Earth Science Today GEOS 170 - Spring 13
Assignments
Color Maps (pdf files - require Adobe Acrobat) A) geochronology , B) seismology , C) volcanology , D) geography ,
- blank plate map (print 2 copies of this map for class)
Assignment 2 - Web Exercise - Volcanoes - print off this sheet, go to the required web sites, and answer the questions
Assignment 3- Web Exercise - become a virtual
seismologist=> click on this link Virtual
Earthquake from Geology
Labs On-Line at CSU-LA (click on the geology labs link if the virtual
seismologist link isn't working)
complete the exercise and turn in the certificate - due
Virtual Geochronologist Exercise=> virtual dating lab - complete the exercise and turn in the certificate
Assignment 4- lab exercise 3 =>
Hearing Into the Earth - done in class
Absolute Geologic Time Exercise - done in class
Assignment 5 - lab exercise 4 => Rocks & Fossils - done in class
IMPORTANT!!! - in order to complete the exercise, and have a complete fossil identification package - print all of the following - 10 fossil pictures , key to fossil groups , fossil groups - porifera ; cnidaria ; bryozoa ; brachiopods I & II ; mollusks = pelecypods , gastropods , cephalopods I & II ; arthropods ; and echinoderms
Assignment 6- web exercise 2- K-6 Teaching Resources and Activities Assignment - Done outside of class - due
Dinosaur Exercise => To be done in class
Assignment 7 - lab exercise 5 => Crater Size Experiment - to be done in class
Sun and Moon - Web assignment 3
Weather Log - Web Assignment 4 - for April 16 - 30, due April 30th
Assignment 8 - Earth Science Activity Demonstration - Done outside of class , brief summary of activity and names of the students in your group. Demostrations given in class .
Assignment 8 - lab exercise 6 => How wuch water can air hold - done in class