F05 Schedule for GEOL/METR 310

Course Schedule
Fall 2005

Dr. Dave Dempsey
Dr. Lisa White
Dept. of Geosciences, SFSU

The schedule of topics and assignments below is based initially on the schedule from Fall 2003 but is being revised for Fall 2005 as the semester progresses. Hence, don't take most items on the schedule a week or two beyond the current date too literally unless you get confirmation about them from the instructors.

Dates	Tuesday	Thursday	Week
Aug 23, 25		Introductions Attitude Assessment Syllabus and Schedule Cooperative Learning and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Reflective Journal assignment description Brief questionnaire Blackboard introduction Perceptual Learning Preferences Survey (diagnostic) Journal Entry #1 (Word document)	0
Aug 30, Sep 1	Due: Perceptual Learning Preferences Survey Due: Journal Entry #1 Permanent group assignments Ice-breaker; cooperative exercise (geoscience pre-assessment) Problem #1, Introduction: "Living on the Edge" (earthquakes) Problem #1, Stage 1: "Living on the Edge" Problem #1, Stage 1: learning issues Blackboard: "Tests" pre-class exercise demonstration Topographic maps (introduction) Your class/work schedules (due Thursday, 9/1) Reading Assignment #1: "Introduction to Topographic Maps" (CD) Pre-class Exercise #1: Topographic Maps	Due: Class/work schedules Geologic maps and geologic materials (introduction) Questions about Geologic Maps Geologic Maps of San Francisco	1
Sep 6, 8	Due: Pre-class Exercise #1 (Topographic Maps) Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Topographic Contour Mapping Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Topographic Profiles (with a Topographic Profile Template ([Word document])	Field Trip #1 Logistics: Sutro Heights Group ground rules (due Thurs., 9/15/05) Topographic profiles (cont'd) Geologic maps and materials (cont'd) Reading Assignment #2 Pre-class Exercise #2: Sutro Heights Journal Entry #2	2
Sep 13, 15	Blackboard: Discussion boards private groups and group names Some WWWeb Concepts Searching the WWWeb Field Trip #1: Sutro Heights Due: Pre-class Exercise #2 (Sutro Heights)	Due: Adoption of group ground rules Due: Journal Entry #2 Rock types (introduction) Reading Assignment #3 Pre-class Exercise #3: Introduction to Rocks	3
Sep 20, 22	Due: Pre-class Exercise #3 (Intro to Rocks) Rock types (continued) Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Classifying Rocks (with Rock Classification Note-Taking Template [Word document], Rock Classification Flow Chart, and Rock ID Tables [Word document]) Pre-class Exercise #4: Intro to Earthquakes	Due: Problem #1, Stage 1 Problem #1, Stage 2: "Living on the Edge" Problem #1, Stage2 learning issues Earthquakes (introduction) Reading Assignment #4: Earthquakes Drop deadline	4
Sep 27, 29	Due: Pre-class Exercise #4 (Intro to Earthquakes) Earthquakes (cont'd) In-class Activity, Part I: Regional and Global Earthquake Patterns In-class Activity, Part II: Global Distribution of Earthquakes and Volcanoes Take-home portion of Exam #1 Reading Assignment #5, Part I: "Theory of Plate Tectonics" (CD) Reading Assignment #5, Part II: "Theory of Plate Tectonics" (CD)	Exam #1	5
Oct 4, 6	Advice on Improving Problem #1, Stage 1 Reports In-Class Lab Exercise (for credit): Plate Tectonics and the Franciscan Complex	Due: Problem #1, Stage 2 Problem #1, Final Report: "Living on the Edge" Blackboard: Private groups and file exchanges Group time for Problem #1, Final Report	6
Oct 11, 13	Group time for Problem #1, Final Report Problem #2, Introduction: "Erosion at Ocean Beach: If You Can't Beat It, ..." (coastal erosion) Video Viewing Questions: "The Beach: A River of Sand" Reading Assignment #6, Part I: "Ocean Waves" (Bascom, 1959, Sci. Amer.) Reading Assignment #6, Part II: "Beaches" (Bascom, 1960, Sci. Amer.)	Video Viewing Questions: "Waves on Water" Exploration Activity: Wave Motions Peer Evaluation #1 Pre-class Exercise #5: Waves and Beaches	7
Oct 18, 20	Due: Problem #1, Final Report Due: Peer Evaluation #1 Group Processing: Peer feedback Problem #2, Stage 1: "Erosion at Ocean Beach" Exploration Activity: Local and Global Precipitation Patterns Exploration Activity: Global Cloud Patterns Cr/NC Deadline	Due: Pre-class Exercise #5 Clouds (cont'd)	8
Oct 25, 27	Field Trip #2 Logistics: Ocean Beach Clouds (cont'd) Atmospheric temperature profiles Electromagnetic radiation and weather-satellite images	Exam #2 Reading Assignment #7: Geologic history of Ocean Beach	9
Nov 1, 3	Problem #2: Ocean Beach Erosion (aerial photos) Problem #2, Stage 1: Draft Critique Assignment Field Trip #2: Ocean Beach	Exploration Activity: Global Temperature Patterns Fronts and midlatitude cyclones Geologic Time: Ocean Beach in context	10
Nov 8, 10	Group time: Map and beach profile construction for Problem #2, Stage 1: Ocean Beach	Draft of Problem #2, Stage 1 Due More group time for Ocean Beach map and beach profile construction Video Viewing Questions: "The Earth and the Sun: Solar Radiation"	11
Nov 15, 17	Critiques of Drafts of Problem #2, Stage 1 Due Exploration Activity: The Seasons Withdrawal deadline	Group time for Problem #2, Stage 1	12
Nov 22, 24	Problem #2, Stage 1 Due Problem #2, Final Report: Erosion at Ocean Beach Exploration Activity: Phases of the Moon	Thanksgiving	13
Nov 29, Dec 1	Exploration Activity: The Moon and the Tides Group time: Problem #2, Final Report (Ocean Beach)	Final Exam Problem Introduction: "Daly City's Dilemma" (landslides) Field Trip #3 Logistics: Daly City/Mussel Rock Landslides (introduction)	14
Dec 6, 8	Due: Problem #2, Final Report Field Trip #3: Daly City/Mussel Rock	Exam #3	15
Dec 13, 15		Final Exam (10:45 am -1:15 pm)	Finals

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