Tentative Schedule
EEES 2100 - Spring 2011
Note - textbook of the day designated by initials of authors.
Jan. 10: Chapter 1, Monroe & Wicander (M&W). Overview.
Jan. 12: Unit 1 of HW. Activity 1.1 due before class (please copy page or questions and fill in answers to hand in, do not tear page from workbook). Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab. (note - no class Monday, Jan. 17)
Jan 19: Chapter 2, M&W (Plate Tectonics) - do not forget the Chapter 2 pre-test closes the previous evening!
Jan. 24: Unit 2 of HW. Assignment, Activity 2.1 of HW due before class. Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab.
Jan. 26: Chapter 3, M&W (minerals)
Jan. 31: Unit 4 of HW. Assignment, Activity 4.1 of HW. Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab. We will do Unit 3 on February 21.
Feb. 2: Chapter 4, M&W (Igneous rocks)
Feb. 7: Chapter 5, M&W (Volcanoes)
Feb. 9: Chapter 6, M&W (Weathering and soils, Sedimentary rocks)
Feb. 14: Chapter 6, M&W continued (Sedimentary rocks), Chapter 7, M&W (Metamorphic rocks)
Feb. 16: Chapter 8, M&W (Earthquakes & the earth's interior)
Feb. 21: Unit 3 of HW. Assignment: Activity 3.1 of HW. Class meets in Room 3051 BOL - computer lab.
Feb 23: More earthquakes and earth's interior
Feb. 28: Unit 5 of HW (plus supplementary material, links on the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami). Please download and print your own copy of the supplementary material and fill in the blanks after using GIS resources to make the necessary measurements.
March 2: Midterm exam (short essays): Chapter 1 - 8. Given a Mercator projection of Planet Earth (page-size, gray tone version of map that appears on page 1 of the workbook), you will be asked to draw major plate boundaries and to label major plates. Top marks if you can correctly identify divergent, convergent and transform fault plate boundaries. You will also be asked to answer and 4 of the other 6 questions presented.
March 7 & 9: Spring Break (no class meetings)
March 14: Chapter 9, M&W (The seafloor).
March 16: Chapter 10, M&W (Deformation & Mountain Building)
March 21: Chapter 11, M&W (mass wasting). Déjà vu? See Figures 11.7 and 11.13. Both locations were struck by slides years apart.
March 23: Chapter 12, M&W (Running water).
March 28: Chapter 13, M&W (Ground water).
March 30: Chapters 14 & 15, M&W (Glaciers & Glaciation, and, Deserts)
April 4: Chapter 16, M&W (Deserts, and, Shorelines).
April 6: 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%.
April 11: Midterm II (short essay format, Earth's Interior through Shorelines) - probably short essay format. Also, given a Mercator projection of Planet Earth, you will be asked to sketch prevailing wind directions, major trends in surface ocean current directions, climate zones (deserts, etc.).
April 13: Chapter 18, M&W (Evolution).
April 18, 20 and 25 & 27: Earth History (Chapters 19 - 23) and Geological Resources.
Final exam: 8 to 10 AM on Monday, May 2. Same format as midterms.