GS106  
Syllabus Calendar Handouts Notes

 

Week

 

Dates

Topics

Reading

1

1

9/25

Recent Geologic Events,  Introductions,                         Methods of Geology

 

 

2

9/27

Rock Types, States of Matter                                              LAB: Minerals (part 1)

Chpt. 1 & 2

2

3

10/2

Atoms, Elements and Mineral Structures                             LAB: Minerals (part 2), Intro Volcanoes

Chpt. 4

 

4

10/4

Volcano Types                                                                       LAB: Igneous Rocks

Chpt. 3

3

5

10/9

Igneous Rocks,  PNW Volcano Hazards                             Review for Test 1

 

 

6

10/11

Test 1 (Chpts. 1, 2, 3, 4)                                                      LAB: Topographic Maps

Appendix B & C

4

7

10/16

Fate of Rain: Groundwater and Rivers                                  LAB: River Landscapes

Chpt. 9 & 10

 

8

10/18

Landslides                                                                              LAB: Landslide Landscapes

Chpt. 8

5

 

10/23

NO CLASS                                                                    Campus  In Service

 

 

9

10/25

How Glaciers Work                                                               LAB: Glacial Landscape

Chpt. 11

 

 

10/27 or 28

Field Trip to Columbia River Gorge

 

6

10

10/30

Review/Catch Up                                                                   Intro Sediments, LAB: Sedimentary Rocks

Chpt. 6

 

11

11/1

Test 2 (Chpts. 8, 9, 10, 11)                                          Sedimentary Environments, Intro Earthquakes

 

7

12

11/6

Earthquakes                                                                         Earth's Interior

Chpt. 14

 

13

11/8

Earth's Surface Features                                                        LAB: Continents and Oceans

21-24             367-375

8

14

11/13

Intro Plate Tectonics                                                             LAB: Plate Boundaries

Chpt. 15           375-389

 

15

11/15

Geology of Plate Margins, PNW Earthquakes                    Review Test 3

 

9

16

11/20

Test 3  (Chpts. 6, 14, 15, 16)                                        Mountain Building  

Chpt. 17

 

 

11/22

NO CLASS                                                           Thanksgiving Day Holiday!

 

10

17

11/27

Intro Metamorphic Rocks                                                          LAB: Metamorphic Rocks

Chpt. 7

 

18

11/29

Establishing Geologic Time                                                        LAB: Relative Time and Grand Canyon Geology

Chpt. 18

11

19

12/4

Calibrating the Geologic Time Scale                                           LAB: Absolute Dating

Chpt .19

 

20

12/6

Earth History, Geologic History of Oregon                           Summary & Evaluations

Hand Out

12

21

12/11

43106 FINAL  Tuesday (12 noon -2:00 pm                               Test 4 (Chpt. 7, 17, 18, 19)

 

 

21

12/13

41990 FINAL  Thursday (9am-11am)                                   Test 4 (Chpt. 7, 17, 18, 19) NOTE TIME CHANGE!

 

 

 

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