Geology 105 Schedule

Week of	Lecture Topic (links to lecture Powerpoints)	Lecture Chapter	Lab Topic	Lab Chapter
Jan. 26	Fossilization pdf Fossilization ppt	3	Fossilization First assignment due	3
Feb 2	Natural Selection pdf Natural Selection ppt 2/2 Library orientation, Lib 2024 2/4: topic proposal due (download)	Web	Sponges & Corals	11
Feb 9	Natural Selection Turnitin registration due 2/11 Database assignment due 2/11	No new reading	Brachiopods & bryozoans	12
Feb. 16	Species & speciation pdf Species and speciation ppt	5	Arthropods	14
Feb. 23	Systematics pdf Systematic ppt Outline and Bibliography due 2/25	Web	Mollusks: Gastropods and Bivalves	13
Mar 1	EXAM, 3/3 Variation within Species pdf Variation within Species ppt	no new reading	Mollusks: Cephalopods Constructional Morphology practice lab exam	none
Mar. 8	Functional Morphology	6	LAB EXAM	none
Mar. 15	Paleoecology ppt Paleoecology pdf First Draft due to Turnitin midnight 3/15 First draft due in class 3/17	4 Paleoclimates	Echinoderms	15
Mar. 22	SPRING BREAK	HAVE FUN	SLEEP	NAP
Mar 29	Stable isotopes Isotope pdf	Isotopes (download)	NO CLASS	none
Apr 3	FIELD TRIP	N/A	N/A	N/A
Apr. 5	Stable isotopes Write an introduction exercise	none	Protists	9
Apr. 12	EXAM 4/12 Reefs ppt Reefs pdf	none	no lab	none
Apr. 19	Extinction Graded draft due to Turnitin midnight 4/19 Graded draft due 4/21	none	Trace fossils, graptolites, conodont, plants, verts	19
Apr. 26	Biostratigraphy	2	LAB EXAM	none
May 3	Biostratigraphy	none	Biostrat	none
May 10	Biodiversity	none	Posters Biostrat	--
May 19	FINAL 10:15	--		--

Geology 105 - Paleontology
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