Spring 2009
Lab: T 1:00-5:00 in Mudd 66 and
Lab: Th 1:00-5:00 in the senior room
Contact information
Tuesday TAs: Kort Butler and Amanda Yourd
Thursday TAs: Sarah Crump and Stuart Sweeney Smith
If you have questions, send me an email or come find me in my office. You can also make an appointment, but first examine my weekly schedule to find a free slot.
TA office hours (you don't have to go to your labs' TAs - go to whichever fits your schedule):
TBA
Thursday May 21
Lab activity: projects
Tuesday May 19
Lab activity: projects
Upcoming deadlines:
Friday Week 8 - email me a pdf of your edited two-page summaries about local geology (any time before midnight is fine)
Tuesday Week 9 - bring a print-out of your two-page summary on your research project to lab
Thursday Week 9 - quiz about geology in lab (both local geology and other things that we have talked about)
Monday Week 10 - final copy of your two-page summary on your local research project emailed to me as a pdf by 4 pm.
Tuesday Week 10 - last class: group presentation about your research project
Thursday May 14
Lab activity: projects
Tuesday May 12
Lab activity: working on 2-page summaries and planning projects
Thursday May 7
Lab activity: plate tectonics
Reading: all of Chapter 3.
Bring your list of questions about plate tectonics to class next Tuesday.
Tuesday May 5
Lab activity: Working on your updated Geological Features of Northfield Area (while Sarah is in Michigan). I'd like each group to design your work in the style of your textbook, as a 2-page spread that should answer a question. Plan on filling an 11x17 piece of paper and please also keep in mind the following:
Define the question that you are answering with your group.
Decide on the appropriate figures, cartoons, and photos to help answer the question. (If you don't have the right photos now, you can go take them during another lab period.)
Create text that explains the figures.
Create a few other paragraphs of text.
What you bring to lab on Thursday should be a rough draft - it doesn't have to be done, but have a big piece of paper showing eventually what you're layout will look like (and you can tape on your text/figures/etc.) with your text and figures (so I can make comments).
Thursday April 30
Lab activity: reviewing faults, learning about glaciers, and revisiting Little Chicago quarry.
Reading: 14.1, 14.3-14.4, 14.8-14.16.
Tuesday April 28
Lab activity: Barn Bluff - geologic map and cross-section.
Reading: 8.1-8.4 and 8.15.
Thursday April 23
Lab activity: Introduction to the Cambrian - Red Wing.
Reading: sections 7.12-7.14.
More reading: read the Geologic features of the Northfield Area for Thursday. I recommend that you read it twice through. Then type up answers to these questions and bring them to class on Thursday.
Tuesday April 21
Lab activity: Cannon River Wilderness Park - geologic map and cross-section.
Thursday April 16
Lab activity: The Decorah and the mesas.
Reading: sections 9.5-9.7.
Quiz: there will be a quiz on rocks and minerals next Thursday.
Tuesday April 14
Lab activity: Measuring and expanding the local stratigraphy at Cannon Falls.
Reading: section 7.13
Thursday April 9
Lab activity: Measuring stratigraphic section between Sogn and Cathedral Bluff (plus your very first geologic cross-section).
Reading: Try these sections about sedimentary rocks: 7.3 - 7.11.
In case you forgot, here is a list of who is doing Geology in the News.
Tuesday April 7
Lab activity: Minerals, rocks, and a glimpse of geology in the Upper Arb.
Reading: I recommend the following sections: about minerals: 4.2/4.3/4.8/4.9; about rocks: 5.1/5.2//7.4/7.5/7.6/8.7. You should, of course, feel free to read these whole chapters if you would like - I just selected the sections specifically about mineral and rock identification.
Thursday April 2
Lab activity: Topographic maps of campus (due at start of Tuesday lab next week).
Reading: Still Chapter 2.
Tuesday March 31
Lab activity: Little Chicago quarry.
Reading: For this week, read all of Chapter 2 in Reynolds.
We will be going outside. Weather will sometimes play a role on whether we go out or not, but I'll try to let you know ahead of time either in class or by email. When we do, come to lab prepared as a geologist - this means that you might get dirty and wet. For each lab, you should bring:
pencil
colored pencils
ruler (preferably with a protractor)
field notebook
hand lens
water bottle (& snacks if you need them)
raincoat
hat and gloves
layered clothing (so you can adjust if it gets hot or cold)
jeans or pants that you don't mind getting dirty
sturdy shoes or boots that you don't mind getting dirty (absolutely no flip-flops)
Spring 2009