Course Outline: Spring 2014
Instructor: Dr. Tambra L. Eifert
Historical Geology: GL 103
Class Days: Mondays and Wednesdays
Stoffer Science Hall
Room: ST 118
Order
Topics
Date
Finished
Activity
1
Course Introduction
Introduction
2
A Biography of Earth
Lecture # 1
3
Movie: How The Earth Was Made
Movie # 1
4
Life and Evolution
Lecture # 2
5
Fossils Revealed
Lecture # 3
6
Lab # 1: Preservation of Fossils
Lab # 1
7
First Exam: Worth 200 points
Exam # 1
8
Geology of Kansas
Lecture # 4
9
Quiz - Geology of Kansas: Worth 50 points
Quiz
10
Precambrian: Beginning of Life
Lecture # 5
11
Cambrian: Explosion of Life
Lecture # 6
12
Paleozoic Era: Ancient Life
Lecture # 7
13
Lab # 2: Identifying Fossils
Lab # 2
14
Second Exam: Worth 200 points
Exam # 2
Date
Finished
Order Topics
Activity
15
Mesozoic Era, Dinosaurs, Pt. I
Lecture # 8
16
Mesozoic Era, Dinosaurs, Pt. II
Lecture # 9
17
Movie: Valley of the T-Rex
Movie # 2
18
Lab # 3: Dinosaurs
Lab # 3
19
Third Exam: Worth 200 points
Exam # 3
20
Pleistocene Epoch: The Ice Age
Lecture # 10
21
The Dawn of Early Man
Lecture # 11
22
Movies: Next of Kin/Mammoth Journey
Movies # 3 & 4
23
Trivia Challenge Day
Review Day
24
Final Exam: Worth 200 points
Exam # 4
Special Events
Free Day
Spring Break
Field Trip Day
Designated Dates
Student Learning Objectives Assessment: (30 points each)
Objective 1:
Preservation of Fossils
Objective 2:
Stratigraphic Analysis of Calhoun Bluff (Fieldwork)
Objective 3:
Rock and Fossil Identification
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