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Course
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Dr Balog's GOL-105 Class for Virginia Western Community College | 2013 Spring |
| Week | Lecture Notes | Homework Assignments | Additional references, review questions |
| 1. | Understanding Earth: A dynamic and Evolving Planet Read chapter 1. in the book |
Sustainable development, solar system Saving on home electricity activity
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Chapter 1,2 review question |
| 2. | Plate tectonics:
A Unifying Theory Read chapter 2. in the book |
Internet Exercise
3. Plate tectonics; Earthquakes, Volcanoes Intenet Exercise 4. Plate tectonics using Google Earth |
Chapter 1,2
review question
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| 3. | Minerals:
The building blocks of rocks Read chapter 3. in the book |
Internet Exercise
5. Minerals and your Health Minerals and their Usage 6. This is an internet exercise about the important minerals |
Great learning tool |
| 4. | Igneous rocks and intrusive igneous
activity
Read chapter 4. in the book |
Internet exercise7. Geothermal energy, igneous rocks |
Great
learning tool Igneous textures Minerals of igneous rocksreview questions |
| 4. | Volcanism and volcanoes Read chapter 5. in the book
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| 5. | Sedimentary Rocks Read chapter 6. in the book |
Internet exercise 8. |
Good web on
sedimentary rocks
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| 6. |
Metamorphism and Metamorphic rocks Read chapter 7. in the book
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Internet exercise 9. | Good web on metamorphic rocks |
| 7. |
Weathering and soil Read the first part of chapter 6 pg.140-153.
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Internet exercise 10. Weathering |
| 8. | Slope system Read Chapter 11 in the book
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Internet Exercise 11. | Ch 11. review questions |
| 9. | River systems Read Chapter 12 in the book. |
River flooding (internet exercise)12. | Ch 12. review questions |
| 10. | Groundwater systems Read Chapter 13 in the book |
Internet Exercise 14. | Ch 13. review questions |
| 11. |
Deformation, Mountain Building, and the continetns Read Chapter 10 in the book |
Ch 10. review questions |
| 12. | Earthquakes
Read Chapter 8 in the book |
Virtual Earthquakes (internet exercise)
15.
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Ch 8. review questions
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| 13. | Shoreline systems Read Chapter 15 in the book |
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Ch 15. review questions |
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