INSTRUCTOR: Cathy Law, Email: cathy_law@yahoo.com
COURSE OUTLINE: Read each assignment before the laboratory.
DATE |
Laboratory TOPIC |
LAB MANUAL |
| AUG 25 | Observing and Measuring Earth Materials/Plate Tectonics | Chapters 1 and 2 |
| SEPT 1 | Mineral Properties, Uses Identification | Chapter 3 |
| SEPT 15 | Mineral Properties | Chapter 3 |
| SEPT 22 | EXAM 1: MINERAL IDENTIFICATION | Chapter 3 |
| Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle | Chapter 4 | |
| SEPT 29 | Rock Identification (Igneous Rocks) | Chapter 5 |
| OCT 6 | Rock Identification (Sedimentary Rocks) | Chapter 6 |
| OCT 13 | Rock Identification (Metamorphic Rocks) | Chapter 7 |
| OCT 20 | EXAM 2: ROCK IDENTIFICATION | Chapters 4-7 |
| Studying Earth's Landforms | Chapter 8 | |
| OCT 27 | Topographic Maps | Chapter 9 |
| NOV 3 | Geologic Structures | Chapter 15 |
| NOV 10 | Landscapes Formed by Streams and Glaciers | Chapter 10 and 11 |
| NOV 17 | Geologic History | Chapter 17 |
| DEC 1 | Groundwater | Chapter 12 |
| DEC 8 | EXAM 3: MAP INTERPRETATION |