Calendar G203 Physical Geology Spring 2010 PCC Rock Creek

PLEASE NOTE: This schedule may change to meet the needs of this class!

Week

Date

Topics

Reading

1

1

3/29

Introductions & Overview                                                                                    VIDEO: The Last Extinction-Scientific Method & Scientific Controversy

2

3/31

Methods of Historical Geology, Rock Types                                                               LAB Intro to Rocks

Chapt. 1,         Lab 4

2

3

4/5

Sedimentary Rocks & Past Environments: Geography & Climate                            LAB Interpreting Sedimentary Rocks

Chapt. 6          Lab 6

4

4/7

Rock Occurrence, Contacts, Geologic Maps, Principles of Relative Dating, Correlation, Geologic Time Scale, Unconformities   LAB   Relative Dating

Chapt. 8          Lab 8

3

5

4/12

Absolute Dating                                                                                                        LAB  Radiometric Dating 

6

4/14

Calibrating the Geologic Time Scale                                                                          Wrap Up & Review, Intro to Fossils

4

7

4/19

TEST 1 (Chapts. 1, 6, 8, Labs 4, 6,  8)                                                                    LAB Fossils & Fossilization

Handout

8

4/21

Taxonomy, Evolution  & Major Fossil Groups

Chapt .19 (b&w)

5

9

4/26

Geologic Structures & Geologic Maps                                                                       LAB Geologic Structures, Block Diagrams, Cross Sections

 Chapt. 9   Lab 10

10

4/28

Introduction to Plate Tectonics                                                                                    LAB: Plate Tectonics

Chapt. 12, 13   Lab 2

5/1 or 2

One Day Field Trip:  Geologic History of the Oregon Coast

6

11

5/3

NO CLASS- work on fossil posters. I will be available in class to answer questions but no new material will be presented.

12

5/5

Oregon Geology & Tectonics                                                                                        LAB Oregon Geology

7

13

5/10

LAB: Poster Session: Fossils                                                                                    Wrap Up & Review 

 14

5/12

Test 2  (pages 246-288, Chapts. 19, 9, 12, 13, 20, Lab 6 )                                    Major Events in Earth History 

268-289

8

15

5/17

Paleozoic  Life                                                                                                            LAB Major Invertebrates

Chpt. 21

16

5/19

The Paleozoic World 

Chpt. 22

9

17

5/24

The Mesozoic World

Chpt. 23 & 24

     18

5/26

The Cenozoic World

Chpt. 25 & 26

10

19

5/31

NO CLASS    Memorial Day Holiday!

20

6/2

The Precambrian World                                                                                                 Wrap Up & Review

Chapt. 20

     11

21

6/7

TEST 3 (Chapts 20-26) Monday of Finals Week 9 -11am