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Jan 22	Lab	Course Introduction; Online Assignment 1: Tools of the Geographer
Jan 23	Lec	Earth-Sun Relations
Jan 24	Lab	LECTURE: Earth-Sun Relations (~1 hour)
Jan 25	Lec	Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance
Jan 26	Lec	Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance

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Jan 29	Lab	Exercise 1. Earth-Sun Geometry and Insolation
Jan 30	Lec	Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance
Jan 31	Lab	Exercise 2. Radiation and Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface
Feb 01	Lec	Atmospheric Composition and Structure
Feb 02	Lec	Global Temperature Patterns

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FEB 05	Lab	LAB QUIZ 1; Video: Dimming the Sun
Feb 06	Lec	Atmospheric Pressure and Wind
Feb 078	Lab	Exercise 3. Atmospheric Temperature
Feb 08	Lec	Atmospheric Pressure and Wind
Feb 09	Lec	Global Circulation Patterns

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Feb 12	Lab	Exercise 4. Atmospheric Pressure, Circulation and Wind
Feb 13	Lec	Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle
Feb 14	Lab	Exercise 5. Water in the Atmosphere; Online Assignment 2: El Nino
Feb 15	Lec	Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle
Feb 16	Lec	Precipitation Processes and Patterns

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FEB 19	Lab	LAB QUIZ 2; Video: Hunt for the Supertwister
Feb 20	Lec	Precipitation Processes and Patterns
Feb 21	Lab	Exercise 6. Lapse Rates, Adiabatic Processes & Cloud Development
Feb 22	Lec	Global Climate Patterns
Feb 23	Lec	Global Climate Patterns

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Feb 26	Lab	Exercise 7. Mid-Latitude Weather & Weather Map Interpretation
Feb 27	Lec	Global Climate Patterns
FEB 28	Lab	EXAM 1 *** EXAM 1 (covers all material through Feb 27)
Mar 01	Lec	The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets Global Climate Patterns
Mar 02	Lec	The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets Global Climate Pattern

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Mar 05	Lab	Online Assignment 3: Global Warming; Video: Flood!
Mar 06	Lec	Soil Characteristics The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets
Mar 07	Lab	Exercise 9. Soil Water Budgets
Mar 08	Lec	Soil Characteristics
Mar 09	Lec	Soil Formation Soil Characteristics

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Mar 12	Lab	Exercise 10. Analysis of Soil Properties
Mar 13	Lec	Global Soil Patterns Soil Formation
MAR 14	Lab	LAB QUIZ 3
Mar 15	Lec	Global Soil Patterns
Mar 16	Lec	Global Soil Patterns

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*** *** SPRING BREAK *** ***

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Mar 26	Lab	LECTURE: Biogeographic Distribution Controls (~1 hour)
Mar 27	Lec	Ecosystems
Mar 28	Lab	Exercise 13. Bioclimatic Transects
Mar 29	Lec	Ecosystems
Mar 30	Lec	Global Biome Patterns

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Apr 02	Lab	Exercise 11. Climate, Net Primary Productivity & Decomposition
Apr 03	Lec	Global Biome Patterns
Apr 04	Lab	Exercise 14: Coincident Climates, Vegetation & Soils
Apr 05	Lec	Earth Structure & Composition
Apr 06	Lec	Earth Structure & Composition

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APR 09	Lab	EXAM 2 ** EXAM 2 Includes all material covered from Mar 01 through Apr 04
Apr 10	Lec	Plate Tectonics
Apr 11	Lab	Exercise 16. Minerals and Rocks
Apr 12	Lec	Plate Tectonics
Apr 13	Lec	Folded and Faulted Landforms

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Apr 16	Lab	Exercise 17. Introduction to Topographic Maps
Apr 17	Lec	Igneous Landforms
Apr 18	Lab	Video: In the Path of a Killer Volcano
Apr 19	Lec	Igneous Landforms
Apr 20	Lec	Mass Wasting

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APR 23	Lab	LAB QUIZ 4
Apr 24	Lec	Drainage Basins
Apr 25	Lab	18. Igneous Landforms
Apr 26	Lec	Fluvial Landforms
Apr 27	Lec	Fluvial Landforms

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Apr 30	Lec	Exercise 19. Drainage Basin Analysis
May 01	Lec	Glacial Landforms
May 02	Lab	Exercise 20. Fluvial Landforms
May 03	Lec	Glacial Landforms; Online Assignment 4: Ice Ages
May 04	Lec	Glacial Landforms

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MAY 07	Lab	LAB QUIZ 5; Video: Cracking the Ice Age
May 08	Lec	The Ice Age
May 09	Lab	Exercise 21. Glacial Landforms
May 10	Lec	The Ice Age
May 11	Lec	The Ice Age; Course Summary

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Includes all material covered from Apr 05 through May 11
Thursday, May 17
Science B338
2:45-4:45

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