Week 1
1/28/13 |
- Log into
Blackboard
and update your personal information (make sure you list
a valid email!).
- Explore the Blackboard course container and watch
the orientation video.
- Post on the Discussion Board a personal introduction telling a little
bit about who you are and why you are taking the class.
- Reply to at least one other introduction on the Discussion Board.
- Skim Chapter 1 in your textbook and take a look at:
USGS Geologic Time Site
- View all week 1 video lectures (Orientation,
Geologic Time Introduction, Principles of Relative
Dating 1 & 2).
- Take the follow-up quiz for the video lectures.
- Complete the Geologic History Assignment and
Assessment (The assignment will be emailed to you.
When you have finished the assignment, then do the
assessment to receive credit.).
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 1 and/or post your own!
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Sunday
2/3/13 |
Week 2
2/4/13 |
- Scan the information at:
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
- View all week 2 video lectures (Cosmic Origins,
Hadean Eon, Wilson Cycle 1)
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Memorize the geologic time scale (Eras, Periods,
Epochs of the Cenozoic, and dates between Eras) and take
the Geologic Time Scale Quiz (see Week 1 assessment
folder)
- Complete the Autobiography Through Geologic Time
Assignment
- Read over the information about the Wilson Cycle at:
Wilson Cycle
- Email me your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices for a
National Park for which you would like to lead the
discussion board. These must come from the list of
Parks Covered
In This Class.
- Email me your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices for a
National Park for which you would like to do a
Special Project. These must come from the list of
Parks Not
Covered in This Class.
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board for Week 2
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Sunday
2/10/13 |
| Week 3 2/11/13 |
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Sunday
2/17/13 |
Week 4
2/18/13 |
- Read the Part V Introduction on mountain building,
and Chapters 44 and 45 in your textbook.
- Read
In Depth Geology of Lehman Caves
- View all week 4 video lectures (Sea Level Changes, Basin and Range
Overview, Grand Tetons 1 & 2, Google Earth Tutorial,
Great Basin 1 & 2) and related Google
Earth .kmz files
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 4
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Sunday
2/24/13 |
Week 5
2/25/13 |
- Read Chapters 46, 48 and 47 in your textbook.
- Scan
Core Complexes,
Joshua Tree
- View all week 5 video lectures (Saguaro, Death
Valley 1 & 2, Joshua Tree 1 & 2) and related Google
Earth .kmz files
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 5
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Sunday
3/3/13 |
Week 6
3/4/13 |
- Scan
Guadalupe Mountains
- Read Chapters 17, 16 and 23 in your textbook.
- View all week 6 video lectures (Guadalupe Mountains,
Carlsbad Caverns, Isle Royale) and related Google
Earth .kmz files
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 6
- Complete the Guadalupe Facies Assignment
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Sunday
3/10/13 |
Week 7
3/11/13 |
- Take Exam #1 (covers weeks 1 - 6)
- Read Chapters 19, 20 and 21 in your textbook.
- View all week 7 video lectures and related Google
Earth .kmz files (South
Florida 1,
South
Florida 2,
South Florida.kmz)
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 7
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Sunday
3/17/13 |
Week 8
3/18/13 |
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Sunday
3/24/13 |
Week 9
4/1/13 |
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Sunday
4/7/13 |
Week 10
4/8/13 |
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Sunday
414/13 |
Week 11
4/15/13 |
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Sunday
4/21/13 |
Week 12
4/22/13 |
- Read Chapters 39 and 28.
- View all week 12 video lectures and related Google
Earth .kmz files (Lake
Clark Yosemite)
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 12
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Sunday
4/28/13 |
Week 13
4/29/13 |
- Take Exam #2 (covers weeks 7 - 12)
- Read Chapter 24.
- View all week 13 video lectures (Collision Overview)
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 13
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Sunday
5/5/13 |
Week 14
5/6/13 |
- Read Chapters 55 and 54.
- Study
Geological Evolution of the Mid-Atlantic Region
- View all week 14 video lectures and related Google
Earth .kmz files (Acadia, Great Smoky, Shenandoah)
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 14
- Special Project - Google Earth .kmz file is due.
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Sunday
5/12/13 |
Week 15
5/13/13 |
- Read Chapters 52, 53 and 50.
- View all week 15 video lectures and related Google
Earth .kmz files (Hot Springs, Big Bend, Channel
Islands)
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 15
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Sunday
5/19/13 |
Week 16
5/20/13 |
- Read Chapters 40, and 41.
- Take a look at the
Game of Life and use the Discussion Board to to
comment on it's relevance to geology
- View all week 16 video lectures and related Google
Earth .kmz files (Hawaiian Volcanoes, Haleakala)
- Take the follow-up quizzes for the video lectures
- Respond to the topics posted on the Discussion Board
for Week 16
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Sunday
5/26/13 |
Week 17
5/27/13 |
- Take the Final Exam
- Take the Course Survey
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Sunday
6/2/13 |