Course Calendar
Spring 2007 - 2008

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

21  No class

22  Introduction to Geog 101

23 Structure and Composition of the atmosphere

Purchase lab manual during class

24  Tools of the Geographer - Online No class

25 Energy, Radiation, and Earth - Sun Relations

28 Radiation & Energy Balance

Tools of the Geographer due midnight.

29 Lab manual exercise 1

30 Radiation & Energy Balance

 31 Video: Dimming the Sun

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1 Temperature Patterns 

4 Temperature Patterns  

5 Lab manual exercise 2

6 Atmospheric & Oceanic Circulation 

7 Lab manual exercise 3 

8 Atmospheric & Oceanic Circulation

11 Atmospheric & Oceanic Circulation

12  Lab manual exercise 4

13 Unit 1 Review

14  Video: Storm that Drowned a City Online activity, class does not meet. Due 2/20

15 Atmospheric Moisture

18   1-1 consultation - No Class

19 Unit 1 Exam

20  Atmospheric Moisture

Storm That Drowned a City Due

21  Lab Manual Exercise 5

22  Atmospheric Moisture

25  No class (Absent)

26 Lab manual exercise 6

27  Atmospheric Moisture

 28  Online Video "The Climate Puzzle"  - No class meeting

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

3 Weather Systems

Climate Video Puzzle Due

4  Lab manual exercise 7 - All

5   Climate

6 Lab manual exercise 8    - Only Parts 2 & 3

7 Climate

10 Climate

11 Unit 2 Review

12 1-1 consultation - No Class

13 Unit 2 Exam

14 Begin online sessions Online Work: Hydrosphere

17 Spring Break

18 Spring Break

19   Spring Break

20 Spring Break

21  Spring Break

24 Online Work: Hydrosphere

25  Video: Groundwater Due March 27

 26 Online Work: Hydrosphere

Hydrosphere Concept Review Due - See D2L

 27   Lab manual exercise 9 Due March 28

 28 Online Work: Biogeography

31 Online Work: Biogeography  

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1   Video: Biodiversity  (online)

Due April 3

 2 Online Work: Biogeography

Biogeography Concept Review Due - See D2L

3  Lab manual exercise 11 Due April 4

 4 Online Work: Soil Systems

7 Online Work: Soil Systems

8 Online lab: Soils

Due April 9

9 Online Work: Soil Systems

Soil Systems Concept Review Due - See D2L

10  Unit 3 Review Materials /Unit 3 Pretest - Online. Go to D2L Quizzes.

11 1-1 consultation - No Class

14  Unit 3 Exam - Online. Go to D2L Quizzes.







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15 Earth Materials

See course outline: Earth's Interior and Igneous Rocks

Due April 17

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16  Earth Materials

See course outline: Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks

Due April 17

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17 Plate Tectonics and Landforms 

Due 4/21

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18  Plate Tectonics and Landforms (Continued)

Due 4/21




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21 Return to in-class sessions

Volcanism

22  Lab manual exercise 16

23 Mass Movement

24 Lab manual exercise 17

25  Fluvial Systems

28 Fluvial Systems 

29 Lab manual exercise 19

30  Glacial Systems

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1  Lab manual exercise 20

2 Glacial Systems

 5   Arid Region Landforms - Online No class meeting

Due Midnight May 8

6 Lab manual exercise 21

  7 Arid Region Landforms - Online No class meeting

Due Midnight May 8

8 Review Unit 4 Exam

9 No class - individual help session

12  Final Exam Week

13 Final Exam Week

14 Final Exam Week

15 Final Exam Week

16 Final Exam Week