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INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI 121
Spring 2013
Section 07
Course Schedule
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The outline of topics will be updated several
times each week. Check
frequently for changes!
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Complete the readings
before
class on the day shown.
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For daily learning objectives, click the date.
Links will be added daily as the semester
progresses. |
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CLASS ACTIVITIES
(Click the date
for a list of daily learning objectives!) |
TUESDAY
(Class meeting time: 4:15-5:55 pm) |
THURSDAY
(Class meeting time: 4:15-5:55 pm) |
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JAN 8 Introduction to the study of Earth Science.
Introduction to this course. Maps. |
JAN 10
Topographic maps. Homework #1 is due by 2:00 p.m. Friday,
Jan 11--that's tomorrow! |
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JAN 15
Topographic maps, continued.
World map due (Homework #2).
Density and Earth materials. |
JAN 17
Density, continued.
Rock deformation and Earth's internal structure. Geotectonics: a jigsaw exercise to find large-scale patterns in Earth's
surface. |
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JAN 22
Geotectonics:
finding patterns in geotectonic data. Continental and oceanic
crust. Density. |
JAN 24 Geotectonics. Lithosphere and asthenosphere.
Plate boundaries. |
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JAN 29
Plate boundaries, continued.
Rocks and minerals. Mineral
properties and investigation tools. Mineral properties and
classification. |
JAN 31 Quiz
#1.
Get the review sheet here! |
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FEB 5 More mineral properties. Using a mineral
identification key. |
FEB 7
Minerals, continued. Igneous rocks and silicate minerals. |
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FEB 12 Lincoln's
Birthday Holiday--no class. |
FEB 14
Igneous and sedimentary rocks and
minerals. GeoTouring in-class work, cont'd. Bring your textbook! |
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FEB
19 Igneous, sedimentary,
and metamorphic rocks and minerals. GeoTouring in-class work. Bring
your textbook! |
FEB 21
GeoTouring in-class work, cont'd. Minerals practice quiz.
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FEB 26
No
class due to snow! This material will be covered on Feb 28. |
FEB 28
Because of the Feb 26 snow day, Quiz #2 has been postponed.
Today: Igneous rocks. |
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MAR 5
No
class due to snow (again)! |
MAR 7 Quiz #2.
Get
the review sheet here! |
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MAR 12 The Rock Cycle, and putting it all together. How do they fit into
the big picture of global geotectonics? Intro to GeoTouring
Points of Interest project. |
MAR 14
Latitude and longitude.
Earthquakes: focus, epicenter. |
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MAR 19 Spring Break; no class. |
MAR 21 Spring Break; no class. |
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MAR
26
GeoTouring Points of Interest: Poster Presentations! Earthquakes:
P-waves and S-waves. Using Virtual Earthquake. |
MAR 28
Earthquakes: finding epicenters and
magnitudes.
Last day to drop a course is March 30. |
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APR 2
Creating and analyzing earthquake maps using the ANSS earthquake information site. |
APR 4
Quiz
#3.
Get
the review sheet here! |
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APR 9
Earthquake Maps! Weather: air masses, weather
maps. |
APR 11
Weather, climate, weather variables, atmospheric structure. Humidity, Clouds, Precipitation.
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APR 16
Air pressure, air density. Highs and Lows. |
APR 18
Class cancelled due to flooding. |
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APR 23
Pressure, atmospheric circulation, wind. Humidity and
precipitation. Clouds. Fronts. Analyzing weather maps. |
APR 25
Clouds and precipitation. Warm, cold, stationary and occluded fronts.
Weather Walk. Course evaluations. |
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APR 30 Quiz #4. Note the unusual time!
4:00-5:50 pm. Get
the review sheet here! Please check
right away for conflicts with your other scheduled exams, and contact me
before Jan 20 if you find a conflict. Grades are due at midnight
on May 7.
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Attendance at all class sessions is expected.
The NEIU policy on class attendance, published
in the NEIU catalog, applies to this course.
Frequent in-class assignments will be given;
in-class assignments cannot be made up.
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for the final exam and university policies governing final exams (inside the
back cover of the Schedule of Classes.) No exceptions will be made other than
those allowed by this policy.
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Flexibility:
This outline will change as the
semester evolves. Check this page frequently for updates! |
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