Geology 100 Schedule, Fall 2010

Month	Date	Day	Chapt.	Subject	Milestones, Possible Videos
August	17	Tue		Class Introduction
	19	Thu	1	Introduction to Geology
	24	Tue	2	Plate Tectonics	Intro Quiz Due
	26	Thu		Plate Tectonics (continued)	“Earth Revealed”1 (Episodes 5&6)
	31	Tue		Plate Tectonics (continued)	“Living Rock”2
September	2	Thu		Plate Tectonics (continued)	“Volcanoes of the Deep Sea”9
	7	Tue	3	Matter and Minerals
	9	Thu		Matter and Minerals (continued)
	14	Tue	4	Igneous Rocks
	16	Thu	5	Volcanic Activity	Exam 1 Due (chapters 1-4)
	21	Tue		Volcanic Activity (continued)	“Volcano! Nature’s Inferno”5
	23	Thu	6	Weathering and Soil
	28	Tue	7	Sedimentary Rocks
	30	Thu	8	Metamorphic Rocks
October	5	Tue	9	Geologic Time
	7	Thu	10	Crustal Deformation
	12	Tue	11	Earthquakes	Exam 2 Due (chapters 5-10)
	14	Thu		Earthquakes (continued)	“Faces of Earth: Assembling America”10
	19	Tue		Earthquakes (continued)
	21	Thu	12, 13	Earth’s Interior & Ocean Floors
	26	Tue	14	Convergent Boundaries (Mtn. Building)
	28	Thu	15	Mass Wasting
November	2	Tue	16	Running Water
	4	Thu	17	Groundwater
	9	Tue	19	Deserts
	11	Thu	20	Shorelines	Exam 3 Due (chapters 11 - 20)
	16	Tue	18, 21	Glaciers, Global Climate Change
	18	Thu		Global Climate Change (continued)
	23	Tue		Global Climate Change (continued)
	25	Thu		Thanksgiving - no class
	30	Tue	22	Geology of the San Diego Region	“Ocean Oasis”12
December	2	Thu	23	Energy and Mineral Resources	Research Project Due
	7	Tue		Energy and Mineral Resources (continued)
	9	Thu		The Grand Finale !!!	“Grand Cyn: Hidden Secrets”11
	16	Thu		8:00 AM –10:00 AM à Room 461	11:59 PM, in Blackboard
				Final Exam Period	Final Exam Due