G201 Physical Geology Fall 2010 Calendar  (This may change to better meet the needs of this class! )

Week

Date

Topics

Reading

1

1

9/20

Introductions & Course Overview                                              Introduction to Geology

2

9/22

Introduction to Rocks                                                                              LAB “Top Rocks”

Chpt. 1 & 3

2

3

9/27

Rocks in the Field                                                                                     Volcanoes

Chpt. 4

4

9/29

Living with Volcanoes (hazards & prediction)                              Prepare for Mount Saint Helens Fieldtrip

handouts          

     10/2

FIELDTRIP to Mount Saint Helens

3

5

10/4

Wrap Up, Catch Up, and Review Test 1                                     Introduction to Minerals

LAB 1

6

10/6

Test 1 (Chpts 1, 3, 4, handouts)                                                           LAB Describing Minerals

4

7

10/11

Minerals: Atoms, Solids and Crystals, Mineral Groups

Chpt. 2

8

10/13

LAB Identifying Minerals

LAB 2

5

9

10/18

Rock Forming Minerals                                                                          LAB Igneous Rocks

Review Chpt. 4    LAB 3

10

10/20

LAB Minerals & Rocks at Rice Museum                                               (meet at Rice Museum!, $7 fee)

6

11

10/25

 LAB QUIZ Minerals                                                                                 Interpreting Igneous Rocks, Catch Up/Wrap Up Review Test 2

10/27

NO CLASS Inservice

7

12

11/1

Test 2 (Chpts. 2 & 4; LABS 1, 2 & 3 )                                                    LAB Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks

LAB 4

 13

11/3

Interpreting Sedimentary Rocks

Chpt. 5

8

14

11/8

Introduction to Metamorphic RocksLAB Metamorphic Rocks

LAB 5 & Chpt 6

15

11/10

Interpreting Metamorphic Rocks                                                                Earth's Interior: What's Inside the Earth?

Chpt. 8 & 10

9

16

11/15

Deforming Rocks;  Catch Up, Wrap Up, and Review for Test 3   Introduction to Earthquakes

Chpt. 11

17

11/17

Test 3 (Chpts. 4, 5, 8, 10, 11; LABS 4 & 5)                                          LAB Earthquakes

LAB 11

10

11/22

OPEN CLASS - prepare for rock quiz. I will be available in class to answer questions but no new material will be presented.

18

11/24

LAB QUIZ  Rocks                                                                                   VIDEO Pacific Northwest Earthquake Hazard

11

19

11/29

Living with Earthquakes                                                                             LAB Introduction to Plate Tectonics

Chpt. 12, LAB 12

20

12/1

Geology of Plate Boundaries                                                                     Wrap Up, Catch Up, and Review for Test 4

Chpt. 13

12

21

12/6

Course Evaluations                                                                                 Test 4 (Chpts. 11, 12, 13; LABS 11, 12)