Tentative Schedule
EEES 2100 - Autumn, 2005
Note - textbook of the day designated by initials of authors.
Aug. 23: Introduction to Turning Point; Chapter 1, M&W (Monroe & Wicander).
Aug. 25: Getting Started and Unit 1 of HW (Hall-Wallace et al.). Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab! You will not have to install ArcView (it should already be installed). Assignment (written, due before logging onto the computer): Activity 1.1 (typed, please - single sheet), page 3 of HW. How much to write? Use the spaces in HW as a guide (you need not type out the questions, just number your answers). You may wish to read Chapter 2 of M&W before arriving on Thursday morning as it deals with the plate tectonics theory.
Note: the bookstore did not order enough copies of the Hall-Wallace workbook. I have extra copies with CDs to loan out. You should stop by my office ASAP (room 3028) to sign one out. Written work will have to be done in a notebook to transpose to your workbook once they arrive at the bookstore.
Problem: there are 25 students enrolled in EEES 2100 and only 20 computers in 3051 BOL. Solution: we will have 2 90-minute sessions for each computer lab. The first will meet 8 to 9:30, the second from 9:30 to 11. Half of the students will be assigned the first shift, the other half will attend the second shift.
Aug. 30: Chapter 2, M&W (Plate Tectonics)
Sept. 1: Unit 2 of HW. Assignment (see instructions for August 25), Activity 2.1 of HW. Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab! Word to the wise: at some point this semester you will be given a world map and asked to (from memory) draw the plate boundaries, indicate which are divergent, which are convergent and which are transform faults, and name some of the larger plates.
Sept. 6: Chapter 3, M&W (Minerals)
Sept. 8: Chapter 4, M&W (Igneous rocks)
Sept. 13: Unit 4 of HW. Assignment, Activity 4.1 of HW. Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab.
Sept. 15: Chapter 5, M&W (Volcanoes)
Sept. 20: Chapter 6, M&W (Weathering and soils)
Sept. 22: Chapter 6, M&W continued (Sedimentary rocks)
Sept. 27: Chapter 7, M&W (Metamorphic rocks)
Sept. 29: Chapter 8, M&W (Earthquakes & the earth's interior)
Oct. 4: Unit 3 of HW. Assignment: Activity 3.1 of HW (you may ignore the 'optional' segment for now). Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab.
Oct. 6: Chapter 9, M&W (The seafloor)
Oct. 11: Unit 5 of HW (plus supplementary material, links on the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami). Assignment: Activity 5.1 of HW. Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab.
Happy Fall Break!
Oct. 20: Chapter 10, M&W (Deformation & Mountain Building)
Oct. 25: Midterm! Chapters 1 - 10 of M&W, plus Exploring the Dynamic Earth. Please hand in your workbooks for evaluation. Insert supplementary material sheet regarding the 12/26 tsunami. These workbooks will be returned.
Test format: multiple choice, matching, 1 or 2 short essays. Look at this sample test for clues on how I ask questions.
Oct. 27: Chapter 11, M&W (mass wasting). Déjà vu? See Figures 11.7 and 11.13. The caption for Figure 11.13 is incorrect in associating this slide with undercutting of a sea cliff. Both locations slid again in early 2005, this time with fatal consequences at La Conchita. The Laguna Beach slide occurred in Bluebird Canyon (Google
Nov. 1: Chapter 12, M&W (Running water).
Nov. 3: Chapter 13, M&W (Ground water).
Nov. 8: Chapter 14, M&W (Glaciers).
Nov. 10: Chapter 15, M&W (Deserts).
Nov. 15: Chapter 16, M&W (Shorelines).
Nov. 17: Chapter 17, M&W (Geological time). Word to the wise: become fluent in the Geological Time Scale, Figure 17.1. Relative age is more important than absolute age here, but you should know absolute ages to within 10%.
Nov. 22: Chapter 18, M&W (Evolution)
Nov. 29: Chapter 19, M&W (Precambrian history)
Dec. 1: Chapters 20 & 21, M&W (Paleozoic history)
Dec. 6: Chapter 22, M&W (Mesozoic history)
Dec. 8: Chapter 23, M&W (Cenozoic history)
Final exam: 8 to 10 AM on Tuesday, December 13.