In-Class Activities for GEOL/METR 309: Investigating Land, Sea, and Air Interactions

GEOL/METR 309: Investigating
Land, Sea and Air Interactions
Fall 2005

In-Class Activities

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

DATE TITLE or DESCRIPTION

Nov. 29
(Tues)

Exploration Activity: The Moon and the Tides

Nov. 22
(Tues)

Exploration Activity: Phases of the Moon

Nov. 15
(Tues)

Exploration Activity: The Seasons

Nov. 3
(Thurs)

Exploration Activity: Global Temperature Patterns

Oct. 18
(Tues)

Exploration Activity: Local and Global Precipitation Patterns

Exploration Activity: Global Cloud Patterns

Oct. 13
(Thurs)

Exploration Activity: Wave Motions

Oct. 4
(Tues)

For-Credit In-Class Lab Exercise: Plate Tectonics and the Franciscan Complex [Microsoft Word document]

"How it looked in the Mesozoic Era" (color diagram, PDF file)

Map of the Pacific Ocean about 100 million years ago (PDF file)

Map of the Pacific Ocean about 20 million years ago (PDF file)

Three Quicktime movie animations (warning: these are large, ~ 20MB each!):

80 million years of evolution of tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean

40 million years of evolution of tectonic plates in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Idealized ocean/contintental convergent plate boundary (subduction)

Sept 27
(Tues)

In-Class Exercise, Part I: Regional and Global Patterns of Earthquakes

In-Class Exercise, Part II: Global Patterns of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Sept 20
(Tues)

A Simplified Rock Cycle

Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Classifying Rocks, with

Rock Classification Note-Taking Template [Microsoft Word document];

Rock Classification Flow Chart; and

Rock ID Tables [Word document]

Sept 13
(Tues)

Some WWWeb Concepts

Searching the WWWeb

Sept 6
(Tues)

Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Topographic Contour Mapping

Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Topographic Profiles
(with a Topographic Profile Template ([Word document])

Sept 1
(Thurs)

Questions about Geologic Maps

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DATE	TITLE or DESCRIPTION
Nov. 29 (Tues)	Exploration Activity: The Moon and the Tides
Nov. 22 (Tues)	Exploration Activity: Phases of the Moon
Nov. 15 (Tues)	Exploration Activity: The Seasons
Nov. 3 (Thurs)	Exploration Activity: Global Temperature Patterns
Oct. 18 (Tues)	Exploration Activity: Local and Global Precipitation Patterns Exploration Activity: Global Cloud Patterns
Oct. 13 (Thurs)	Exploration Activity: Wave Motions
Oct. 4 (Tues)	For-Credit In-Class Lab Exercise: Plate Tectonics and the Franciscan Complex [Microsoft Word document] "How it looked in the Mesozoic Era" (color diagram, PDF file) Map of the Pacific Ocean about 100 million years ago (PDF file) Map of the Pacific Ocean about 20 million years ago (PDF file) Three Quicktime movie animations (warning: these are large, ~ 20MB each!): 80 million years of evolution of tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean 40 million years of evolution of tectonic plates in the eastern Pacific Ocean Idealized ocean/contintental convergent plate boundary (subduction)
Sept 27 (Tues)	In-Class Exercise, Part I: Regional and Global Patterns of Earthquakes In-Class Exercise, Part II: Global Patterns of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Sept 20 (Tues)	A Simplified Rock Cycle Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Classifying Rocks, with Rock Classification Note-Taking Template [Microsoft Word document]; Rock Classification Flow Chart; and Rock ID Tables [Word document]
Sept 13 (Tues)	Some WWWeb Concepts Searching the WWWeb
Sept 6 (Tues)	Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Topographic Contour Mapping Hands-on Jigsaw Activity: Topographic Profiles (with a Topographic Profile Template ([Word document])
Sept 1 (Thurs)	Questions about Geologic Maps