WEEK
Click on #'s for Detailed
Outline |
LECTURE
FILES |
LECTURE TOPICS |
SPEAKERS
GUESTS |
LAB ACTIVITY
AND WWW RESOURCES |
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#1--Introduction
to course - Earth System Science and Geoscience.
#2--Global
environmental change (GEC) and (HDGC) |
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Key Terms: The Earth System and Global Change
See: Biogeochemical
Cycles: |
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How to use the Internet |
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Lab Activity #1: Internet
Use and the Planets |
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#3-The
Sun-Giver of Life |
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NASA's online tutorial Welcome to the Planets and
the Views of
the Solar System Module |
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#3-The
Sun-Giver of Life - continued |
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#4--The
Electromagnetic Spectrum |
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Key Terms: Remote Sensing and Cosmology
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#4-Remote
Sensing-History
of Remote Sensing |
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Lab Activity #2: Remote
Sensing Basics |
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#5-Map
Use and Interpretation -
Supplementary Site:
Color
Land form Atlas |
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Key Terms: Map Use and Interpretation
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#5-Map
Use and Interpretation - continued Finding
Your Way with Map and Compass - USGS FactsheetESRI - Shaded Relief
Map of the World
USGS - National Atlas - US
relief map |
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Lab Activity #3: The Great
Salt Lake Map Activity (or Salton Sea) |
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Mapping - continued |
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#6-Earth
Materials and the Rock Cycle
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Key Terms: Vulcanism
Lab Activity #4: Rock
Lab |
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#7--Introduction
to Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift |
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Take-Home Internet Activity: Plate
Tectonics Motion |
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#7--Earthquakes,
/Seismology
#8--Vulcanism
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Key Terms: Seismology and Plate Tectonics
Wiley Case Study: Earthquake
Hazards along the Wasatch Fault
*Volcanic Photoglossary *Hotspots -
This Dynamic Earth |
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#9--Mountain
Building and Metamorphism
Geological time interactive graphic version
- UCBerkeley and GLOSSARIES!
Tibet -
virtual fieldtrip - Geology Dept. - Northern Arizona
University |
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Key Terms: Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, Earth
Resources
Lab Activity #5: Earthquakes
& Volcanoes
Take-Home
Activity: East African Rift - The Virunga Mountains
Wiley Case Study:- East
African Rift
Mini-Paper TOPICS chosen and approved |
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#10--Stratigraphy
- Earth History - Sedimentary Processes |
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Lab Activity #6: Stratigraphy
on the Colorado Plateau (part 1) |
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#10--Stratigraphy - continued |
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Key Terms: Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, Earth
Resources |
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#11--Chemical/Physical
Weathering, Mass Wasting and Hazards |
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#12--Earth
Resources: Energy, Mining and Extractive Human Activities
Petroleum/Energy
Resources |
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Virtual Fieldtrip: Petroleum
Geology: Persian Gulf vs. Overthrust Belt |
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#12--Earth
Resources: - Population Issues
AAG Module: Population Growth,
Energy Use and Pollution |
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Petroleum/Energy
Resources - General
Lab
#7: HDGC Module: Population Growth,
Energy Use, and Pollution |
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Mid-Term EXAM |
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Mid-Term EXAM |
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#13--Work
of Water on the Land --The Hydrologic Cycle
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Key Terms: Hydrology, Limnology, Fluvial
Geomorphology
GLOSSARY - WATER
TERMS and ACRONYMS - (Univ of
Arizona)
Lab Activities #8: Interpretation
of Stream Drainage Patterns
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#14--Drainage
Systems
and the Erosion Cycle--Fluvial Geomorphology
Wiley Case Study: Mississippi/Missouri
floods of 1993 |
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Take-home Internet Activity: Floods
in the Midwest
Take-Home Internet Activity: Finding
Hydrologic Data on the Internet |
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#15--Groundwater
Geology: Karst and Caves
#16--Eolian
(Arid Lands) Geomorphology: The Basin and Range Province
and Colorado Plateau Region
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Key Terms: Arid Lands Geormology and Soil Science (Paleosols
part 1) -
more on soils under "biosphere" (2nd quarter)
Lab Activity #9: Aquifers
under Threat: the Oglalla , Edwards, Barnes and
others
Take-Home
Activity: Life in the Sahel--Nomadism and Transhumance (under
construction)
Case
Study and Activity: Water and Life in the Dry World (North
Africa to Central Asia) |
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#17--Limnogeology
and Global Change in the Western US
Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Region Virtual
Fieldtrip
Wiley Case Study: Saline
Lakes and Global Climate Change |
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Take-Home Internet Activity: The
Great Salt Lake, Saline Lakes, and Global Change
Take-Home Activity: The Salton Sea (under
construction) |
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#18--Denudation,
Uplift and Geomorphic Provinces/Landform Regions of the US |
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Key Terms: Arid Lands Geormology and Soil Science (Paleosols
part 1) - more on
soils under "biosphere" (2nd quarter)
Lab Activities #10: Geomorphic
Provinces and landscapes in North America - continued from Lab #6
(part 2) |
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#19--The
Cryosphere: Earth's Cover of Snow and Ice
Antarctica
- image
Ice Age Terms GLOSSARY
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Key Terms: Alpine and Continental Glaciation
Mini-Paper DUE
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#20--Alpine
vs Continental Glaciation
#21--Sea
Ice, Ocean-level Rise and Climate Change |
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Key Terms: Alpine and Continental Glaciation
Take-Home Internet Activity: (to
be assigned as needed)
a) Virtual
Fieldtrip-Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range
b)
Alpine
Glacial Landscapes and Landforms
c) Sea
Ice and Polar Oceans |
| Field Trip |
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Fieldtrip - The Salton Sea Trough
or Sierra Nevada Mountains (White Mountains, Owens Valley, Death Valley)
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To be added....special website
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#22--Introduction
to Oceans and Marine Science
#23--Coastal
Zone Processes |
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Key Terms: Oceanography and Marine
Science
Take-Home Internet Activity: Ocean Planet |
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Coastal Zone Processes--continued |
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Take Home Internet Activity: Bay of Honduras Coastal
Issues |
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#24--El
Nino/La Nina and the Southern Oscillation |
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Take-Home Internet Activity: Monsoons and El Nino |
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Review and Catch-up Week |
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Review and Catch-up Week |
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First Quarter Final
Exam |
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First Quarter Final Exam |
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#25--The
Atmosphere: Composition, Structure and Radiation |
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Key Terms: Atmospheric Science |
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Lab Activity #11: Calculating
Individual or Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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#26-Atmospheric
Chemistry
DICTIONARY
- online
AAG Module: The
Geography of Greenhouse Gases |
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Lab Activity #12: Ozone
Depletion at the South Pole
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#27--Greenhouse
Gases and Global Warming |
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#28--Moisture,
Clouds and Precipitation
Index:Online Guide to
Meterology
Meterology DICTIONARY -
online |
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Key Terms: Meteorology and Weather
Laboratory Activity #13: Interpreting
weather data/maps |
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#29--Why
and How Air Moves: pressure and fronts
Index:Online Guide to
Meterology
Meterology DICTIONARY -
online |
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Take-Home Internet: Finding Climate
Data |
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#30--Global
Air Circulation
Index:Online Guide to
Meterology
Meterology DICTIONARY -
online |
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Key Terms: Meteorology and Weather
Take-Home Internet Activity: The
Asian Monsoon |
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#31--Air
Masses, Local Winds and Storms (thunderstorms, tonadoes,
hurricanes)
Index:Online Guide to
Meterology
Meterology DICTIONARY -
online |
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Laboratory Activity #14: Severe
Weather and Storms |
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#32--World
Climates: Koppen Classification System |
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Key Terms: Climates and
Climatology |
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#33--Global
Moisture and Drought - desertification (see chapter on Climate
Change - #18) |
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Take-Home Internet Activity: Famine
Early Warning Systems (FEWS and GIEWS) |
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Mid-term
Exam |
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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
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#34-Ice
Ages and Climate Change Proxy Records |
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Key Terms: Climate Change
Key Terms: The Earth System and Global Change
Lab Activity #15: Climate
Change - Impacts and Consequences
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BIOSPHERE: #35--Soils
and Soil-Water Budgets |
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Key Terms: Arid Lands Geormology and Soil Science (Paleosols
part 1) - more on
soils under "biosphere" (2nd quarter) |
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Key Terms: Ecology and Biogeochemical Cycles
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BIOSPHERE: #36--Biogeochemical
Cycles: carbon, nitrogen, water, etc.
AAG Module: Living in the
Biosphere |
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Lab Activity #16 - Calculating
Nutrient flows
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#37--Biomes, Biogeography and Ecosystem
Dynamics
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Key Terms: Biogeography, Biomes, and
Ecosystems
Wiley Case
Study:- East
African Rift - Virunga Mountain Ecosystems
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Continued
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Wiley Case Study: Grasslands,
Prairies and Steppes |
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see - Biogeography
Virtual Tours |
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Laboratory Activity #17: Gap
Analysis
Take-Home Internet Activity:
Case Study:
SNEP (Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project)
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Fieldtrip: Sierra Nevada Mountains or Channel
Islands |
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Fieldtrip: Sierra Nevada Mountains or Channel Islands
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#38--Human
Dimensions of Global Change (HDGC)
AAG Module: Global
Change and Environmental Hazards |
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Key Terms: The Earth System and Global Change
Key Terms: Biogeography, Biomes, and
Ecosystems
See also:
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Take-Home Activity: Wiley Case
Study: Environmental
Hazards along the US/Mexico Border |
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Catch-up Week - Project completion and Class Presentations
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| FINAL
WEEK
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Final EXAM
Second Mini-Paper Due |
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LAST
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