Tentative Schedule Date Topic Chapter Pages 27 Sept Introduction To Earth Science 104 1 1-9, Sept 29- Earth's place in the cosmos, internal structure 1 9-25 4 Oct History Of Astronomy , Celestial Motion, Earth-Moon System 21 610-633 6 Oct Overview of our Solar System, Inner Planets 22 634-648 11 Oct Outer Solar System, 22 648-664 13 Oct Light, Telescopes, Sun, Stars 23 665-686 18 Oct Stellar evolution, Galaxies 24 687-708 20 Oct Midterm Exam: 80 points (20% of your overall grade) BRING SCANTRON Covers the material listed above 25-Oct Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, Plate Divergence 7 192-205 27 Oct Plate Motion: Other Types, Evidence, Mechanisms 7 205-225 1 Nov Earthquakes, Seismology 8 227-240 3 Nov Earthquake Effects 8 240-255 8 Nov Minerals 2 26-49 10 Nov Rock Cycle, Igneous Rocks, Mineral Resources 3 50-62, 78-81 15 Nov Volcanoes 9 257-276 17 Nov Intrusive Processes, Plate Tectonics and Magma 9 276-295 22 Nov Rock Deformation 10 296-308 29 Nov Metamorphic Rocks, Mineral Resources 3 69-81 1 Dec Mountain Building 10 308-321 6-Dec 2 PM Class: Final Exam--Noon BRING SCANTRON 125 points (37.5% of your overall grade) Comprehensive: covers all course material 8-Dec 9:30 Class: Final Exam--8 AMEarth System Science I (ES 104) Syllabus—Fall 2011 Western Oregon University Natural Science Building, Room 101 Tu/Thur 9:30-10:50 AM or 2:00 to 3:20 PM Instructor: Karen Brown Office: Natural Science 213 Phone: (503) 838-8265 Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9:00 to 11:30 AM, or by appointment: arrange by email or phone. Email: [email protected] www.wou.edu/~brownk http://online.wou.edu When sending email, please use your class as the subject: i.e. “ES 104 9:30” Check moodle for notes, extra credit opportunities, keys, etc. 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 13th Ed., by Edward J. Tarbuck, et al., 2012, Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, New Jersey, ISBN-13 978-0-321-68850-7. (Recent older editions are acceptable: it is your responsibility to read the appropriate pages.) Grading: The following chart contains the points required for grades in this class YOU MUST PASS THE LABORATORY PORTION OF THIS COURSE WITH AT LEAST 60% TO PASS THIS CLASS!! 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 are having problems attending class, contact me as soon as practicable. 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 18 of the WOU 2011-12 Catalog for details.Points Percent Letter grade Plus and minus grades may be assigned at the instructor’s discretion 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 The points are distributed as follows: Lab: 25% of your overall grade 100 points Percent from lab instructor* Class activities 35 points total In class or in Moodle Homework 60 points total Due as indicated on assignments Midterm exam 80 points October 20 Final exam 125 points Dec. 8: 8:00 AM/, Dec. 6: NoonMOODLE as a resource for this class: http://online.wou.edu. I will post lecture slides, answers to class quizzes, homework assignments and keys, review questions, midterm key, etc. for your use. Notes, class activites (if you take them in Moodle) and your grade are in Moodle. If you have registered for this class, you should be automatically entered into the MOODLE roster for this class. If you add, it may take a few days. Assessments: 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. Class Activities: 35 points. Each day of the term, there will be in-class activities completed using the clickers. You will verify that you did them by entering your correct V00#. Incorrect V00# input receives half credit. If you cannot attend class due to personal circumstances, or you get half credit due to V00# error, you can complete these online in the Moodle system. You may want to take these, even if you were in class and got full points for class activities. It increases your familiarity with the material, and makes the activities available after they ‘close’, to use as study materials. See http://online.wou.edu to find the class. You should be included in the roster for Moodle by the first day of the term, or as soon as the registrar processes your add sheet. If not, see instructor for the enrollment key for ES 104 Brown 2011. The activities are worth 2 points each. Homework Assignments: 60 points. Periodically there will be homework assignments handed out in class. They will also be available in Moodle. Usually you will have 10 days to complete these homework assignments, from material presented in lecture, textbook reading, or light web research. These must be turned in on time to receive full credit, regardless of your personal schedule. You may scan and email completed assignments by the due date. These assignments will be graded, and are worth up to 20 points each. 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
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