| Lecture Topic | Document Title | Document
Name
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Comments |
| Lecture & Lab Schedules | (Part of the Syllabus) | syll2022fall.htm | <Click on link to go to the class schedule |
| 1. Course Syllabus | Fall 2022 Course Syllabus | syll2022fall.htm | includes course objectives, lecture and lab schedules, test and grading policies |
| Companion web site for your Tarbuck & Lutgens textbook, with practice quizzes and exercises | Earth Science,
11th Edition (older edition) |
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on link>
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http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tarbuck_escience_11/ |
| Video lecture supplement | Earth Revealed video series | https://www.learner.org/series/earth-revealed/ | The earth science video series shown in class on DVD, is available on-line through "video on demand." Use this resource to watch a video if you missed class, or to review it before an exam. Note: the default viewing window may be smaller than your computer monitor, and you will need a high speed Internet connection. Turn off any pop-up blocker software first. |
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How To Do Poorly In This Course | dopoorly.htm | My tongue-in-cheek guide for achieving willful student mediocrity |
| a. What Is Science? | What Is Science? | science.htm | The goals and objectives of science and earth science |
| b. Homework Crossword Puzzless | Homework Assignments,
Fall 2022 |
hwsched2022fall.htm | There are 10 assignments - copy the due dates on cover sheet to each homework |
| c. Extra Credit Crossword Puzzle | Scientific Method puzzle | scimethd.htm | worth 20 extra points |
| d. Scientific Method | The Scientific Method: Hypothesis to Theory | scientificmethod.htm | Explains the ground rules of the scientific method and how it used in the earth sciences |
| Free Crossword Puzzle Clues | (only for web site visitors) | puzzclue.htm | Find one free answer for each homework crossword puzzle, if you visit the link to the left! |
| d. Puzzle Tips | Crossword Puzzle Advice | puzzleadvice.htm | Useful tips for completing the homework crossword puzzles |
| 2. Cosmic Origins | Cosmic Origins of Earth Materials | cosmicorigins.htm | Introductory lecture summary covering basic physics, astronomy, and chemistry to explain the cosmic origins of the elements found on earth |
| Origins & Earliest History of the Earth | eartorig.htm | Video: Birth of the Earth | |
| Earth's Violent Birth | earth_violent_birth.pdf | Article about Earth's earliest history, during the period of meteorite and comet bombardment, preceding the age of the oldest Earth rocks [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| The Planets |
Click HERE-> |
The Planets: A Multimedia
Tour of the Solar System
http://www.nineplanets.org/ |
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| The Earth in the Solar System |
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Summary of the Earth as
part of the Solar System
http://www.nineplanets.org/earth.html |
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| 3. Minerals | What Are Minerals? | minsumry.htm | 5 criteria for a substance to qualify 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 | Brief summary of how minerals are used to support a technological society |
| 4. Rocks | Rock Vocabulary | rocvocab.htm | List of terminology used to describe rocks |
| a. Rocks Summary | Rock Talk | rocktalk.htm | Summary of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks |
| b. Rock Type Classification | Rock Classification Charts | RockClassificationChart.pdf | Classification charts showing
the component minerals for
Igneous Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks (suitable for lecture and lab) |
| c. Sorting | Sorting | sorting.htm | Diagram explaining how the degree of grain size uniformity (sorting) can be used to interpret the degree of weathering and sediment transport |
| d. Rock collecting | Rock collecting | https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/rock-collecting/ | Rock collecting |
| Lecture Exam 1 Review | Review Questions
for
Lecture Exam 1 |
lecx1rev.htm | Essay style review questions with answers (NOT a substitute for lecture attendance, lecture notes, or text reading) |
| 4b. Soils | Clay Minerals & Soils | clays.htm | Introduction to clay minerals & soils |
| 5. Water | Water Supply of the World | WaterSupplyOfTheWorld.pdf | Distribution
of earth's water
What if All the Water on |
| Surface Water & Groundwater | surfaceandgroundwater.htm | Summary of surface water, stream processes, and groundwater | |
| Wastewater Treatment Basics | Wastewater_Treatment.pdf | U.S. EPA document explaing how the wastewater treatment process works | |
| 6. Glaciers | Glaciers & Glaciation | glacial.htm | Summary of glaciers and ice ages |
| Geology of Chicago | geology_of_chicago.pdf | Summary of the geology of the Chicago area, focusing on the impact of the last ice age. | |
| Video of the Perry mastodon |
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High definition video that I filmed in 2009 of the Perry mastodon, a well-preserved 11,000 year old ice-age fossil discovered in Glen Ellyn, IL in 1963, and restored as a permanent exhibit at Wheaton College. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Hr342fdRs | |
| Lecture Exam 2 Review | Review Questions
for
Lecture Exam 2 |
lecx2rev.htm | Essay style review questions with answers (NOT a substitute for lecture attendance, lecture notes, or text reading) |
| 7. Volcanism | Volcanoes & Volcanism | volcano.htm | Summary of volcanic phenomena |
| Volcanoes | How Volcanoes Work |
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HERE->
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/volcano.htm/printable |
| Ultimate List of Volcano Teaching Resources |
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HERE->
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https://www.hawaiianshirtsonline.co.uk/volcano-resources/ | |
| Yellowstone Park volcanism | Yellowstone Park: The Deadly Supervolcano |
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HERE->
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http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm |
| 8. Earthquakes | How Earthquakes Work |
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/earthquake.htm/printable |
| Earthquake Glossary |
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https://www.wirefence.co.uk/earthquake-glossary/ | |
| Earthquake Myths Dispelled | Earthquake Myths |
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http://www.consrv.ca.gov/index/Earthquakes/qh_earthquakes_myths.htm |
| Earthquake Prediction | Earthquakes & Abnormal Animal Behavior | aabnorm_anim_behav_earthquakes.pdf | Abnormal animal behavior of farm animals prior to earthquakes is well-documented in China and has a long historical record |
| Tsunamis | How Tsunamis Work |
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm/printable |
| Big Water | big_water.pdf | Article about the mechanics of tsunamis | |
| 9. Plate Tectonics | From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics | platetec.htm | Wegener's continental drift, Holmes' sea floor spreading, paleomagnetism, etc. |
| The Story of Earth | story of_earth.pdf | Article explaining the impact of plate tectonics on earth history [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Journey To The Center of the Earth | journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth.pdf | Explanation of the earth's
internal structure, based upon geophysical research. http://www.oakton.edu/~billtong/eas100/journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth.pdf
[COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] |
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| 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 |
| Radiometric Age Dating & The Age of the Earth | radiometric_age_dating.pdf | Explanation of how the age of the earth was estimated before the discovery of radioactive decay. Exercises involve calculating the age of an object using the half life, and reading a graph of parent/daughter isotope ratios. | |
| Ordering Geologic Events | OrderingGeologicEvents.pdf | Exercise requires you to show the correct sequence of geological events that produced each geological cross section | |
| Answers to Ordering Geologic Events | AnswersToOrderingGeologicEvents.pdf | Shows the correct sequence of geological events that produced each geological cross section for the above exercise | |
| 11. History of Life | Biological Evolution & History of Life | evlution.htm | Summary of basic concepts of fossils and the theory of evolution |
| Evolution's Big Bang | evolution_big_bang.pdf | Magazine cover of 1995 article about the "Cambrian Explosion" - when animals developed hard parts and left a much more visible fossil record. [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| When Life Exploded | when_life_exploded.pdf | 1995 article about the "Cambrian Explosion" - when animals developed hard parts and left a much more visible fossil record. [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Scientists rouse bacterium from 250 million year slumber | oldbacteria.htm | Chicago Tribune article from 10/19/2000 | |
| The Perry Mastodon | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Hr342fdRs | My high definition video of the restored 11,000 year old fossil mammal discovered in 1963, mounted on a revolving display at Wheaton College | |
| 12. Dinosaurs | Introduction To Dinosaurs | dinosaur.htm | Summary of different major dinosaur groups and the history of their study in the fossil record |
| What's Wrong With This Picture? | An Audio Critique of Dinosaur
Art
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Thomas Holtz, a paleontologist
for the University of Maryland, reflects upon what has changed, and stayed
the same, since our 20th-century dinosaur coverage.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/12/bizarre-dinosaurs/holtz-dinosaur-photography |
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| Re-writing The Book On Dinosaurs | rewriting_the_book_on_dinosaurs.pdf | 1993 article about recent fossil discoveries and revised interpretations about dinosaurs [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Dinosaur Hunter | dinosaur_hunter.pdf | 1993 article profiling professional dinosaur paleontologist Jack Horner and his interpretations of how some dinosaurs cared for their young [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| The Real Jurassic Park | real_jurassic_park.pdf | 1997 article comparing the science fiction Hollywood movie Jurassic Park (1993) with the real fossil record of dinosaurs [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Dinosaur Family Tree | dinosaur_family_tree.pdf | Chart summarizing how the dinosaurs evolved through time during the Mesozoic Era [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Last Day of the Dinosaurs |
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Last Day of the Dinosaurs
(the day the giant asteroid struck the earth 65 million years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuet3t9geXo |
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| Lecture Exam 3 Review | Review Questions for Lec. Exam 3 | lecx3rev.htm | Essay style review questions with answers (NOT a substitute for lecture attendance, lecture notes, or text reading) |
| 13. Oceanography | Introduction To Oceanography | oceans.htm | Summary of the origins and benefits of Earth's oceans |
| Deep Sea Life | deep_sea_life.pdf | Bizarre fish and other creatures
of the deep ocean
Who Lives at the Bottom
of the Mariana Trench?
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| Mysteries of the Deep | mysteries_of_the_deep.pdf | Summary of recent discoveries from deep ocean research | |
| The Other Grand Canyon | the_other_grand_canyon.pdf | Submarine canyon off the coast of Monterey, California, brings deep sea creatures close to the continent [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Life's Undersea Beginnings | life_undersea_beginnings.pdf | Article about the mid-ocean ridge hydrotherm vent ecosystem, and how it may represent the earliest cradle of life on earth [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Tube Worm Travels | tube_worm_travels.pdf | Article about deep-sea tube worms discovered during the late 1970's living in the mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal vent ecosystem [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Venting Concernts | venting_concerns.pdf | Article about exploring and protecting the mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal vent ecosystem [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| The Iron Hypothesis | iron_hypothesis.pdf | Article about John Martin's research into fertilizing ocean plankton with soluble iron, in order to consume carbon dioxide [COLOR HANDOUT - download and print your own.] | |
| Giant Squids! | http://www.extremescience.com/giant-squid.htm
http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/giantsquidfacts.php |
Colossal Squid and Giant
Squid - seen alive for the first time
Video: How We Found the Giant Squid |
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|
Amazing sea creatures web video |
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/206 | David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a shape-shifting cuttlefish, a pair of fighting squid, and a mesmerizing gallery of bioluminescent fish that light up the blackest depths of the ocean. He focuses on the work of two scientists: Edith Widder at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, and Roger Hanlon at the Marine Biological Lab. | |
| 14. Weather | Outline of Weather | weather.htm | Summary of different elements of weather |
| National Weather Service
brochure |
Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Lightning: Nature's Most Violent Storms | This up-to-date PDF link
is most suitable for viewing:
https://www.weather.gov/media/owlie/ttl6-10.pdf |
This older PDF link is the
best to use for printing the color handout:
Thunderstorms_Tornadoes_Lightning.pdf |
| How Lightning Works |
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/lightning.htm | |
| How Tornadoes Work |
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm | |
| National Weather Service | Severe Weather 101: Tornado Basics |
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https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/ |
| How Hurricanes Work |
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm | |
| Global Warming |
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http://www.solcomhouse.com/globalwarming.htm | |
| Lecture Exam 4 Review | Review Questions
for
Lecture Exam 4 |
lecx4rev.htm | Essay style review questions with answers (NOTa substitute for lecture attendance, lecture notes, or text reading) |
| 15. Miscellaneous/Humorous | Field Trip Photos #1 | ../tristate97 | See what real rock outcrops look like - my photos from the 1997 Tri-State Geological Field Conference (LaSalle, IL) - 2 of my Oakton students attended that year |
| Field Trip Photos #2 | ../tristate2000 | See what real rock outcrops look like - my photos from the 2000 Tri-State Geological Field Conference (Collinsville, IL) | |
| Crystal Cave of the Giants | http://www.canyonsworldwide.com/crystals/index.html | World's largest crystals, the size of pine trees, found in colossal caves in Mexico | |
| April Fool's Day Crossword Puzzle | aprilfoolspuzzle.htm | Contains slightly deranged definitions of earth science words | |
| Superman the Geologist | superman.htm | My speculations about the famous comic book superhero as an earth scientist | |
| Global Warning | globwarn.htm | My satirical poem about the politics behind scientific issues | |
| Spoof of creationism | creation.htm | My fictitious college course catalog which pokes fun at creationism in the academic world | |
| Geological I.Q. Test | geoquiz.htm | A tongue-in-cheek multiple choice test with no right answers | |
| Rockne's Believe It Or Not List | geofunnies.htm | A collection of actual, often humorus answers compiled by various grad students from student exams during the 1980s | |
| The "Assn. of Aptly-Named Geologists" membership roster | AANG-list.htm | Wouldn't it be great if geologists each had names that fit their particular specialty? | |
| Where Have All The Fossils Gone? | Song parody | fossilsgone.htm | A re-write of "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" |
| Geology major's resume | resume.htm | Resume of Mr. Hoogivs A. Schist | |
| My Other Web Sites | Folk music, parodies, travel to China, hobbies, etc. |
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https://wktong.tripod.com/wktwebsites.htm |
| Astronomy, NASA | Top 25 Astronomy NASA Photos of All time |
https://www.thehubpost.com/top-50-astronomy-nasa-photos-of-all-time/ |
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| Astronomy, Observatories | Top 25 Public Observatories |
https://www.publicrecordsreviews.com/education-center/top-25-public-observatories |
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| Astronomy For Kids | Astronomy for Kids: Teaching Space Science to Young Stargazers |
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https://modernpaint.org/astronomy-guide/. |
| Essays by Sarah Andrews | Why Study Geology?
Geophilosophy |
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on the links -->
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http://www.sonoma.edu/Geology/uses.htm |
| Teaching Education Guides | Teaching Degrees Resources |
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on the link -->
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http://www.teachingdegrees.com |
| ABOUT.COM Geology | Lots of earth science articles and thousands of earth science Web links - |
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on the link -->
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http://geology.about.com/ |
| Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop | A fantastic shop in Evanston for the geology/ gem enthusiasts |
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http://www.davesdowntoearthrockshop.com/ |