| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overview | |
| 2 | T, t, and C; begin minerals | Chapter 3 |
| 3 | Introduction to minerals and lab 1: mineral ID | |
| 4 | Introduction to minerals and lab 1: mineral ID (cont.) | |
| 5 | Igneous rocks and lab 2: rock ID | Chapter 4 |
| 6 | Sedimentary rocks and lab 2: rock ID | Chapter 5 |
| 7 | Metamorphic rocks and lab 2: rock ID | Chapter 6 |
| 8 | Lab 2: unknown rock ID | |
| 9 | Relative vs. absolute dating; paleontology | Chapter 8 |
| 10 | Seeing and depicting rocks; field techniques Special guest lecturer | |
| 11 | Quiz 1: rocks and minerals | |
| 12 | Rock deformation | Chapter 7 |
| 13 | Putty lab and lab 3: rock structures | |
| 14 | Field techniques and topo map intro | |
| 15 | Lab 4: topographic maps | |
| 16-19 | Lab 5: geologic mapping | Chapter 9 for Ses #18 |
| 20 | Quiz 2: structure and mapping | |
| 21 | Lab 6: plate tectonics | |
| 22 | Lab 6: plate tectonics and lecture | Chapter 2 |
| 23 | Earthquakes | |
| 24 | Earthquakes (cont.) | Chapter 13 |
| 25 | Volcanoes | Chapter 12 |
| 26 | Lab 7: rheology | |
| 27 | Lab 8: Stokes and Darcy flows | |
| 28 | Quiz 3: plate tectonics through volcanoes | |
| 29 | Lab 8: Stokes and Darcy flows (cont.) | |
| 30 | Continent formation discussion | Chapter 16 |
| 31 | Geo movie | |
| 32 | Formation of continents; weathering and rivers | Chapter 21 |
| 33 | Glaciers | |
| 34 | Lab 9: glaciers | |
| 35 | Quiz 3.5: continents through glaciers | |
| 36 | Coastlines, deserts and dunes | Chapters 19 and 20 |
| 37 | Climate and tectonics | Chapter 22 |
| 38 | Comparative planetology | |
| 39 | Comparative planetology and awards |
Table of Contents
Study Materials
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Textbook
Grotzinger, J., T. Jordan, et al. Understanding Earth. 5th ed. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman, c2006. ISBN: 9780716766827 (softbound), and 9780716776963 (paperback).