Calendar for Summer Quarter, 2011

Note: New material is being added and updated each week. Dates are subject to change.

All field trip handouts (except for the last week) are due on the first Thursday after the trip.

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Week
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
1

6/28
Introduction & Plate Tectonics

Lab: Plate Tectonics (See links to plate maps)

Intro and Plate Tectonic ppt

6/30
Common Minerals of the NW

Lab: Minerals
(See links to WA Mineral websites)

Minerals ppt

Minerals Review ppt

7/1
“Reading the Rocks” of Washington I (Igneous)

Lab: NW Rocks 1

Assignment A Due (pdf version of assignment)

Igneous Rock ppt

2

7/5
“Reading the Rocks” of Washington II (Sedimentary)

Lab: NW Rocks II

Sedimentary Rocks ppt

7/7
“Reading the Rocks” of Washington III (Metamorphic)

Lab: NW Rocks III

Metamorphic Rock ppt

7/8
Field Trip: Cougar Mountain (Field Methods)

 
3

7/12
Rock Wrap-Up and Cougar Mtn Review

Telling Time & the Geologic Time Scale

Geologic Time:
Relative Time ppt and Absolute Time ppt

Exam 1 Review ppt slide

7/14
Midterm 1

Sedimentary and Igneous Structures

Lab: Geologic Provinces of Washington

Assignment B Due (pdf version of assignment)

Ig/Sed Rock Structures ppt (previously posted on 7/7)

7/15
Field Trip: Cle Elum (11am-8pm) - Meet at the vans

Cougar Mtn Due

Project Proposal Due
(Email it to me if you are not on this trip)

4

7/19
Precambrian History of the Northwest & Belt Supergroup

Lab: Geologic Provinces of Washington (cont.)

Precambrian Basement Rock & Belt Supergroup ppt

7/21
Terranes: Okanogan Highlands & Methow Basin

Geologic Maps and Structures

Lab: Geologic Provinces of Washington (cont.)

Field Trip Worksheet(s) Due

Terranes / Okanogan / Methow ppt

 

7/22
Field Trip: Quartz Creek/Snoqualmie Pass

Ternary Diagram ppt - Animated ppt
5

7/26
Terranes: North Cascades & San Juan Islands

Lab 2: Geologic maps & Terranes I

Lab 2a - Maps and Structures ppt

7/28
Baja BC & Olympics Mtns

Lab 2: Geologic maps & Terranes II

Field Trip Worksheet(s) Due

North Cascades and San Juan Islands ppt

 

 

7/29
Field Trip: Discovery Park – Glaciers and Landslides

Project References Due
(Email it to me if you are not on this trip)

7/31 Columbia Plateau Field Trip (departs at 8 AM) - Meet at the vans
6

8/2
Cenozoic Plate Boundaries & Olympics Mtns

Lab 2: Geologic maps & Terranes II

Cenozoic Plates ppt

Olympic/Coast Mtns ppt

Exam 2 Review ppt slide

8/4
Columbia River Basalts and the Yellowstone Hot Spot

Challis Arc, Western Cascades and Tertiary Sediments

Midterm 2

Lab 2: Geologic maps & Terranes II

CRB/Yellowstone ppt

West Cascades ppt

8/5
Field Trip: Mt. Rainier Field Trip (8 am to 8 pm) - Meet at the vans

Field Trip Worksheet(s) Due
7

8/9
Modern Cascade Volcanism

Glaciation and Recent History of Washington

Lab 4: Metamorphic Rocks of the North Cascades

Field Trip Worksheet(s) Due

Exam 2 Final Take-Home Question Due

High Cascades ppt

Ice Age and Missoula Floods ppt

 

8/11
Final Presentation of Projects

Final Projects Due

Note: I would like to hold all the presentations on one day - to do this, we may need to go till later than 2:30.

8/12
No Class - This time will be made up via longer field trip and presentation days.

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Questions about the class or website: Contact the instructor, Rob Viens at rob.viens@bellevuecollege.edu

Tuesday, August 2, 2011