SCHEDULE
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Wk |
Dates |
Topic |
Chapter |
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1 |
8/25 |
1 Course Intro |
-- |
|
|
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 |
-- |
|
|
9/24 |
Midterm |
-- |
|
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 |
-- |
|
11 |
11/3 |
Midterm |
-- |
|
|
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 |
-- |
|
15 |
12/1 |
26 Tides, Waves, Currents, and Beaches |
16.3-16.8 |
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|
12/3 |
27 Review |
-- |
|
16 |
12/8 |
Final Exam --
Tuesday, Dec 8th, 10-12.45 |
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