| Week |
Dates |
Topic for the week |
Reading |
Important to Note |
| 1 |
W Jan 16 |
Geologic Time |
Stanley Ch 1, 6
|
No lab this week |
| F Jan 18 |
| 2 |
M Jan 21 |
Rocks/Minerals/Rock Cycle |
Stanley Ch 2
|
No
class - MLK Day
Review lab of rocks & minerals (Levin and Smith Ch 18-20) |
| W Jan 23 |
| F Jan 25 |
| 3 |
M Jan 28 |
Fossils/Evolutionary Record |
Stanley Ch 3, 7
|
Lab:
Geologic Time (Levin and Smith Ch 7 and 8) |
| W Jan
30 |
| F Feb 1 |
| 4 |
M Feb 4 |
Sedimentary Environments |
Stanley Ch 4, 5
|
Lab:
Clastics and Carbonates (Levin and Smith Ch 1, 2, 3) |
| W Feb 6 |
|
| F Feb 8 |
EXAM 1 |
| 5 |
M Feb 11 |
Earth's Structure/Tectonics |
Stanley
Ch 8, 9 |
Lab: Environments of Deposition (Levin and
Smith Ch 4, 5) |
| W Feb 13 |
| F Feb 15 |
| 6 |
M Feb 18 |
Archean |
Stanley
Ch 11 |
Lab:
Fossils 1 (Levin and Smith Ch 10, 11)
Paper topics due this week |
| W Feb 20 |
| F Feb 22 |
| 7 |
M Feb 25 |
The Proterozoic |
Stanley
Ch 12 |
Lab: Fossils 2 (Levin and Smith, Ch
12, 13) |
| W Feb 27 |
| F Feb 29 |
| 8 |
M Mar 3 |
The Early Paleozoic |
Stanley Ch 13, 14
|
Lab: Grand Canyon (Levin and Smith Ch 8 and
9) |
| W Mar 5 |
|
| F Mar 7 |
EXAM 2 |
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|
| Mar 8-16 |
SPRING BREAK |
| |
|
| 9 |
M Mar 17 |
The Late Paleozoic |
Stanley
Ch 14, 15 |
Lab: Plate Tectonics (Levin and Smith Ch 5 and 6)
|
| W Mar 19 |
| F Mar 21 |
| 10 |
M Mar 24 |
Insects and Fish and Plants, Oh My!
It's the End of the World as We Know it |
Review Stanley 13-15 |
Lab: Maps (Levin and Smith Ch 14)
Paper outlines due this week |
| W Mar 26 |
| F Mar 28 |
| 11 |
M Mar 31 |
Early Mesozoic World
Field Trip - Rochester Gorge |
Stanley Ch 16
|
Lab: NYS 1 (Levin and Smith
Ch 15) |
| W Apr 2 |
|
F Apr 4
Sa Apr 5 |
|
| 12 |
M Apr 7 |
Late Mesozoic
Field Trip - Devonian of NY |
Stanley Ch 17
|
Lab: NYS 2 (Levin and Smith Ch 16)
EXAM 3 |
| W Apr 9 |
F Apr 11
Sa Apr 12 |
| 13 |
M Apr 14 |
Paleogene |
Stanley Ch 18
|
Lab:
Dinosaurs
(outside reading) Paper Rough draft due this week |
| W Apr 16 |
| F Apr 18 |
| 14 |
M Apr 21 |
Neogene |
Stanley Ch 19
|
Lab:
Paleogeography (outside reading) |
| W Apr 23 |
| F Apr 25 |
| 15 |
M Apr 28 |
A Changing World -
Walking with
Prehistoric Beasts |
Stanley Ch 20
|
Lab: Planetary Geology (outside
reading)
Papers Due Wed. |
| W Apr 30 |
| 16 |
R May 8 |
FINAL EXAM |
8:30
AM |
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