GEOLOGY 100 Planet Earth Spring Semester, 2007 Instructor: Michael A. Stewart, 250 Natural History Building Phone: 244-5025 Email: stewart1@uiuc.edu Office hours: Friday 1:00-2:30 pm by appointment Discussion Supervisor: Ann Long, 246 Natural History Building Telephone: 244-6172 Questions about Class? Email them to: geol100@hercules.geology.uiuc.edu TEXTS: Lecture: Marshak, Essentials of Geology (2 nd Edition), W. W. Norton & Co., New York. Discussion: Marshak, Long & Altaner, Planet Earth Discussion Guide (13 th Edition), Stipes Publishing, Champaign Geology 100 on Illinois Compass: You can access important information about the course -- the lecture, lab and exam schedule, exam review guides, etc. from the Compass page (https://compass.uiuc.edu/). You will need your NetID and password to login. Once you have logged on, look for Geol 100 page. Student Help for Compass: consult@uiuc.edu. Do not use Compass mail to communicate with Dr. Stewart. Instead, use the class email address above. Grades on Illinois Compass Student grades are available on Compass. Simply click on my grades while at the Geol 100 site. Check your scores regularly to ensure our records agree with yours and report any differences to your Discussion TA immediately. Class Schedule: Lecture Topic Reading M January 15 NO CLASS: MLK Day 1 Introduction, Uniformitarianism & Prelude: 1-7, 284 Science 2 Nebular Hypothesis, Formation of 8-21, 25-32 Moon, Earth Structure 3 Wegener and continental drift 35-44 4 Seafloor spreading, subduction, plate boundaries, hot spots & plate motion 45-76, 220-225 Tue. Feb. 6 th Exam I Lincoln Hall Theater 7-9 pm (material covered through M Feb 5 th ) 1
Lecture Topic Reading 6 Mineralogy: Definition & Properties 78-89 7 Igneous Rocks 95-100, 102-117 8 Weathering & Sedimentary Rocks 121-128, 131-149 9 Metamorphic Rocks 153-179 10 Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics 102-107, 180-203 Wed. March 7 th Exam II Lincoln Hall Theater 7-9 pm (material covered through M the 5 th ) 11 Earthquakes: mechanisms, location, magnitude, Faults, & Earth s Interior 206-246 March 17-25 SPRING BREAK 12 Crustal Deformation: Folds, Faulting and Mountains 13 Absolute Age & Age of the Earth, Relative Geologic Age & Fossils 248-270 273-280, 283-304 14 Mass Movement 364-387 15 Streams and Flooding 391-414 Wed. April 11 th Exam III Lincoln Hall Th 7-9 pm (material covered through M the 9 th ) 16 Groundwater: nature and use 450-467 17 Origin & Properties of Water 18 Glaciers and Ice Ages 493-522 19 Climate Change: Global Warming & Ozone Depletion 530-543 Final Exams Lect A (9 am): S May 5 th 8-11 am Lect B (noon): T May 8 th 7-10 pm 2
Lectures: There are two lecture sections. Section A meets at 9:00 am (M, W) and Section B meets at 12 (M, W). All lecture sections meet in Room 228 NHB, and follow the same schedule. Attend the section for which you are registered: There is limited space in the lecture hall. I strongly suggest you attend all lectures. Readings: I suggest you read the readings prior to the lectures. This will provide you with a foundation for the information presented in lecture. Exams: There are three exams (see above for date, time and location) and a final exam (final is given in the lecture hall at the time and date above). Check the syllabus for the exam dates and the material covered on the exams. Exams emphasize the material discussed in lecture and will include material from the discussion sections. Exams will include text readings that are directly relevant to lecture topics. (Occasionally, in class I may assign specific readings on topics not covered in lecture you will be responsible for these on exams). Exams are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. In compliance with university regulations one hour of class time will be canceled for each exam as follows: discussion will not meet during the first and last weeks of the semester (see discussion schedule below), and one lecture hour may be canceled during the semester by Dr. Stewart. Prior to each exam, Dr. Stewart will hold a one-hour question-and-answer session to help you prepare for the exam. The date, time, and place of each review session will be announced in class and posted on Compass. Plan in advance to review your notes prior to the session so you can ask questions about any material that you do not understand. Plan to attend the review sessions even if you feel comfortable with the material because questions will certainly arise that you have not considered. Bring your student ID to all exams. You will need it as identification when you hand in the exam. Conflict and make-up exams will be available only to those students having valid excuses -- personal travel, convenience, or "not being prepared" are not acceptable. If you want to request a conflict exam, please see Dr. Stewart at least one week before the scheduled exam. Be prepared to verify that you have a valid excuse. If you have a medical or family emergency immediately before an exam, please call Dr. Stewart as soon as possible (e-mails not accepted). A student who misses an exam for whatever reason must contact Dr. Stewart within one day after the scheduled exam. Failure to do so will result in a "0" for the exam. The University regulations on conflict final exams are described in the Academic Staff Handbook, and the Student Code Pertaining to Final Examinations accessible through the university webpages. If you believe that you have a conflict with the Final Exam, be sure to inform Dr. Stewart no later than April 23 rd. 3
Study hints in preparing for exams: Because exams emphasize material covered in lectures, it is very important that you attend lectures and take good notes. Taking good notes during class, re-writing your notes after class and reviewing them on a regular basis is the best way to absorb and "master" the material presented in lecture. Concentrate on topics in assigned text readings that are covered in lectures, and spend less time on topics that are mentioned briefly (or not at all) in lectures. The questions in the text readings and the summaries at the end of each chapter are useful in preparing for exams. Students who did well in previous semesters of Geology 100 sections were asked the "secret of their success." Here are their suggestions: 1. Attend all the Lectures. 2. Make sure to review all of the lecture notes. Try this in groups with your friends. 3. Make time for the readings. 4. Use the book to help clarify anything from the notes or questions that you do not understand. 5. Don't wait until the day before the exam to start reviewing. 6. Review text summary questions before the test. Course grading: Grades are based on the scores on homework, discussion assignments, the hour exams and the final exam. The corresponding percentages of your grade these constitute are listed below: Percent Home work 10 Discussion 25 Assignments Exam I 15 Exam II 15 Exam III 15 Final Exam 20 Total 100 (Extra Credit) 2 4
Discussion Sections: YOU MUST ATTEND DISCUSSION TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR IT!!! BRING YOUR DISCUSSION TEXT TO EACH DISCUSSION MEETING!!! READ BEFORE CLASS AND DISCUSSION!!! Discussions meet once each week beginning the week of January 22 nd. All discussion sessions meet in NHB 241. Almost all sections are full, so please attend your scheduled session. We will provide administrative information about discussion sessions during the first meeting. Special Needs: To obtain disability-related academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids, students with disabilities must contact the course instructor and the Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) as soon as possible. To contact DRES you may visit at 1207 S. Oak St., Champaign, call 333-4602 (V/TDD), or e-mail a message to disability@uiuc.edu. The DRES web site address is (http://www.disability.uiuc.edu/) 5
Geology 100 Discussion Schedule Spring 2007 Week Topic Chapter Jan. 16-19 No Discussions Jan. 23-26 Topographic maps I 1 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Topographic maps II 2 Feb. 6-9 Plate Tectonics 3 Feb. 13-16 An eye for minerals 4 Feb. 20-23 An eye for rocks 5 Feb. 27 - Mar. 2 Building stones 6 Mar. 6-9 Searching for earthquakes 7 Mar. 13-16 Geologic Maps 8 Mar. 20-23 Spring Break Mar. 27-30 The Rocks Below 9 Apr. 3-6 Fossils 10 Apr. 10-13 Floods 11 Apr. 17-20 Groundwater 12 Apr. 24-27 Our glaciated landscape 13 Geology100 Homework and Optional Extra Credit Due Dates Spring 2007 Homework Topic Page Due Date A Topographic Maps 95 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 B Topographic Profile 97 Feb. 6-9 C Plate Tectonics 99 Feb. 13-16 Extra Credit Hot Spots at Hawaii 101 Feb. 13-16 D Minerals 103 Feb. 20-23 Extra Credit Minerals 105 Feb. 20-23 E Rocks 107 Feb. 27 - Mar. 2 F Building Stones 111 Mar. 6-9 G Earthquakes 113 Mar. 13-16 H Geologic Maps 117 Mar. 27-30 Extra Credit Sequence of Events 119 Mar. 27-30 Extra Credit Oil and Geologic Structures 123 Apr. 3-6 I Fossils 127 Apr. 10-13 Extra Credit Fossils 129 Apr. 10-13 Extra Credit Flooding at St. Louis 131 Apr. 17-20 J Groundwater 133 Apr. 24-27 6