Historical Geology Lecture Schedule

GEOL 1122-002 and -100

Pamela J. W. Gore
Georgia Perimeter College
Fall 2009
 

This schedule is tentative and dates may change. All changes will be announced in in the Discussion Board or in class.
All course notes available online at textbook publisher's web site.
 
Week Date Assignment Quizzes and due dates
1 Aug 17-23, 2009 Classes begin August 17, 2009

Read Chapter 1 - The Science of Historical Geology
Read Chapter 2 - Early Geologists Tackle Earth's Mysteries
Quiz on Chapters
1 & 2
due by Aug 23
2 Aug 24-30, 2009
Read Chapter 3 - Time and Geology

Quiz on Chapter 3
due by Aug 30

Geologic Time Chart Quiz due by Midterm with grade of 90% or better

3 Aug 31-Sept 6, 2009 Read Chapter 4 - Rocks and Minerals: Documents that Record Earth's History

Read Chapter 5 - The Sedimentary Archives
Sedimentary Rocks
Facies, transgressions, regressions, and Walther's Law
Carbonate Rocks

Quiz on Chapter 4
due by Sept 6

Quiz on Chapter 5
due by Sept 6

4 Sept 7-13, 2009 Holiday Sept 7, 2009

Read Chapter 6 - Life on Earth - What do Fossils Reveal?
Evolution
The Fossil Record
Quiz on Chapter 6
due by Sept 14
5 Sept 14-20, 2009 Read Chapter 7 - Plate Tectonics Underlies All Earth History Quiz on Chapter 7
due by Sept 21
6 Sept 21-27, 2009
Read Chapter 8 - Earliest Earth: 2,100,000,000 Years of the Archean Eon

 
 
7 Sept 28-Oct 4, 2009


Read Chapter 9 - The Proterozoic: Dawn of a More Modern World

 

Precambrian Quiz
on Chapter 8 & 9
due by Oct 5
8 Oct 6-12, 2009 Oct 6 - Student Study Day - No classes

Midterm  Exam this weekCovers Ch. 1-9
On-campus class midterm is Thursday Oct 8, 2009.
Online class may schedule your midterm at a Testing Center near you, or with a proctor if you are out of the area.  Indicate your preference in the proper section of the Discussion board.

Begin reading Chapter 10 as soon as you complete the Midterm


Midterm exam

Geologic Time Chart Quiz
due by Midterm with grade of 90% or better
9 Oct 12-18, 2009 Oct 12, 2009 - Midpoint of the Semester

Read Chapter 10 - Early Paleozoic Events
Cambrian
Ordovician
Silurian


Paleozoic Map assignment - given copies of the paleogeographic maps of North America, with period names removed, and in scrambled order, do the following without consulting your book or notes:
1.  Place the maps into the correct order and identify each period from the events that are shown
2.  Color the maps with a color scheme similar to that in the book and notes
3.  Write a short description or outline of the events depicted on each map (write on the margins or back of the map)
4.  Write an overall summary page on a separate sheet of paper, typed, describing the Paleozoic history of the Appalachian Mountain region, based on what you see on the maps.  Do not consult book or outside resources.  The description should be based on the information presented on the maps.

 

Paleozoic Quiz on Chapters 10-12 due Nov 1


Begin Paleozoic Map assignment

10 Oct 19-25, 2009

Read Chapter 11 - Late Paleozoic Events
Devonian
Carboniferous
Permian


Paleozoic Map assignment - given copies of the paleogeographic maps of North America, with period names removed, and in scrambled order, do the following without consulting your book or notes:
1.  Place the maps into the correct order and identify each period from the events that are shown
2.  Color the maps with a color scheme similar to that in the book and notes
3.  Write a short description or outline of the events depicted on each map (write on the margins or back of the map)
4.  Write an overall summary page on a separate sheet of paper, typed, describing the Paleozoic history of the Appalachian Mountain region, based on what you see on the maps.  Do not consult book or outside resources.  The description should be based on the information presented on the maps.

 

Paleozoic map assignment due Oct 25

Paleozoic Quiz on Chapters 10-12 due
by Nov 1
11 Oct 26-Nov 1, 2009

Read Chapter 12 - Life of the Paleozoic

See also Invertebrate Macrofossils
This is a lab, but please read over the material thoroughly. You do not have to do the lab, but you need to read it. It will help with Chapter 12.


Fernbank Assignment (out of area students check with Dr. Gore for substitute assignment):
Go to Fernbank Museum of Natural History.  Do worksheet Fernbank Museum Fieldtrip.
Print it out and take it with you to the museum.
Visit Fernbank Museum of Natural History on your own.
This is required, not extra credit.
There is an admission charge of about $13. Take your student ID for a discount.
Visit the Fernbank web site for hours, directions, and admission fee. http://www.fernbank.edu/museum/homepage.html.
Closes at 5 pm.
Please allow at least 3 hours to go through the exhibit and complete the worksheet. Take a pencil, clipboard and your worksheet.
Do not take small children with you unless you have someone to watch them while you work on your assignment!!

Paleozoic Quiz on Chapters 10-12 due
by Nov 1


Fernbank Assignment
due by Nov 24

12 Nov 2-8, 2009 Read Chapter 13 - Mesozoic Events
Triassic and Jurassic
Cretaceous

 
Mesozoic Quiz on  Chapters 13-14 due by Nov 15

Fernbank Assignment
due by Nov 24
13 Nov 9-15, 2009
Read Chapter 14 - Life of the Mesozoic
Dinosaurs


 
Mesozoic Quiz on  Chapters 13-14 due by Nov 15

Fernbank Assignment
due by Nov 23
14 Nov 16-22, 2009 Read Chapter 15 - Cenozoic Events
Cenozoic Era
Fernbank Assignment
due by Nov 24

Cenozoic Quiz on Chapters 15-17 due by Nov 29
15 Nov 23-29, 2009 Read Chapter 16 - Life of the Cenozoic
Read Chapter 17 - Human Origins
Cenozoic Quiz on Chapters 15-17 due by Nov 29
16 Nov 30-Dec 6, 2009 Review and catch up
Last day of classes - December 4, 2009
On-campus GEOL 1122-100 Final Exam is Tues Dec 8, 1:00-3:00 pm

Final exam for the online class may be taken between Dec 1-Dec 11 , 2009 - date to be determined
Do not wait until the last day of exams to try to take your final!!!

All work, including
extra credit, must
be submitted by
the last day of classes, Dec 4.  If graded papers have been returned to others, work will not be accepted.
17 Dec 7-13, 2009 On-campus GEOL 1122-100 Final Exam is Tues Dec 8, 1:00-3:00 pm

Final exam for the online class may be taken between Dec 1-Dec 11 , 2009 - date to be determined
Do not wait until the last day of exams to try to take your final!!!
You may schedule your final at a Testing Center near you, or with a proctor if you are out of the area.  Indicate your preference in the proper section of the Discussion board.

Grades Due Dec 11, 2009

Final Exam
18 Dec 14, 2009 Commencement - Mon Dec 14, 2009