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Geology Home Page Geology102/202 Geology 103/203 NW Geology National Parks Rocks& Minerals Volcanoes & Earthquakes
| Instructor: | Sarah Hoover |
| Office: | P124m |
| Phone Number: | 503-594-3354 |
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GS104: (Fall) Syllabus Lecture notes, Objectives & Homework |
GS105: (Winter) |
| Lecture Notes | Objectives | Announcements, homework and extra credit | Quiz Announcements | Web links |
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Week One introduction |
Week one | Resources for News Articles: Science News; Science Daily; NY Times science sections; Geology News |
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| Week Two | Week two |
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Scale of the universe website | |
| Week Three | Week three |
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Week Four Plate tectonics |
Week four |
Equation practice sheet (answer key will be posted on my window later in the week) Snell's Law Practice sheet (answer key will be posted on my window later this week) PRESENTATIONS ON SOLAR SYSTEM IN LAB. THIS LAB CANNOT BE DROPPED |
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Week Five
earthquakes |
Week five |
Earthquake on line lab (only if assigned!) |
MIDTERM THURSDAY |
USGS Earthquake page |
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Week 6 intro to minerals |
Week six (REVISED 11/9/10) |
REMINDER: Lab Quiz on Weeks 3 & 5 this week |
Dogami Oregon earthquake hazards | |
| Week 7 | NO Class Thursday (Veteran's Day) |
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| Week 8: Igneous rocks introduction | Week 8 | additional
reading on igneous rocks additional igneous rock reading part 2
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Lab Quiz on Labs 6 & 7 |
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| Week 9: Volcano
introduction. (Same as week 8) |
Volc. Objective |
No Class Thursday (Thanksgiving) How volcanoes work (online reading assignment per syllabus) Scroll through the first four major topics on the left side of the page.
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Lecture quiz Tuesday Nov 23 chemistry and minerals
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| Week 10: NW volcanoes |
Lecture quiz Thursday Dec 2nd igneous processes Lab Quiz on Labs 9 & 10 (end of Lab) |
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| Lecture Notes | Objectives | Additional Reading | Quiz Announcements | Web links |
| Week 1 (catastrophism, uniformintarianism, deep time) | Week 1 |
Research Who Andrew Wakefield is and be prepared to talk about him in Week 2 |
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| Week 2 (radiometric dating) | Week 2 (same objectives as week 1) | Quiz in Lecture on Tuesday | ||
| Week 3 (chemical formulas and molarity) | Week 3 (weathering and chemistry) |
Lab Quiz on Labs 1 & 2 |
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| Week 4 | Week 4 | |||
| Week 5 (chemical reactions | Week 5 (objectives are on week 3 objective sheet #13-18) | sed rock environment worksheet | Lab Quiz on Labs 3 & 4 Midterm Thursday 2/4/10 |
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Week 6:
Sedimentary
environments lecture Week 6 (mass wasting lecture) Start in week 7) |
Week 6:
Sedimentary environments objective sheet Week 6 (mass wasting see week 7) |
Practice worksheet for moles
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Italian mass wasting video link | |
| Week 7 (mass wasting) |
Week 7
(objectives on mass wasting) in class review exercise on velocity, acceleration and force
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Due to Illness and canceled class on 2/15 please read the
following articles:
The Liquid Earth article |
LECTURE QUIZ ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY
15TH...MOLARITY AND SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS
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| Week 8 (March 22-26) |
Week 8 | WORKSHEET |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mknStAMia0Q Landslide link I couldn't show in class. The first clip is the West Hills of Portland |
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| Week 9 Physics (energy and work) | Week 9 | World Oil Data | Lab Quiz on Labs 7 & 8 | |
| Week 10 Energy and society | Week 10 Same as week 9 | Lecture quiz on Thursday March 11th over Week 9 and 10 lecture | Presentations on energy resources...YOU CAN NOT DROP THIS LAB | |
| LECTURE FINAL: Tuesday March 15th 10-12 |
| Lecture Notes | Objectives | Quiz and Test Dates | Homework | Web links |
| Streams | Streams |
Additional Stream Reading(Tulane University) |
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| Ground water | Groundwater |
HOMEWORK Due April 20th |
Additional Groundwater Reading (Tulane University) |
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Chemistry and properties of water
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Properties of water |
Lab Quiz 1: Over labs 1 & 2
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| Thermodynamics (same link as Chemistry and properties of water) | ||||
| beach systems | Beach systems | |||
| Intro to oceanography | Intro to Oceanography |
LAB QUIZ ON LABS 5 & 6 5/11 AND 5/12 |
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| Plate tectonics and ocean topography | Ocean exploration, Plate tectonics and ocean topography |
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| Earth's Atmosphere | Atmosphere |
LAB QUIZ MAY 25TH & 26TH ON LABS 7 & 8 |
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| Climate and Weather | Climate and Weather intro |
LAB FINAL JUNE 1ST AND JUNE 2ND
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Clean air act (plain language version |
| Weather | Weather |
Exercise and Answers to practice humidity, dew point, environmental lapse rate, Adiabatic rate and stable vs. unstable air masses |
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