Week 1
1/26/09 |
- Log into
WebAdvisor and update your personal information (do
this first).
- Log into
Blackboard
and update your personal information(do this second).
- Explore the Blackboard course container and take the orientation quiz.
- 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.
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Sunday
2/1/09 |
Week 2
2/2/09 |
- 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)
- 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
2/8/09 |
| Week 3 2/9/09 |
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Sunday
2/15/09 |
Week 4
2/16/09 |
- Read the Part V Introduction on mountain building,
and Chapters 44 and 45 in your textbook.
- Read
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
2/22/09 |
Week 5
2/23/09 |
- 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
3/1/09 |
Week 6
3/2/09 |
- 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
3/8/09 |
Week 7
3/9/09 |
- 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
3/15/09 |
Week 8
3/16/09 |
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Sunday
3/22/09 |
Week 9
3/23/09 |
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Sunday
3/29/09 |
Week 10
3/30/09 |
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Sunday
4/5/09 |
Week 11
4/13/09 |
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Sunday
4/19/09 |
Week 12
4/20/09 |
- 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
4/26/09 |
Week 13
4/27/09 |
- Take Exam #2 (covers weeks 7 - 12)
- Read Chapter 24.
- View all week 13 video lectures and related Google
Earth .kmz files (Acadia)
- 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
5/3/09 |
Week 14
5/4/09 |
- 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 (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 .kmz file is due.
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Sunday
5/10/09 |
Week 15
5/11/09 |
- 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
5/17/09 |
Week 16
5/18/09 |
- 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
5/24/09 |
Week 17
5/25/09 |
- Take the Final Exam
- Take the Course Survey
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Thursday
5/28/09 |