excercise |
| Mon. | Oct. 23 | Rivers | 10 |
Flash Floods; Floods | River Exercise |
| Wed. | Oct. 25 | Groundwater | 11 |
San Pedro; Kartchner Caverns | Groundwater Map |
| Mon. | Oct. 30 | Glaciers | 12 |
Glaciers | Glaciers Excercise |
| Wed. | Nov. 1 | Deserts | 13 |
Work of the Wind | |
| Mon. | Nov. 6 | Oceans | 14 |
Blue Planet | Coastline Exercise |
| Wed. | Nov. 8 | Second Exam | Tsunami | Exam review 2 | |
| Mon. | Nov. 13 | Earthquakes | 16 |
Day the Earth Shook | Earthquake Excercise, info |
| Wed. | Nov. 15 | Geological Structures | 15 |
Geological Map Excercise | |
| Mon. | Nov. 20 | Plate Tectonics | 19 |
The Living Machine | Plate Tectonics Excercise, lab |
| Wed. | Nov. 22 | Earth's Interior | 21 |
exercise | |
| Mon. | Nov. 27 | Presentations | handout |
||
| Wed. | Nov. 29 | Arizona Geology | geologic map exercise | ||
| Mon. | Dec. 14 | Energy Resources | Coal, Yucca, Mtn. | ||
| Wed. | Dec. 6 |
Mineral Resources | 21 |
Copper mining; Ertzberg-Grasberg gold mine | Excercise |
| Mon. | Dec. 11 | FINAL EXAM | 15-22 |
last updated August 16, 2007
 |