| Lecture Topic | Document Title | Document Name
(click to retrieve) |
Comments |
| Lecture & Lab Schedules | (Part of the Syllabus) | syll2003sp-revised.htm | <Click on link to go to the class schedule |
| 1. Course Syllabus | Spring 2003 Course Syllabus | syll2003sp-revised.htm | includes course objectives, lecture and lab schedules, test and grading policies |
| Companion web site for your Tarbuck & Lutgens textbook | Earth Science, 10th Edition |
Click on link>
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http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/tarbuckes10/ |
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How To Do Poorly In This Course | dopoorly.htm | a tongue-in-cheek recipe for student mediocrity |
| a. What Is Science? | What Is Science? | science.htm | goals and objectives of science and earth science |
| b. Homework Crosswords | Homework Assignments,
Fall 2002 |
hwsched2003sp.htm | there are 10 assignments - copy the due dates on cover sheet to each homework |
| c. Extra Credit Crossword | Scientific Method puzzle | scimethd.htm | worth 20 extra points |
| Free Crossword Puzzle Clues | (only for web site visitors) | puzzclue.htm | One free answer for each puzzle |
| 2. Origins | Origins & Earliest History of the Earth | eartorig.htm | from the Big Bang to the solar system |
| 3. Minerals | What Are Minerals? | minsumry.htm | 5 criteria for qualifying as a mineral |
| a. mineral groups chart | Minerals - Chemical Classification | mingroup.htm | classification of minerals by chemical group |
| b. Economic minerals | Economic Geology - Mineral Resources | econgeol.htm | summary of how minerals are used to support a technological society |
| 4. Rocks | Rock Vocabulary | rocvocab.htm | terminology used to describe rocks |
| a. Rocks Summary | Rock Talk | rocktalk.htm | summary of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks |
| Lecture Exam 1 Review | Review Questions for
Lecture Exam 1 |
lecx1rev.htm | essay style review questions |
| 4b. Soils | Clay Minerals & Soils | clays.htm | introduction to clay minerals & soils |
| 5. Glaciers | Glaciers & Glaciation | glacial.htm | summary of glaciers and ice ages |
| 6. Water | Water Supply of the World
Surface Water & Groundwater |
watersup.htm | distribution of earth's water
summary of surface water, stream processes, and groundwater |
| Lecture Exam 2 Review | Review Questions for
Lecture Exam 2 |
lecx2rev.htm | essay style review questions |
| 7. Volcanism | Volcanoes & Volcanism | volcano.htm | summary of volcanic phenomena |
| 8. Earthquakes | Earthquakes & Abnormal Animal Behavior | not yet available
(hard copy only) |
abnormal animal behavior prior to earthquakes is well-documented in China |
| 9. Plate Tectonics | From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics | platetec.htm | Wegener's continental drift, Holmes' sea floor spreading, paleomagnetism, etc. |
| 10. Earth History | Earth History & History of Science | Click here | Visit the UC-Berkeley's "Web Geological Time
Machine" site, at:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html |
| 11. History of Life | Biological Evolution & History of Life | evlution.htm | summary of basic concepts of fossils and the theory of evolution |
| Scientists rouse bacterium from 250 million year slumber | oldbacteria.htm | Chicago Tribune article from 10/19/00 | |
| 12. Dinosaurs | Introduction To Dinosaurs | dinosaur.htm | description of different dinosaur groups and the history of their study |
| Lecture Exam 3 Review | Review Questions for
Lecture Exam 3 |
lecx3rev.htm | essay style review questions |
| 13. Oceanography | Introduction To Oceanography | oceans.htm | summary of the origins and benefits of Earth's oceans |
| 14. Weather | Outline of Weather | weather.htm | summary of different elements of weather |
| How Lightning Works |
Click on link>
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/lightning.htm | |
| How Tornadoes Work |
Click on link>
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm | |
| How Hurricanes Work |
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm | |
| Lecture Exam 4 Review | Review Questions for
Lecture Exam 4 |
lecx4rev.htm | essay style review questions |
| 15. Miscellaneous/Humorous | Field Trip Photos #1 - see what real rock outcrops look like | ../tristate97 | My photos from the 1997 Tri-State Geological Field Conference (LaSalle, IL) - 2 of my Oakton students attended |
| Field Trip Photos #2 - see what real rock outcrops look like | ../tristate2000 | My photos from the 2000 Tri-State Geological Field Conference (Collinsville, IL) | |
| April Fool's Day Crossword Puzzle | aprilfoolspuzzle.htm | contains slightly deranged definitions of earth science words | |
| Superman the Geologist | superman.htm | a bit of geo-fantasy about the man in blue | |
| Global Warning | globwarn.htm | a poem about the politics behind scientific issues | |
| Spoof of creationism | creation.htm | fictitious college course catalog | |
| Geological I.Q. Test | geoquiz.htm | a tongue-in-cheek multiple choice test | |
| Rockne's Believe It Or Not List | geofunnies.htm | a collection of actual, often humorus answers compiled from student exams during the 1980s | |
| The "Assn. of Aptly-Named Geologists" membership roster | AANG-list.htm | Wouldn't it be great if geologists actually had names that fit? | |
| Where Have All The Fossils Gone? | Song parody | fossilsgone.htm | Based on "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" |
| Geology major's resume | resume.htm | Resume of Mr. Hoogivs A. Schist | |
| New! Essays by Sarah Andrews | Why Study Geology?
Geophilosophy |
click on the links --> | http://www.sonoma.edu/Geology/uses.htm |
| New! ABOUT.COM Geology | Lots of earth science articles and thousands of earth science Web links - | click on the link --> | http://geology.about.com/ |
| New! The Rock Doctor | Earth Science web site of my friend and fellow teacher, Dr. Richard B. Schultz | click on the link --> | http://www.therockdoctor.com |