Weekly Learning Objectives and Study Questions
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 have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) installed on your computer to view them.
Weekly Lesson |
Etudes Qsns |
Supporting Documents |
| Chapter 1: Actualism, Relative Dating and Plate Tectonics | 25-Jan | |
| Chapter 4: Modern Environments | 28-Jan | |
| Chapter 5: Sedimentary Environments | 8-Feb |
Depositional Environments |
| Chapter 6: Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record | 20-Feb | Interpreting Geologic Sections |
| Chapter 7: Evolution and the Fossil Record | 8-Mar | Plant Cladogram |
| Chapter 8: Plate Tectonics and Ocean Basins | 15-Mar | |
| Chapter 9: Continental Tectonics and Mountain Belts | 22-Mar | |
| Chapter 10: Major Chemical Cycles | 3-Apr | |
| Chapter 11: Hadean and Archean Eons | 17-Apr | |
| Chapter 12: Proterozoic Eon | 22-Apr | |
| Chapter 13: Early Paleozoic Era | 3-May | |
| Chapter 14: Middle Paleozoic Era | 10-May | |
| Chapter 15: Late Paleozoic Era | 10-May | |
| Chapter 16: Early Mesozoic Era | 15-May | |
| Chapter 17: Cretaceous Period | 19-May | |
| Chapter 18: Paleogene Period | 19-May | |
| Chapters 19 and 20: Neogene Period and Holocene Epoch | 19-May |
Homework Assignments
Each assignment below is an online exercise from the Virtual Courseware project.
Homework Assignment |
Date Assigned |
Date Due |
| Assignment 1: Energy budget model class code: 80037 | 1-Feb-2013 | 11-Feb-2013 |
| Assignment 2: Rb-Sr isochron (or Radiocarbon Dating for old hands) | 15-Feb-2013 | 22-Feb-2013 |
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 Assignment |
Date Assigned |
Date Due |
| Assignment 1: Outline | 19-Apr-2013 | 19-Apr-2013 |
| Assignment 2: Preliminary Abstract | 3-May-2013 | 8-May-2013 |
| Assignment 3: Final Abstract | 13-May-2013 | 17-May-2013 |
