Geology 8T: Earth Science Lab for Teachers

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Geology 8T Weekly Assignments

If you missed class, you may download a pdf of the assignment you missed below - assignments are posted on Thursday night after the last lab session. If the link is not yet active, please e-mail me (bjmunn@csus.edu) in case I forgot to post it. Click here for more detailed assignment information from the on-line syllabus. If you miss class, you still have to do the assignment and hand it in NO LATER THAN the beginning of class on the following week (otherwise you will receive a zero). I encourage you to slip it under my office door (Placer 1018) earlier than that (by 2 pm Wednesday) so that I can grade it and return it to you with everyone elses assignment (otherwise you will not be able to rewrite it).

• Week 1: Scientific Inquiry / The Moon
  Time is given for you to complete each assignment in class before you leave. If you miss class, then you must download the asignment, complete it as best you can and turn it in no later than the next class period - if you slip it under my door by 2 pm on Wednesdat before the next class period, then you will be able to rewrite it. If you give it to me at the very beginning of the next class period (before I return the corrected versions to everyone else), then you will get full credit but will not be able to rewrite it. See the lab notes for more information about this week's activities. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 2: Mineral Properties
  You will need to contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) so that I can arrange for you to look at the samples for this assignment. You also should go to the library and check out the mineral box so that you can see all of the minerals that we looked at in class - see the lab notes to get more information about where the mineral box is reserved and which minerals to look at in that box. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 3: Earth Resources & Introduction to Rocks
  If you missed this class, look through the material in your lab manual, check out the lab notes, talk to a classmate, and contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about making up the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 4: Rocks
  You will need to contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) so that I can arrange for you to look at the samples for this assignment. Before doing the assignment, you should go to the library and check out the rock box so that you can see all of the rocks that we looked at in class - see the lab notes to get more information about where the rock box is reserved and which rocks in the box to look at. Contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 5: Weathering
  Read the background material for the activities that we did today, that should help you to answer the assignment - see the lab notes and a classmate to get more information. Contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class start, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 6: Streams and Sand
  Read the background material for the activities that we did today, that should help you to answer the assignment - see the lab notes and a classmate to get more information. You need to hand in the assignment before class start, see here for more information about late assignment.
  
  
• Week 7: Ocean Processes
  Read the background material for the activities that we did today, that should help you to answer some of the assignment questions, even though you did not do the activities, See the lab notes and a classmate to get more information. Contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 8: Plate Tectonics
  Read the background material for the activities that we did today - see the lab notes and contact a classmate to get more information. Contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 9: Volcanoes
  Read the background material for the activities that we did in class today. - see the lab notes and contact a classmate to get more information. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  • Week 10: Volcanic Hazards
  Visit the websites related to Long Vally Analysis to get a feel for what we did in class- the links to those websites are on the lab notes page. I have the flyers that each group made - you can come by class early next week if you want to look at them before handing in your assignment. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 11: Geologic Time
  See the notes posted about geologic time in the lab notes, that should help you to answer some of these questions. Contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 12: Fluid Circulation
  Be sure to look at the descriptions of the natural situations in your manual - p.176-178 and read the background information about convection currents (p183-184) before attempting this assignment. See the lab notes for more information. Contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 13: Earth-Sun Relationship
  Be sure to read through the background information for this week's activities(p.192-194 and p.204-206); some information about atmospheric pressure is in the week 14 lab notes (scroll down to the global wind patterns section). Contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 14: Weather Basics
  Links to the websites used for some of this week's activities are in the lab notes. One of the activities is not in the manual - e-mail me to get that. Also, don't forget to get information about the upcoming quiz , and contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) about making up the quiz that you missed. You need to hand in the assignment before class starts, see here for more information about late assignments.
  
  
• Week 15: Energy Transfers - e-mail me the answers - I will not be on campus after Wednesday
  The lab notes should help you to answer some of the questions on this assignment. Because we will not be meeting again as a class, you may e-mail me the answers to this assignment. You will also need to contact me (bjmunn@csus.edu) in order to make up the quiz that you missed..

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