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Physical Geology Class, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ |
The powerpoints and lab exercises are only for the use of teachers and students who use the textbook, "Physical Geology" by Plummer and others (McGraw Hill) or "Exploring Geology" by Reynolds and others (McGraw Hill) and the lab manual "Exercises in Physical Geology" by Hamblin & Howard (Pearson - Prentice Hall). Use by any others is prohibited.
Approximate GLG 101 Schedule - Spring 2012
Day |
Date |
LectureTopic |
Chapter |
Lab Excercise |
Tue. |
Jan. 17 |
U.S. Bureau of Mines (now U.S. Geological Survey) Movie: Out of the Rock
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1 |
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Thur. |
Jan. 19 |
Movie: Gifts from the Earth (Annenberg Foundation) |
2, handout |
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Tue. |
Jan. 24 |
Minerals - continued from above |
2 |
Mineral Identification lab - continued from above |
Thur. |
Jan. 26 |
Minerals continued |
1, 2 |
Volcanoes movie: National Geographic Nature's Inferno |
Tue. |
Jan. 31 |
3 |
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Thur. |
Feb. 1 |
4 |
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Tue. |
Feb. 7 |
4, 5 |
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Thur. |
Feb. 9 |
5, 6 |
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Tue. |
Feb. 14 |
7 |
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Thur. |
Feb. 16 |
Nova movie: Origins, part 1 |
8 |
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Tue. |
Feb. 21 |
6, 7 |
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Thur. |
Feb. 23 |
Rodeo vacation |
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Tue. |
Feb. 28 |
Mid-term Exam |
1-8 |
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| Thur. | Mar. 1 | 9 |
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Sat. Sun. |
Mar. 3 Mar. 4 |
Mission Mine Tour A Mountain field trip |
field trip guide |
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Tue. |
Mar. 6 |
Floods movie |
10 |
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Thur. |
Mar. 8 |
Kartchner Cavern movie |
11 |
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week |
Mar. 12-18 |
Spring Break |
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Tue. |
Mar. 20 |
12 |
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Thur. |
Mar. 22 |
13 |
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Tue. |
Mar. 27 |
Movie: Blue Planet |
14 |
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| Thur. | Mar. 29 | Climate Change in Arizona Through Geologic History | movie: Great Global Warming Swindle http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5576670191369613647#docid=-1687860831603969288 If the link doesn't work, do a Google search on the movie title and select the 1 hr 15 minute download the video. review for second exam |
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Tue. |
Apr. 3 |
Second Exam |
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waves movie beaches movie |
Thur. |
Apr. 5 |
16 |
movie: Japan's Killer Quake - pbs.org |
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Tue. |
Apr. 10 |
15 |
movie: Deadliest Earthquakes movie: Locating earthquakes |
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Thur. |
Apr. 12 |
17 |
movie: Tsunami |
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Tue. |
Apr. 17 |
18 |
movie: Living Machine - Annenberg |
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Thur. |
Apr. 19 |
Plate Tectonics (continued from above) |
19 |
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Tue. |
Apr. 24 |
21 |
movie: Gold Mine in the Sky - Ertsberg-Grasberg Super Sturcures movie: Copper Connection movie: Bingham Canyon mine |
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Thur. |
Apr. 26 |
Handout |
Presentations |
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Tue. |
May 1 |
Presentations |
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Presentations |
Thur. |
May 3 |
21 |
movies: Coal or Not in my Backyard or Fossil Fuels |
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| Tue. | May 8 | Presentations (cont.) Review for Final Exam |
Find the answers in DTE-13 A Home Buyer's Guide to Geologic Hazards in Arizona, by R.C. Harris and P.A. Pearthree, 2002, 36 p. $8.95 from Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson www.azgs.az.gov |
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Wed. |
May 10 |
FINAL EXAM |
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