Week

Date

Chapter

Topic

1

24 Aug

Chapter 1

Building a Planet

26

Chapter 2

Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory

2

31

Chapter 3

Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks

2 Sept

continued

continued

3

7

Chapter 4

Rocks:  Records of Geologic Processes

9

Chapter 5

Igneous Rocks:  Solids from Melts

4

14

Exam #1

Exam #1 - Chs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

16

Chapter 6

Volcanism

5

21

Chapter 7

Weathering & Erosion

23

Chapter 8

Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

6

28

Chapter 9

Metamorphic Rocks

30

Chapter 10

The Rock Record and the Geologic Time Scale

7

5 Oct

continued

continued

7

Chapter 11

Folds, Faults, and Other Records of Rock Deformation

8

12

Exam#2

Exam#2 - Chs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

14

Chapter 19

Earthquakes

9

19

Chapter 20

Evolution of the Continents

21

Chapter 21

Exploring Earth's Interior

10

26

Chapter 12

Mass Wasting

28

Chapter 13

The Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater

11

2 Nov

continued

continued

4

Exam #3

Exam #3 – Chs 11, 19, 20, 21, 12, 13

12

9

Chapter 14

Streams: Transport to the Oceans

11

Veteran’s Day

No class

13

16

Chapter 15

Winds and Deserts

18

Chapter 17

Earth Beneath the Oceans

14

23

Chapter 18

Landscapes:  Tectonic and Climate Interaction

25

Thanksgiving

No class

15

30

Chapter 22

Energy and Material Resources from the Earth

2 Dec

Chapter 23

Earth Systems, Cycles, and Human Impacts

16

7

continued

continued

Final Exam

9 Dec

Thurs

Exam #4

12:20-2:10 PM

Final Exam (Exam #4) - Chs.  14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23