2012+1st+Trimester+HS+Geology

This course will provide an overview of some fundamental concepts in geology. There will be 1500 points available to students with 100 points earned each week of the class. The final 200 points will be awarded for the final in the course. I will update assignments each week with older assignments at the bottom of the page and newer assignments at the top. Tuesday Plate tectonics and earth history begin reading and taking notes []
 * Week 7 October 22 - 26**

http://education.usgs.gov/secondary.html

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html This text is the one I originally intended to add to the site.

Thursday Class discussion Monday Oct 15 - Idaho Geology - A Convergence of Wonders Wednesday Oct 17 - no class testing Friday Oct 19 - electronic access Do the written assignment for Idaho Geology - A Convergence of Wonders Tuesday Presentations
 * Week 6 October 15 - 19**
 * Week 5 October 8-12**

Thursday Presentations Monday - Work time on presentations Wednesday - Presentations made and video recorded Friday - Presentations made and video recorded
 * Week 4 October 1 - 5**

Tuesday - Gemstones presentation made Requirements for presentations discussed
 * Week 3 September 24 - 28**

Wednesday Dates of presentations scheduled - all on or before October 5 - ask your student when his or hers is due

Thursday - Vocabulary words from last week are due

Friday, return to the website and choose twenty-five vocabulary words that are new to you, define them and write a complete sentence to explain why each word is important to geologists.
 * Week 2 September 17 - 21**

Wednesday, Guest Speaker Retired Petrogeologist,

Monday, September 17 - finished Video, When Sleeping Giants Wake Discussion questions

[|Rock and Mineral Identification] Peruse the website and take notes and list questions and ideas for presenting to the class

Wednesday, September 19 - Guest Lecturer

Friday, September 21 -

Tuesday, September 11 - index card and brainstorming for course syllabus Thursday, September 13 - geology video and response
 * Week 1 September 10 - 14**