G100: GENERAL
GEOLOGY LABORATORY Spring Semester, 2012
Thursday 10:00 - 11:50 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Isiorho
Office: SB 225
Phone: 260-481-6249
E-mail: isiorho@ipfw.edu ....don't use this email for class related
matter (use Blackboard email)
Lab Assistant: Aaron Morse
Lab book: Geoscience Laboratory by Tom Freeman 5th Edition. Also need
hand lens.
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. Will
use your graded best six
lab reports (60%) You are required to write a one and one half
space-page report for each
field trip and to submit your report through the assignment drop box no
later than 5 pm when due.
The field trip reports (2) are worth 5% each. NO HARD COPY WILL BE
ACCEPTED.
Flood certificate (5%). Quizzes (20%) will be given at any time (during
lab) without notice.
NO MAKE UP FOR Quizzes.
Five-minute power point presented by each student on any relevant topic
of interest in the class (5%)
Students will choose any topic in the lab and prepare a five-minute
power point presentation at the
end of the course. Some 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)”
Check Blackboard for grades
Tentative Schedule:
DAY
TOPIC
CHAPTER
Jan.
12
Introduction
Chapter
00
A short video of earth from space (Note: it may take about
two minutes to download it)
Jan. 19
Maps Topographic Aerial Photographs &
Satellite
Chapter
2
I would encourage you to bring your hand lens to the next 4 Labs
Jan. 26
Minerals …. Possible
quiz
Chapter 3
Feb.
2
Igneous
Rocks
Chapter 4
Feb.
9
Sedimentary
Rocks
Chapter 5
Feb. 16
Metamorphic
Rocks
Chapter 6
Feb. 16 Rock garden
trip
Weathering
Chapter 7
Feb. 23
Glaciation (TA in
charge)
Chapter 14
March 1 Soils …. Sieve analysis and MAKE UP LAB ON
ROCKS
Mar. 8 Spring Break...
No lab
Mar. 15
Streams
(TA in
charge)
Chapter
11
i) Identify the main drainage pattern in the central portion of
this image and email
(through Blackboard) your answer to me before 5:00 p.m.... March
20
ii) Do this online stream exercise and send your certificate of
completion through the
assignment drop box before 5 p.m. March 20 (5%)
Mar. 22 Ground
water
Chapter
12
(may use the well field on campus to measure pH, Temp, conductivity of
both river and well water)
March 29 Campus Trips...Serious hiking,
so dress appropriately (NO MAKE-UP)
(Send your one-page Report of trip through assignment drop box by noon
April 5, 2012)
April 5
Arid-Climate
Landscape
Chapter 15
April 12 Structural
Geology (lab report will be
required)
Chapter
10
Come with a pair of scissors, colored pencils/pens, and scotch tape for
this
lab
Measuring
Strike/Dip
Virtual Geologic Tour of New Mexico.
Make-up (for labs 15 where possible)
April 19 A five-minute Student power point
presentation of a chosen topic to the class
April 26 Continuation of student presentation.
Updated Jan 6, 2012
4, 2004
Earthquake
video...12 minute-video National Geographic
Class Power Point Slides
posted April, 29, 2004.
Campus trip Video March 28, 2012
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