Physical Geology - Grants Pass High School

Mike Strickler, Instructor

This page should give you a fairly good idea of what we will be doing in class on a day-to-day basis. This is only a general guideline - there will be changes as we adjust to the reality of what actually happens. Expect what you see!

Updated: 1 / 13 / 02 at 10:00 a.m.

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Week of: 9/3/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Labor Day No School	First Day of Class Orientation Student Survey	Introduction to the Earth Sciences Glacier Point slide set	Introduction to the Earth Sciences	Introduction to Physical Geology

Week of: 9/10/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Introduction to Physical Geology	Introduction to Geologic Time Time Line Lab	Introduction to Geologic Time Time Line Lab	Introduction to Geologic Time Time Line Lab	Introduction to Geologic Time Time Line Lab

Week of: 9/17/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Introduction to Geologic Time Time Lines due	Test: Introduction to the earth and geologic time	Closure Overview of minerals and rocks Introduction to Stuff	Minerals Introduction to Minerals Properties of Minerals	Minerals Read: 3-1 p.60-67; Do: Sec. Rev. #1-4 Read: pg. 68-72 Do: S.G. #14

Week of: 9/24/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Minerals Mineral ID Tests	Minerals Mineral ID Tests Mineral ID Lab	Minerals Misc Tests Mineral ID Lab	Minerals Silicates and Feldspar Mineral ID Lab	Economic Minerals: The Sulfides Mineral Identification Lab due EOP Geology Van Trip

Week of: 10/1/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Review: Minerals	Test: Minerals Read: Ch.4, pg. 90-94 Do: S.G. #18 Due: Wednesday	Closure on Minerals Introduction to Rocks The Rock Cycle Intro to Igneous Rocks	Igneous Rocks Texture Intrusive and extrusive environments Texture Lab: due EOP	Igneous Rocks Composition Mafic vs. felsic Bowen's Reaction Series

Week of: 10/8/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Igneous Rocks Classification Igneous Rock ID lab	Igneous Rocks Igneous Rock ID lab Due E.O.P.	Igneous Rocks Review Lab Video: "Igneous Rocks" (E.R. series, 26 min.)	Quiz: magma and igneous rock	Inservice No school

Week of: 10/15/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Closure: magma and igneous rocks Introduction to Sedimentary rocks	Sedimentary rocks Materials, Transportation, and Lithification	Sedimentary rocks Film: "Sed. Rocks" (E.R. series, 26 min.)	Sedimentary rocks Depositional Environments Sed. Rock ID	Sedimentary rocks ID due EOP

Week of: 10/22/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Closure: Sed. Rocks Introduction to Metamorphic Rocks	Metamorphic Rocks Film: "Meta. Rocks" (E.R. series, 26 min.) Geology Field Trip	Metamorphic Rocks Meta. Rock ID	Metamorphic Rocks ID due EOP	Review - Earth Materials

Week of: 10/29/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Test - Earth Materials	Closure: Materials Introduction to Tectonics Beginnings Read: pg. 336-9 Do: Reinf. #54 Due: Tomorrow	Differentiation and the Internal Structure of the Earth "The Heat Within" w/film notes	Differentiation and the Internal Structure of the Earth The Brittle-Ductile Transition Zone End of the First Quarter	Clerical Day No classes

Week of: 11/5/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Welcome back Continental Drift "Birth of a Theory" w/VSG	Plate Tectonics and Plate Margins	Plate Tectonics and Plate Margins Faults and Folds	Earthquakes and the Richter Scale Evening Conferences	Morning Conferences No Classes

Week of: 11/12/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Veteran's Day No Classes	Film: The Great Quakes	The Cascadia Subduction Zone Introduction and form groups	The Cascadia Subduction Zone Group work	The Cascadia Subduction Zone Group work

Week of: 11/19/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
The Cascadia Subduction Zone Class Discussion	The Cascadia Subduction Zone Class Discussion	Test Tectonics and Earthquakes	Thanksgiving No Classes	Thanksgiving No Classes

Week of: 11/26/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Closure: Tectonics Introduction to Volcanoes	Volcanoes Classification	Volcanoes Mafic Volcanoes Video: Volcanism (ER) w/VSG Applied Physics Field Trip	Volcanoes Mafic Volcanoes LaserDisc clips Video: Inside Hawaiian Volcanoes	Volcanoes Mafic Volcanoes Volcano: Path of Destruction

Week of: 12/3/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Volcanoes Intermediate Volcanoes (kaBoom)	Volcanoes Intermediate Volcanoes Dante's Peak	Volcanoes Intermediate Volcanoes Dante's Peak	Volcanoes Intermediate Volcanoes Dante's Peak	Volcanoes Intermediate Volcanoes Dante's Peak

Week of: 12/10/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Volcanoes Intermediate Volcanoes Mt. St Helen's slide set	Volcanoes Intermediate Volcanoes Crater Lake slide set	Volcanoes Intermediate Volcanoes Slides	Video Geology Van Trip	Volcanoes Introduction to Felsic Volcanoes ( kaBoom2 )

Week of: 12/17/01

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Volcanoes Felsic Volcanoes Domes and Obsidian	Volcanoes Geothermal Slides	Volcanoes Review	Test Volcanoes	Closure Beginning of Christmas Break

Week of: 1/7/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Introduction to Historical Geology The Rules Vocabulary: Historical	Absolute vs. Relative Age Dating Relative Dating Lab	Relative Dating Lab Due EOP	Introduction to Paleontology Slide show	Film: The John Day Fossil Beds (FK2499) w/ VSG

Week of: 1/14/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Geologic Time Video: Evolution Thru Time w/VSG	Jurassic Park	Jurassic Park	Jurassic Park	Review

Week of: 1/21/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Martin Luther King Day No Classes	Mineral and Rock Review	Finals	Finals End of 1st Semester	Clerical Day No school

 

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