GLY

101 Fall 2015

Date
Topic

Pre-class reading

Assignments Due

1 Sept.

Intro

none

none

3 Sept.

Solar System Fm

Syllabus;
Text 1.8;
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/solar-system-
formation/en/;
Extra credit questions on syllabus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh
y1fucSRQI;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys5
hmBkyvag

8 Sept.

Geologic Investigations Text 2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9

10 Sept.

Connect/plate tectonics

15 Sept.

Plate tectonics

17 Sept.

Plate tectonics

22 Sept.

In Class

Lab
Learning Outcomes
maps &
measurements

Be able to explain how

observations are different from
interpretations
Explain why scientific
understanding changes through
time

Observations, interpretations, explanations;

Concept sketches
Concept sketches (if not handed in 8 Sept.)

Alfred Wagner: observations, interpretations,

explanations

Text 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Learnsmart Questions; VARK learning style test

Text 3.5 - 3.10

Learnsmart Questions

Western New York & Plate Tectonics

Investigation 3.12: Safest place to live?
Concept sketches

Earthquakes

Text 12.1 - 12.6

Learnsmart Questions

Sesimsology; earth's interior; faults

24 Sept.

Earthquakes

Text 12.7 - 12.9

Learnsmart Questions

Mercalli vs. Richter scale

25 Sept.

29 Sept.

Earth Materials

Chapter 4

Learnsmart Questions

NY state mineral & rock resources

Text 4.14 & 4.15

1 Oct.

Tsunamis

Text 12.10

Learnsmart Questions

Tsunami speed; videos

6 Oct.

Exam I

Project #1: Earthquake hazards and risks

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/expl
ore/shaping_the_planets/impact_crateri
none
ng.shtml
http://solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm

Identifying impact craters on Google Earth;

Concept sketches

8 Oct.

Asteroid impacts

9 Oct.
13 Oct.

-
Asteroid impacts

15 Oct.

Asteroid impacts

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/e
po_web/impact_cratering/enviropages/ none
enviroeffectsintro.html

Video: Part 2; Impact effects

20 Oct.

Igneous Materials

Chapter 5

Learnsmart Questions

concept sketches

23 Oct.
22 Oct.

-
Volcanoes

Text 6.1 - 6.7

Project #3 due: Asteroid impacts: hazards

Learnsmart Questions

Concept sketches

27 Oct.

Volcanoes

Text 6.8 - 6.15

Learnsmart Questions

Climate change from volcanoes; Text 6.15

29 Oct.
3 Nov.

Geologic Time
Exam II

Chapter 9

Learnsmart Questions

Relative dating exercizes

Project #2: Controversies in science--a reaction

none

plate teconics
Be able to describe and explain the
different types of plate boundaries
Be able to explain how earthquakes
form, and the different types of
quakes
Understand your use of rock and
faults & quakes
mineral resources
Explain hazard vs. risk, and
understand how earthquakes are
"predicted"
Identify NY's most valuable mineral
and rock resources; micro scales of
science
Explain how tsunamis form and
how they are monitored

minerals

controversies in science
global and human scale of science
Be able to explain the hazards
asociated with asteroid impacts
and the climatic effects
Explain how magma forms and how
it gets to the surface.

Video: Part 1; questions on video

impacts

Understand volcanic hazards, and

how volcanic activity is monitored
and predicted

5 Nov.

Radiometric decay

6 Nov.

http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguid
Learnsmart Questions
e.html
Project #4 due: volcanic hazards

10 Nov.

Glaciers & shorelines

Chapter 14

12 Nov.

Flooding

Chapter 16

Human vs. natural flooding; text 16.16

17 Nov.

Water resources

Concept sketches

19 Nov.

Water resources

20 Nov.

24 Nov.

Love Canal

26 Nov.

Thanksgiving: no class

Text 17.1 - 17.9

Learnsmart Questions
https://www.ecwa.org/wateruse;
https://www.ecwa.org/ecwa2014waterq
uality.pdf;
Learnsmart Questions
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_
code=04120104
Project #5 due: Fresh water, ice ages, and sea-level
http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/love-
Learnsmart Questions
canal-tragedy
none

1 Dec.

Energy resources

Chapter 18.1 - 18.6

Oil formation: concept sketch

Explain the formation of

hydrocarobons, and where they are
located

Case studies

science in every day life

3 Dec.
4 Dec.

Learnsmart Questions

Learnsmart questions

Energy resources: BP oil http://www.britannica.com/event/Deep

Learnsmart questions
spill
water-Horizon-oil-spill-of-2010
-
Project #6 due: water pollution

8 Dec.

Energy resources:
hydraulic stimulation

10 Dec.

Exam III

http://www2.epa.gov/hydraulicfracturin
g/process-hydraulic-fracturing

Climate change & rising sea levels

rocks

Understand the relation between

glaciers and shorelines; effects of
rising shorelines
Be able to explain causes of
flooding

Where does your water come from & what's in it?

Explain what groundwater is and

how we use it

Love Canal case study, text 17.11

Explain the significance of Love

Canal; identify it on a map
none

Writing: position paper

Any late assignments will be accepted with a 50%
grade reduction

Understand geologic time and how

it is calculated

Guest speaker: Mr. Frank Scarpinato

review

Explain the process of "fracking"

and take a position on whether it
should be allowed in NY state.