Earth System Science I (ES 104) Syllabus—Fall 2008 Western Oregon University Natural Science Building, Room 101 Mon/Wed 3:00-4:20,or Tu/Thur 11:00 to 12:20 Instructor: Karen Brown Office: Natural Science 213 Phone: (503) 838-8265 Office Hours: Mon., Wed., 8:00 to 9:00 AM, 11:00 to Noon; Tuesday 8:00 to 9:00 AM, or by appointment www.wou.edu/~brownk Email: [email protected] Check website for notes, extra credit opportunities, answers, etc. When sending email, please reference your class in the subject: i.e. “ES 104 Lab, Friday 10 AM” Goal: Understand the character and formation of the Solar System; become familiar with the processes of the interior of Planet Earth, including plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanism; and investigate the properties of Earth materials. Textbook: Earth Science 12th Ed., by Edward J. Tarbuck and Frederick K. Lutgens, 2008, Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, New Jersey, ISBN 978-0-13-602007-3. (Recent older editions are acceptable: it is your responsibility to read the appropriate pages and do the correct review questions. There are hyperlinks to review questions in the online copy of this syllabus.) Grading: The following chart contains the points required for grades in this class The points are distributed as follows: *YOU MUST PASS THE LABORATORY PORTION OF THIS COURSE WITH AT LEAST 60% TO PASS THIS CLASS!! Assessments: Exams: 200 points. The exams will have a combination of question types: some multiple choice/matching, some true-or-false, some fill-in, some diagram identification or completion, and some short paragraph responses. You will need a scantron answer form for each exam. If you have an emergency situation on exam day, please have some written verification of your emergency, or use the proper University channels to communicate. If you have a previously-known personal conflict, please contact me ahead of time to make arrangements. Requests for early final exams must be approved by the Office of Student Affairs, or the Dean of Arts and Sciences, if Student Affairs is unable to accommodate you. Points Percent Letter grade 400-360 100-90% A 359-320 89.9-80% B 319-280 79.9-70% C 279-240 69.9-60% D Less than 240 Less than 60% F Plus and minus grades may be assigned at the instructor’s discretion Midterm exam 75 points October 22/23 Final exam 125 points Dec 8: 2 PM/ Dec 9: 10:00 AM In-class activities 40 points total Cannot be made up for any reason Review Questions 60 points total (30 points each) Due on Exam days Lab 100 points Percent from lab instructor*In-class activities: 40 points. Throughout the term, there will be a number of ‘in-class activities’. By the title of these, they are completed in class. I do not allow make-ups of ones you miss, but offer more than is necessary to gain the total points for these. They will be worth 4 points each. Review questions: 60 points. These are assigned for each chapter. These will be due on exam days, but work on the questions each week. Please purchase a LARGE ‘Blue Book’ (not the small blue book) to answer these questions. I suggest that you do not copy the questions, but answer in complete statements that include reference information to the question, in order to adequately communicate your understanding of the topic. Alternatively, you can copy the questions. If the review question bluebook is not self-supporting, you will not receive full credit for the answers. Please ask me to explain any questions you do not understand. I will be happy to discuss the answers to review questions any day before lecture begins. The review questions must be turned in ON-TIME to receive full points. Each review question set is worth 30 points toward your grade. Lab: 100 points. Your lab instructor will give me your percentage score in lab at the end of the term. Lab is 25% of your overall Earth Science grade; however, you must attain a passing score in lab to pass this class. Attendance in lab is extremely important. Be sure to get the lab manual from the WOU bookstore and bring it on the first day of lab, with the pre-lab activity for Lab 1 completed. If you are having problems attending class, contact me as soon as practicable. If you know ahead of time that you will not be in class for an exam, contact me before the exam to make some arrangements. If you miss an exam without prior notice, please have some written evidence of your emergency situation, or use the Office of Student Affairs to communicate. I am understanding, but need verification of each case. If you find yourself unable to complete this class, due to personal circumstances, you may request a grade report of ‘incomplete’. You must be passing when you request this; you must go through Office of Student Affairs to verify your situation; and you must sign a plan of completion with me. See page 24 of the WOU 2008-09 Catalog for details. Check my web site as a resource for classes: http://www.wou.edu/~brownk I will post lecture slides, answers to in-class activities and review questions, midterm key, etc. for your use. In addition, the online syllabus has hyperlinks to scanned copies of the review questions from the 12th edition of the textbook, so you have access to the proper questions. You will not receive full credit for doing the wrong questions from an older edition of the textbook. Use this circle as a pie chart to visualize how much each assessment worth toward your final grade: Total of pie chart=400 points Exams=200 points Lab=100 points In-class activities=40 points Review questions=60 points A list of reading and review questions, and tentative schedule of lecture topics is on the following page.Tentative Schedule Date Topic Chapter Pages Review questions--Set 1 29-30 Sept Introduction To Earth Science 104 1 1-9, 12-15, 22-25 Ch 1: 1, 2, 4, 7 1 9-12, 15-21, Ch 1: 9, 10, 13, 16, 6 Earth's place in the cosmos, internal structure Box 1.1 on 4-5 1-2 Oct History Of Astronomy 21 598-605 Ch 21: 2-4, 8, 11 6-7 Oct Celestial Motion, Earth-Moon System 21, 22 605-620, 629-632 Ch 21: 14-20; Ch 22: 4-6 8-9 Oct Planets of our Solar System 22 624-629, 632-643 Ch 22: 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 14-16, 19 13-14 Oct Minor member of Solar System, Light, Telescopes 22, 23 643-649, 652-665 Ch 22: 20-25; Ch 23: 1, 2, 7, 9, 11 15-16 Oct Sun, Stars 23, 24 665-672, 674-683 Ch 23: 18-24; Ch 24: 1, 2, 5-7 20-21 Oct Stellar evolution, Galaxies 24 684-697 Ch 24: 15, 17,
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