| Date | Topics |
Link | Assignments |
| August
24 |
Environmental
geology
(Stephanie
Smith) |
Ch.
1 |
|
| August
26 |
Minerals
&
rocks
(Stephanie Smith) |
see 8/28 slides |
Ch.
2 |
| August
28 |
Plate
tectonics
(Stephanie
Smith) |
slides |
Ch.
3 |
| August
31 |
Population
dynamics
and
systems |
slides |
Ch.
1 |
| September
2 |
Earthquakes |
slides |
Ch.
4 |
| September
4 |
Earthquakes |
slides | Ch.
4 |
| September
7 |
Labor
Day--NO
CLASS |
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| September
9 |
Volcanoes
and
mass
extinctions (Dr. Tom Williams) |
slides (16.4 MB file) |
Ch.
5 |
| September 11 | class cancelled |
||
| September 14 | Mineral
resources |
slides |
Ch.
13 |
| **September
15
(TU) |
Field
Trip
to
Silver Valley (departs 7:30 am) |
handout |
|
| September
16 |
Mineral
resources |
slides |
Ch. 13 |
| September
18 |
Volcanoes |
slides |
Ch.
5 |
| September
21 |
Volcanic
hazards
and
predictions |
slides |
|
| September
23 |
Rivers
and
streams |
slides | Ch.
6 |
| September
25 |
Flood
predictions |
slides |
|
| September
28 |
Flood
prevention |
slides |
|
| September
30
(WED) |
EXAM
1
(Ch.
1-6, 13 and field trip) |
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| October 2 (FRI) |
Coastal processes (movie) |
Ch.
7 |
|
| October
5 |
Coastal
processes |
slides |
|
| October
7 |
Coastal
hazards |
slides |
|
| October
9 |
Coastal
protection |
slides |
|
| October
12 |
|
slides |
Ch.
9 |
| October
14 |
Wind
processes |
slides |
|
| October
16 |
Climate
change
and health; loss of permafrost threat |
slides |
Ch.
10 |
| October
19 |
Water
resources |
slides |
Ch.
11 |
| October
21 |
Groundwater
|
slides | |
| October
23 |
Water
quality
and
conservation |
slides | |
| October
26 |
Soil
resources |
slides |
Ch.
12 (exam 2) |
| October
28 |
Energy
resources
&
fossil fuels |
slides | Ch.
14 (exam 3) |
| October
30 |
Coal
(BONUS DAY....no class) |
||
| November
2
(MON) |
EXAM
2
(Ch.
7, 9-12) |
||
| November
4 |
Coal
resources |
Ch.
14 |
|
| November 6 |
Alternative energy resources |
slides |
Ch. 15 |
| November
9 |
Class
projects (John/Jillian;
Michael/Heather; Kari/Kevin) |
general info |
|
| November
11 |
Class projects (Rachel&Valena;
Dylan&Brendan; April&Blake) |
grading metrics | |
| November
13 |
Class
projects (Chris&Olivia;
Dallas&Buzz;
Lonnie&Jonathan) |
||
| November
16 |
Class
projects (Jordan&Marques; Thomas&Dillon;
Ty&Jake) |
||
| November
18 |
Class projects (Daisuke&Cami; Will&Zak) |
slides |
|
| November
20 |
Alternative
energy resources |
slides | Ch.
15 |
| November
23-27 |
Thanksgiving
break--University
CLOSED |
||
| November
30 |
Waste
disposal |
slides |
Ch.
16 |
| December
2 |
slides | ||
| Decmeber
4 |
Water pollution | slides | Ch.
17 |
| December
7 |
slides | ||
| December
9 |
Air pollution | slides | Ch.
18 |
| December
11 |
|
slides |
|
| December 17 (THUR) |
EXAM 3 (Ch. 14 |
10am-12 |