Weekly Assignment Schedule
WEEK/DATE ASSIGNMENTS DUE 11:55pm PST
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!
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
Sunday
2/10/13
Week 3 2/11/13 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
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
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
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
Sunday
3/17/13
Week 8
3/18/13
Sunday
3/24/13
Week 9
4/1/13
Sunday
4/7/13
Week 10
4/8/13
Sunday
414/13
Week 11
4/15/13
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
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
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.
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
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
Sunday
5/26/13
Week 17
5/27/13
  • Take the Final Exam
  • Take the Course Survey
Sunday
6/2/13