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Welcome to the ES15 tentative class calendar. I say tentative because there may be times during the semester when I will be forced to adapt this calendar to better fit class needs. If and when this happens you will be notified but for the most part you can rely on this calendar for homework due dates and scheduled exams. For your convenience, lecture notes and homework assignments have also been linked to this calendar.

January
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
28
29
30
31
1

 

 

 

 

Intro Lecture
Syllabus
Intro to Class Website

 

 

February
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
28 29 30 31 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 5 6 7 8
 

Start Ch 3
Matter and Minerals,

Lab - Identification of minerals

 

 

Start Ch 4
Igneous Rocks

 

Optional homework 1 due

 

 

11 12 13 14 15

 

Finish Igneous Rocks

Lab- Minerals (Lab #3)


Exam 1

Optional homework 2 due

 

18 19 20 21 22

 

Ch 6
Weathering and Soil

 

Lab-
Igneous Rocks (Lab# 5)

Ch 7
Sedimentary Rocks

Ch 7
Sedimentary Rocks

Optional homework 3 due

 

25 26 27 28 29

 

Ch 8
Metamorphic Rocks

Lab- Sedimentary Rocks

 

Ch 9
Geologic Time

Start Ch 9
Geologic Time

 

March
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3 4 5 6 7
 

Exam 2

Lab- Metamorphic Rocks (Lab# 7)

 

 

 

Ch 2
Plate Tectonics

Optional homework 4 due

 

 

 

 

10 11 12 13 14

 

NO CLASSES

 

Finish Plate Tectonics

 

 

17 18 19 20 21
 

Ch 5
Volcanoes

Lab- Dating of Rocks, Fossils, Geologic Events (Lab# 8)

 

 

Spring Break

 

24 25 26 27 28

Spring Break

31 1 2 3 4
 

 

 

 

 

April
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
31 1 2 3 4

 

 

 

Start Ch 10
Crustal Deformation

 

Finish Ch 10

Ch 11
Earthquakes

Optional Homework 5 due

 
7 8 9 10 11
 

Ch 11
Earthquakes

Lab- Geologic Structures, Maps, and Block Diagrams (Lab# 10)

 

 

Ch 12
Earth's Interior

Optional homework 6 due

 

14 15 16 17 18

EXAM # 3

Lab- Earthquakes (Lab# 16)

 

Ch15
Mass Wasting

Optional homework 7 due

 

21 22 23 24 25

Ch 16
Running Water

Lab-Topo Maps (Lab# 9)

 

Ch 17
Groundwater

 

 

 

 

 

28 29 30 1 2
 

Ch 17
Groundwater

Lab- Topo Maps (Lab# 11)

 

 

 

May
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
28 29 30 1 2
   

 

Ch 18
Glaciers and Glaciation

Long Island Glacial History

 

 

5 6 7 8 9
 

Ch 20
Shorlines

Lab- Groundwater (Lab# 12)

 

Review?

Lab- Coastal Processes (Lab# 15)

Optional homework 8 due

 

 

12 13 14 15 16
 

Exam 4

 

 

 

Lab Make-up day

 

19 20 21 22 23
 
Final Exam
Last
meeting
of Day &
Evening Classes
   
26 27 28 29 30
       

 

 

 

 

©2005 Sean Tvelia