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Earth System Science I Lab (ES 104 L) Syllabus—Fall 2010 Western Oregon University Instructor: Karen Brown Office: Natural Science 213Phone: (503) 838-8265 Office Hours: Mon., Wed., 8:30 to 9:30 AMwww.wou.edu/~brownk Email: [email protected] Tues.- Thurs 8:30 to 10:00 AM or by appointmentWhen sending email, please reference this class in the subject of the email: i.e. “ES 104 Lab, Friday 10 AM” 0 Credit Hours—Your grade in ES 104 lab will comprise 25% of your ES 104 course grade, assigned by your lecture instructor. I will report your lab grade as a percentage to your lecture instructor, to be included as part of your lecture grade. You will NOT receive a passing grade in ES 104 if you do not achieve at least 60% in lab. Earth System Science I Laboratory meets (circle yours, cross out the others) Monday Wednesday 2:00-3:50 1:00-2:50 You need to attend at THIS time, unless you have unusual circumstances and have approval from both instructors to attend at another time!! If you attend another instructor’s class, have that instructor sign the lab report to verify that you were there, and turn it in to me as soon as you have completed the class activities. It is due on the day you complete it. Do not turn it in to the other instructor. Do not keep it until the next week. If you will regularly attend the other class, please be on the other roll sheet, not this one. 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. Textbooks and materials: Earth System Science I (ES 104), Lab Manual, Available at WOU Bookstore. You must have an unused copy of the lab manual. Bring entire manual to each class. Earth Science 12th Ed., by Edward J. Tarbuck, et al., 2008, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, ISBN 978-0-13-602007-3. Bring this to each class. Scientific calculator (that can calculate trig functions). Bring this to each class. Grading: Your grade will be reported to your lecture instructor as a percentage, to be included with your scores for lecture assessments by your lecture instructor. There are a total of 100 points available in this lab: seven lab exercises worth 10 points each, and one quiz for 30 points. Prelab homework: Please read through the lab exercise before coming to class. Each lab exercise has pre-lab questions. These need to be turned in at the beginning of class. The purpose of these questions is to introduce the topic to you before coming to class. Each set of pre-lab questions will be worth 2 points (14 points total). Lab activities: We will have a short introduction to the lab activities for the day. Lab reports will be turned in at the end of the period. Each lab activity report will have a value of 6 points for the activities (42 points total). Post lab: The post lab may be required to be turned in during lab or may be assigned as homework. These are worth 2 points each (14 points total).ES 104: Earth System Science I Lab—Fall 2010 There will be no credit for late work in this class. Correct answers to the lab exercises and pre-labs will be posted on MOODLE by Monday morning of the week you receive your graded lab. Be sure to check your lab against this key when your paper is returned to you. Some of your errors may not be marked wrong. You are encouraged to work in lab-groups on the lab exercises. You may learn more by helping your lab partners. If you are the recipient of help, be sure you understand the problem and the solution/answer, so you can do similar problems on the practical quiz at the end of the term. Practical quiz: There will be a practical quiz at the end of the term. The date is the last lab class day of the term, not during finals week. The quiz will include material from all of the labs completed during the term. It will be comprehensive. The quiz problems will be like questions and activities done on the lab exercises. You will be able to use your lab notebook as reference during the quiz, so be sure to bring your notebook on quiz day. Be sure you go to the web page for my ES 104 lab to correct your labs with the right responses to the questions. If you missed a lab, fill out the activities from the website key. You may not use printed keys or share lab reports for the lab quiz; only your own handwritten work is allowed. You must take this quiz, not another instructor’s quiz. If you are not here for your quiz day, have written verification of your emergency situation when you ask for consideration to make up the quiz. The practical quiz will be an individual effort, without the assistance of your lab partners. It is worth 30 points. Tentative Schedule Week Date Lab Topic 1 No lab—Lab starts week 2 of classes for ES 100 2 Oct 4-7 Lab 1: Models and Systems 3 Oct. 11-14 Lab 2: Investigating the Solar System 4 Oct. 18-21 Lab 3: Light and Waves 5 Oct 25-28 Lab 4: Introduction to Plate Tectonics 6 Nov. 1-4 Lab 5: Earthquakes 7 Nov. 8-11 Lab 6: Minerals 8 Nov. 15-18 Lab 7: Igneous Rocks 9 Nov. 22-24 Make-up Opportunity 10 Nov.29- Dec. 2 Lab Quiz—Bring scantron and complete lab notebook. Deadline for makeup labs is quiz day. 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 the quiz, contact me before the quiz to make some arrangements. If you miss the quiz 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 20 of the WOU 2010-11 Catalog for details.Below is some collected information from Western Oregon University Catalog, 2010-2011. These are included here because they are important to your success in this class. Each excerpt is noted with the page on which it appears in the catalog. Fall term Calendar Classes begin Monday, September 27 Fee payment & add/drop begin Monday, September 27 Last day to pay fees without penalty Friday, September 24


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