Earth Revealed: Spring 2020
Earth Revealed: Spring 2020
Scroll to the bottom of this page for a brief overview of the course
NOTE: All assignments are due on or before 5:00 pm Friday of the indicated week
Click here for an index of the episodes on learner.org
Click here for an index of the Video Study Guides
Episode Assignments
Week 1: April 6 - 10
Episode 1: Down To Earth
Episode 2: The Restless Planet
Episode 3: Earth's Interior
Week 2: April 13 - 17
Episode 4: The Sea Floor
Episode 5: The Birth of a Theory
Episode 6: Plate Dynamics
Week 3: April 20 - 24
Episode 7: Mountain Building
Episode 8: Earth's Structures
Episode 9: Earthquakes
Week 4: April 27 - May 1
Episode 10: Geologic Time
Episode 11: Evolution Through Time
Episode 12: Minerals
Week 5: May 4 - 8
Episode 13: Volcanism
Episode 14: Intrusive Igneous Rocks
Episode 15: Weathering and Soils
Week 6: May 11 - 15
Episode 16: Mass Wasting
Episode 17: Sedimentary Rocks
Episode 18: Metamorphic Rocks
Week 7: May 18 - 22
Episode 19: Running Water I: Rivers, Erosion and Deposition
Episode 20: Running Water II: Landscape Evolution
Episode 21: Groundwater
Week 8: May 25 - 29
Episode 22: Wind, Dust and Deserts
Episode 23: Glaciers
Episode 24: Waves, Beaches and Coasts
Week 9: June 1 - 5
Episode 25: Living With Earth, Part I (Loma Prieta Earthquake)
Episode 26: Living With Earth, Part II (Preserving the Legacy)
Week 10: June 8 - 10
Due on or before Wednesday, June 10th, at 5:00 pm
Course Overview: G100 REVISED for Online, Spring 2020
Website address: http://homework.uoregon.edu/mstrick
E-mail address: mstrickler@roguecc.edu
Object: The object of this course is to familiarize the student with the basic concepts and practices of the modern Earth Sciences. Twenty-six (26) separate episodes from the "Earth Revealed" series cover all aspects of tectonic and surface processes, and should be sufficient to give the motivated student a preliminary view of the earth and how it works to build new materials, and then tear them down again.
Optional (but suggested) Materials:
Text: Physical Geology: Earth Revealed, by McGeary & Plummer
The text is optional, and it is possible to do well in this course without purchasing the book. HOWEVER, not all of us are able to learn from a video, and need help from pictures and words that don't move. If you are one of those who need a stable learning platform, buy the book. Either way, the choice is yours. DO NOT come to me later and complain about your grade and try to blame it on me for not forcing you to buy it.
Video Study Guides: Available online (click here for the study guide index)
These are available for your use and are probably a real good idea. There is one for each episode, and their intent is to help focus your thoughts on those aspects of the lessons that are (in my opinion) the most relevant. THE STUDY GUIDES THEMSELVES ARE NOT HOMEWORK. However, selected topics are taken from them and form the basis of the Episode Assignments.
Course Requirements:
1.) View all 26 episodes of the Earth Revealed series.
Click here for an index to the episodes on learner.org
2.) Successful completion of all twenty-six (26) Episode Assignments during the scheduled weeks. Links to each can be found above.
3.) Successful completion of the final essay due the last week of the term.
Final grades:
The twenty-six (26) Episode Assignments, along with the final essay, will form the basis of your grade. There will be a rough 90%, 80%, 70%, 60% division between letter grades.
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