Weekly Lessons
Each of the documents below includes learning objectives and study questions for that week's lesson. If you understand the facts and ideas that underlie the questions you will be well prepared for our in-class activities and exams. Because these documents are PDF files you will need to install a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to view them.
Weekly lesson |
| Chapter 1: Earth's origin and plate tectonics |
| Chapter 2: Minerals: compositions, structures and properties |
| Chapter 3: Igneous rocks and processes |
| Chapter 4: Volcanoes and volcanic processes |
| Chapter 5: Physical and chemical weathering |
| Chapter 6: Sedimentary rocks and processes |
| Chapter 7: Metamorphic rocks and processes |
| Chapter 8: Relative and absolute geologic time |
| Chapter 9: Rock deformation and geologic structures |
| Chapters 10 and 11: Earthquakes and Earth's interior |
| Chapters 12 and 13: Plate tectonics and continental structure |
| Chapter 14: Mass movements |
| Chapter 15: Streams |
| Chapter 16: Groundwater |
| Chapter 17: Glaciers and ice ages |
| Chapter 18: Deserts and the geologic work of the wind |
| Chapter 19: Shorelines and coastal processes |
Online Assignments
Each assignment below is an online exercise from the Virtual Courseware project.
Online assignments |
Date assigned |
Date due |
Assignment 1: Rb-Sr isochron | 10-Oct-2012 | 10-Oct-2012 |
| Assignment 2: Virtual River—Flooding | 30-Nov-2012 | 10-Dec-2012 |
Writing Assignments
Each assignment below is linked to instructions for a part of the larger writing assignment. The instruction page includes examples, grading rubrics, and links to the articles themselves.
Writing assignments |
Date assigned |
Date due |
| Assignment 1: Outline of article | 9-Nov-2012 | 19-Nov-2012 |
| Assignment 2: Abstract of article | 30-Nov-2012 | 7-Dec-2012 |
| Assignment 3: Revised abstract | 12-Dec-2012 | 21-Dec-2012 |
