SCHEDULE

 

Wk

Dates

Topic

Chapter

1

8/25

1 Course Intro

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8/27

2 Elements & Minerals

2.1-2.6

2

9/1

3 Plate Tectonics Refresher

6.1-6.6

 

9/3

4 Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks

3.1-3.2, 3.4

3

9/8

5 Sedimentary Rocks & Structures

3.3

 

9/10

6 Fossils & Weathering

3.3, 10.1-10.5

4

9/15

7 Stratigraphy & Age Dating

4.1-4.4

 

9/17

8 Geologic History & Extinctions

4.0, 4.5

5

9/22

9 Review

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9/24

Midterm

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6

9/29

10 Astronomy 101

22.1-22.3, 22.5, 24.1

 

10/1

11 Midterm results, Celestial Motions 

18.4 22.4

7

10/6

12 Moon

22.4 23.4

 

10/8

13 Mercury & Venus

23.2 23.3

8

10/13

14 Mars

23.5

 

10/15

15 Mars

23.5

9

10/20

16 Jupiter, Saturn 

23.6-23.7

 

10/22

17 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto 

23.8-23.9

10

10/27

18 Icy Moons

23.6-23.7

 

10/29

19 Review

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11

11/3

Midterm

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11/5

20 Midterm results, Space Junk: meteors, asteroids and comets

23.10

12

11/10

21 Hydrology

11.1-11.5

 

11/12

22 Ground Water & Water in El Paso

11.6

13

11/17

23 Oceanography

15.1-15.3 16.1-16.2, 16.5

 

11/19

24 Oceanic Rocks, Seafloor,  Continental Margins

15.4-15.6

14

11/24

25 Water & Life on Planets

Assigned Reading

 

11/26

Thanksgiving  

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15

12/1

26 Tides, Waves, Currents, and Beaches

16.3-16.8

 

12/3

27 Review

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16

12/8

Final Exam -- Tuesday, Dec 8th, 10-12.45

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