G100: GENERAL GEOLOGY LABORATORY Fall Semester, 2004
Friday 11:00 - 12:50 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Isiorho Office: SB 225 Phone: 481-6249
E-mail: isiorho@ipfw.edu
    Lab Assistant: David Butcher

Lab book:
Geoscience Laboratory by Tom Freeman 3rd Edition.
* Check this web page every week for possible updates

Tests:
There will be no formal test for the lab, however, your lab report is due
at the end of each lab period unless otherwise directed by the instructor.
You are required to write a one-page report for each field trip
(campus and Fox Island) and email your reports to me no later
than 5 p.m. when due.

NO HARD COPY WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Quizes will be given without notice .
Three days have been set aside for makeup for particular labs as no other make-up
will be allowed (see the make-up labs & dates).
(Grading scale A=100-90, B=89-80, C=79-70)
“If you have or acquire a disability and would like to find out what special services and accommodations may be available
to you, contact Services for Students with Disabilities in WU 118 & 218 (481-6657, voice/TTY)”

WebCTvista for grades and reports

You can use the class disccusions in WebCT Vista for posting questions.

Schedule:

Week                      TOPIC                                                                        ASSIGNMENT
Aug. 23                   Maps                                                                                   Chpt. 3
                               USGS  Topographic Map Symbols
                                     A short video of earth from space
                            (Note: it may take about two minutes to download it)

Aug. 30                   Maps Topographic contd...    Aerial Photographs & Satellite Images
                             
Venice (What is the length of the Grand Canal?) Turn in your answer through WebCt vista

                              I would encourage you to bring a handlens to the next 4 Labs
Sept. 6                   Minerals                                                                               Chpt. 4

Sept. 13                 Minerals  contd....

Sept. 20                  Igneous Rocks                                                                      Chpt. 5

Sept. 27                  Sedimentary Rocks / Metamorphic Rocks                               Chpts 6 & 7

Oct. 4                     Weathering and Soils/ Make-up Lab                                      Chpt. 8
                                   weathering lab Georgia Perimeter College

Oct. 11         Streams                                                                                         Chpt. 9
      i) Identify the main drainage pattern in the central portion of this image and email your answer
            to me before 5:00 p.m. October 18.
      ii) Do this online stream exercise and send your certificate of completion to me by email before
            5 p.m. October 18.

Oct. 18                  Campus Trip... (Oct. 22) Serious hiking, so dress appropriately    (NO MAKE-UP)
             (Send your one-page Report of trip by noon the following day of the trip...through WebCT vista.
                               Any report sent through regular email will not be graded)

Oct. 25                               Ground water                                                           Chpts. 10 & 11
           (may use the well field on campus to measure pH, Temp, conductivity of both river and well waters)
  
Nov.  1                Glaciation                                                                                Chpt. 13
                              & Make-up (for labs 9-13 where possible)  

Nov.   8                    Arid-Climate Landscape                                                       Chpt. 14

Nov.  15                   Field Trip to Fox Island (Nov. 19)  ( NO MAKE UP)
                         (One-page Report of trip required by noon the following through WebCTvista email) 

Nov.  22           Thanksgiving Recess.................NO LAB

Nov  29             Structural Geology   (lab report will be required)                            Chpts 17
           Come with a pair of scissors, colored pencils/pens, and scotch tape for this lab
                                        Measuring Strike/Dip
                                    Virtual Geologic Tour of New Mexico.

Dec.  6               Reflections & Make-up (for labs 14 & 17 where possible )

questions? E-mail me
 

Check out this site: http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/jonesnw/problem.html

Updated August 23, 2004

Spring class Power Point Slides posted April, 29, 2004 (What to expect during fiel trips).