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Instructor:
Instructor:
Prof.
Prof. Jack
Jack D.
D. Farmer
Farmer
jfarmer@asu.edu
jfarmer@asu.edu PSF-550
PSF-550 965-6748
965-6748
Office
Office hours:
hours: MWF
MWF 33 pm-4
pm-4 pm
pm
TA:
TA:
Aurora
Aurora Hinckley
Hinckley
(480)
(480) 965-5175
965-5175
email:
email: Aurora.Hinckley@asu.edu
Aurora.Hinckley@asu.edu
Office
Office &
& hours:
hours: Please
Please announce
announce in
in class
class
Website:
Website:
http://geology.asu.edu/jfarmer/
http://geology.asu.edu/jfarmer/g_stu_1.html
g_stu_1.html
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Today: Course Overview
http://geology.asu.edu/jfarmer/g_stu_1.html
Note: NO “www”!!!
GROUND RULES Read the textbook
- Cover-to-cover, see Syllabus on Web page
for weekly assignments
Attend lectures
- Hear topical overviews & ask questions
- Do in-class assignments & turn in & pick up HW
- Exams, quizzes & extra credit opportunities
In-class quizzes
- ~ Seven quizzes, each given after we complete a major
- Will be announced the class before
course organization
the hydrologic cycle
16. Unsafe ground: Landslides and other mass
movements
17. Streams and floods: The geology od
running water
18. Restless realm: Oceans and coasts
19. Hidden reserve: Groundwater
20. An envelope of gas: Earth’s atmosphere
and climate
21. Dry regions: The deserts of the world
22. Amazing ice: Glaciers and ice ages
23. Global change in the Earth system
Final Exam (May 14, 2:40PM -4:30 PM)
EXAMS & GRADING
Geology 101 Exams:
1. There will be three Exams.
-In class, 1-hour, 100 points each
-One for each major section of course
-See web page for more information
2. Review outline
-Will be handed out before exams
-Will provide a list of topics that will be covered
3. Final Exam
-Covers last section of course, but all exams
may call on basic concepts presented earlier.
4. In class quizzes
- Multiple choice, matching
- 10-15 minutes, 10-15 points
EXAMS & GRADING
MAKE-UP EXAMS
There are none! Exceptions include a health problem or
ASU sanctioned event, which will require written
confirmation from your doctor or a presiding ASU official.
Make-ups under these exceptions will be 1-hour oral
exams.
3. Geology songs/poems
Write a rap/poem/song that conveys geologic concepts
for that part of course
4. In-class demos
Devise a practical in-class demo for a specific topic
GOALS FOR GLG101
Hearing about it
Basic Concepts:
Scientific method
Observation
Hypothesis
Test
Scientific “certainty”
Paradigms and the nature of
scientific revolutions
Theory
Nature of scientific inquiry
Goals of science:
Scientific method
3) test hypothesis
4) accept/modify/reject
Nature of scientific inquiry
Theory
- predictive power
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Cryosphere
Solid Earth
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Blanket of gases surrounding the Earth
Atmosphere
Cryosphere
Icy portion of Earth’s crust
Glaciers
3 distinct divisions: