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ES 104: Earth System Science I Spring 2005 SYLLABUS Natural Science Building, Room 101 Tuesday and Thursday, at 12:30-1:50 Instructor: Karen Brown ES 104: 5 Credit HoursEmail: [email protected] Spring 2005Phone: (503) 838-8265 Web site: www.wou.edu/~brownk Office Hours: 10-Noon Tues./Thurs. Or by appointment. Office NS 213 Goal: Focus on the Solar System and the processes driven by the interior of Earth (including plate tectonics, an introduction to study of Earth materials and earthquakes and volcanism). Textbooks: Earth Science 10th Ed., by Edward J. Tarbuck and Frederick K. Lutgens, 2003, Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, New Jersey, ISBN 0-13-035390-6. (Older editions are acceptable: it is your responsibility to determine the appropriate reading assignment.) Supplemental Textbook Materials for ES 104/105/106 Pearson Publishing Custom edition for the Western Oregon University Earth Science Systems Sequence, ISBN 0-536-70739-1. Selections from: Chemistry for Changing Times, Ninth Ed., by J. W. Hill and D. K. Kolb, 2000; Conceptual Physics, Ninth Ed., by P. G. Hewitt, 2002; and The Earth System, by L. R. Kump, J. F, Kasting and R. G. Crane, 1999. We will only use Chapter 3, pages 45-58 (Chapter 18 of Conceptual Physics). Grading: Midterm 1 60 points April 19 Midterm 2 60 points May 12 Homework Assignments 8 points each (60 points total) Each Tuesday Final exam 120 points 10:00 AM, June 9 Lab 100 points Percent from lab instructor YOU MUST PASS THE LABORATORY PORTION OF THIS COURSE WITH AT LEAST 60% TO PASS THIS CLASS!! 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.)Review questions are assigned for each chapter. Please purchase a large ‘Blue Book’ to keep these assignments. Turn in the same Blue Book each Tuesday with review questions answered. You do not need to copy the questions, although you may. Please answer in complete sentences, in order to adequately communicate to me that you understand the topic. Late assignments can be turned in for half credit. Late assignments must be turned in prior to exam on the subject. 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 ahead of time to make some arrangements. If you miss an exam without prior notice, please have some written evidence of your emergency situation, or use the proper University channels to communicate. I am understanding, but need verification of each case. _______________________________________________________________________________ TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Date Topic Reading Assignment due Tuesday28-Mar Introduction to ES 1 1231-Mar Scientific method 13 16History of astronomy 548 5615-Apr Celestial motion 561 571 Intro: 2, 3, 127-Apr Inner solar system 574 58712-Apr Outer solar system 588 600 Ch 20: 2-4, 8, 11, 15-2014-Apr Wave motion--Supp. Text Mat. 45 58Sun 613 62019-Apr Exam Ch 21: 1-7, 11, 19, 2421-Apr Beyond solar system 622 64426-Apr Continental drift, div. bound. 190 205 Ch 22: 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 19-2428-Apr Conv. bound., motion 206 222 3-May Earthquakes 164 175 Ch 7: 1-5, 8-14, 18-215-May Earthquake effects 175 18810-May Video Ch 6: 1-11, 13, 14, 17-2012-May Exam17-May Minerals 18 36 no assignment19-May Rock cycle 38 4724-May Volcanoes 224 242 Ch 1: 1-4, 8-14; Ch 2: 1-526-May Igneous processes 243 25431-May Crustal deformation 258 268 Ch 8: 1-3, 9-12, 21,252-Jun Mountain building 269 2809-Jun Final exam: 10


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