| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overview | Handout: volcanoes and earthquakes prediction |
| 2 | T, t, and C; begin minerals | |
| 3 | Introduction to minerals and lab 1: mineral ID | Predictions due |
| 4 | Introduction to minerals and lab 1: mineral ID (cont.) | |
| 5 | Igneous rocks and lab 2: rock ID | |
| 6 | Sedimentary rocks and lab 2: rock ID | Lab 1 due |
| 7 | Metamorphic rocks and lab 2: rock ID | |
| 8 | Lab 2: unknown rock ID | |
| 9 | Relative vs. absolute dating; paleontology | Lab 2 due |
| 10 | Seeing and depicting rocks; field techniques Special guest lecturer | |
| 11 | Quiz 1: rocks and minerals | Handout: lab 3 preparation sheet; field trip Saturday |
| 12 | Rock deformation | Map problem set |
| 13 | Putty lab and lab 3: rock structures | |
| 14 | Field techniques and topo map introduction | Lab 3 due; field trip makeup paper due |
| 15 | Lab 4: topographic maps | |
| 16-19 | Lab 5: geologic mapping | Lab 4 due in Ses #16 Lab 5 due in Ses #19 |
| 20 | Quiz 2: structure and mapping | |
| 21 | Lab 6: plate tectonics | Geologic time quiz |
| 22 | Lab 6: plate tectonics and lecture | |
| 23 | Earthquakes | Lab 6 due |
| 24 | Earthquakes (cont.) | Earthquakes problem set, due in Ses #26 |
| 25 | Volcanoes | |
| 26 | Lab 7: rheology | Campus preview weekend |
| 27 | Lab 8: Stokes and Darcy flows | Lab 7 due |
| 28 | Quiz 3: plate tectonics through volcanoes | |
| 29 | Lab 8: Stokes and Darcy flows (cont.) | Reading assignment, due in Ses #30 |
| 30 | Continent formation discussion | 1 day after Ses #31 is drop date; lab 8 due |
| 31 | Geo movie | Field trip Sunday |
| 32 | Formation of continents; weathering and rivers | |
| 33 | Glaciers | |
| 34 | Lab 9: glaciers | |
| 35 | Quiz 3.5: continents through glaciers | |
| 36 | Coastlines, deserts and dunes | Lab 9 due; take-home assignment |
| 37 | Climate and tectonics | No more tests; one assignment |
| 38 | Comparative planetology | Take-home assignment due |
| 39 | Comparative planetology and awards |