Date and Lecture
| September 10 | Introduction: Building a planet chapter 1 |
| September 12 | Building a planet chapter 1 |
| September 14 | Plate tectonics: chapter 2 |
| September 17 | Plate tectonics: chapter 2 |
| September 19 | Plate tectonics: chapter 2, 14 |
| September 21 | Plate tectonics: chapter 2, 14 |
| September 24 | Plate tectonics: chapter 2, 14 |
| September 26 | Plate tectonics: chapter 2, 14 |
| September 28 | Volcanism |
| September 30 (Sunday) | Field trip to Taylors Falls |
| October 1 | Earthquakes and the Earth's interior |
| October 3 | Earthquakes and the Earth's interior |
| October 5 | Exam 1 |
| October 8 | Folds, Faults and Mountains |
| October 10 | Folds, Faults and Mountains |
| October 12 | Folds, Faults and Mountains |
| October 15 | Midterm Break (Geology field trip to the Black Hills, South Dakota Oct. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 |
| October 17 | Geology Field Trip to the Black Hills |
| October 19 | Geologic time |
| October 22 | Stream Erosion, Deposition |
| October 24 | Ground water uses and abuses |
| October 26 | Weathering |
| October 29 | Mass movement, River Systems |
| October 31 | Ground water uses and abuses |
| November 2 | Glaciers, Pleistocene Glaciation |
| November 5 | The Oceans, History of atmosphere, Handout |
| November 7 | Eolian system, Global climatic changes |
| November 9 | Exam 2 |
| November 12 | Project presentations |
| November 14 | Project presentations |
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