More coming soon. For now, just the slides.
07 December, 2016
05 December, 2016
Down To The Wire.
Today (12/5)
Chapter 11 - Fluvial Geomorphology
Wednesday (12/7)
Chapter 12 - Coastal Geomorphology and Final Exam Review.
Lab (earthquakes and volcanoes) and study guides (extra credit) due.
Monday (12/12)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Exam #3. Subtotals handed out.
Wednesday (12/14)
1 - 3 p.m.
Comprehensive Exam (optional).
Grade justifications due.
Final grades given out.
Chapter 11 - Fluvial Geomorphology
Wednesday (12/7)
Chapter 12 - Coastal Geomorphology and Final Exam Review.
Lab (earthquakes and volcanoes) and study guides (extra credit) due.
Monday (12/12)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Exam #3. Subtotals handed out.
Wednesday (12/14)
1 - 3 p.m.
Comprehensive Exam (optional).
Grade justifications due.
Final grades given out.
30 November, 2016
Rain, Rain, Rain. Weathering Happening in 3...2...1...
Holy smokes we managed to fit in a lot of activities while it poured rain, today: Exam #2, review of the graded exams, a lab, and a lecture. (If you weren't able to finish it in class, today's lab will be due during the review for Exam #3.) Thank you to those who stuck it out to the end. Here are the slides:
28 November, 2016
Volcanoes and Earthquakes: Perfect Metaphors For The Run-up To Finals Week
Today's lecture was filled with enough information to make your head explode. Or erupt. Or cause stress, strain, and a tension headache.
It took longer than planned to get these loaded onto the blog, as I felt some clarifications and additions to today's slides were needed (more examples and diagrams, a few edits of photos that were hidden, etc.). Please check out the slides, below, to see what's new and exciting.
While we weren't quite able to finish the last of the slides on earthquakes, I'm posting them here and will finish up the lecture after Exam #2 on Wednesday. We will also be working on lab materials in class and, hopefully, run quickly through a lecture on Weathering and Mass Wasting.
Thanks again for your fantastic questions and your enthusiasm. (If you're faking the latter, you've all got me well fooled, so keep up the great acting.) Don't forget to review some more before the exam. By now, you should all be very well prepared!
Have a great week, All.
It took longer than planned to get these loaded onto the blog, as I felt some clarifications and additions to today's slides were needed (more examples and diagrams, a few edits of photos that were hidden, etc.). Please check out the slides, below, to see what's new and exciting.
While we weren't quite able to finish the last of the slides on earthquakes, I'm posting them here and will finish up the lecture after Exam #2 on Wednesday. We will also be working on lab materials in class and, hopefully, run quickly through a lecture on Weathering and Mass Wasting.
Thanks again for your fantastic questions and your enthusiasm. (If you're faking the latter, you've all got me well fooled, so keep up the great acting.) Don't forget to review some more before the exam. By now, you should all be very well prepared!
Have a great week, All.
16 November, 2016
Geography Class Is My Happy Place, Thanks To You
REMINDERS:
- Review for Exam #2 is next week on Monday.
- Bring your most recent labs to check off, your completed study guides for extra credit, and your lecture notes to go over in class.
- Exam #2 is next week on Wednesday. Same scantron, same format. 60 questions, max.
I think we knocked it out of the park, today, folks. Thank you for your comments, your on-the-spot research, and your enthusiasm. Our classroom is officially my Happy Place, lately, thanks to all of you. 😊
Here's the Wikipedia entry on the Laurentian Abyss (also known as the Laurentian Fan), which Jack asked about today. It's approximately 3.7 mi (~19,685 ft) deep. For comparison, within the Mariana Trench, it is ~6.8 mi (~36,000 ft) to the bottom of the Challenger Deep (its lowest point); the Puerto Rico Trench is 5.2 miles (27,500 ft) deep; and the Java Trench is 4.4 miles (23,377 ft) deep, on average. The Laurentian Abyss also features in the Transformers movies and in the 1990 film, The Hunt for Red October (it is an abyssal plain, and so is identified on the bathymetric chart in this scene as the Laurentian Abyssal).
Also, apologies to Tristan: I wrote on the board the wrong name for the Reddit channel mentioned in class. It's this one, folks. Just a few posts in on the "New" page, I found this very cool set of photos from the aftermath of the recent New Zealand earthquake. When we get to the sections on earthquakes and uplift, you can bet I'll be referencing them!
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| Waipapa Bay before and after November 14, 2016 earthquake |
Finally, here are your slides. Have a great weekend!
15 November, 2016
The Lithosphere and A Pre-Turkey Day Exam
Yes, to answer your most pressing question, Exam #2 will be on Wednesday, November 23rd. It will cover Chapters 5 - 8 and half of Chapter 9 (through Plate Tectonics). I am happy to give you the exam early, but I will not give a make up.
Hmm...That reminds me of a story about three guys on a road trip right before a final exam...I'll share it with you in class. Once you hear the story, consider yourself warned!
Below are the slides from the first section of Chapter 9. We will have a lab on rocks and minerals as soon as I can get a hold of some samples.
Hmm...That reminds me of a story about three guys on a road trip right before a final exam...I'll share it with you in class. Once you hear the story, consider yourself warned!
Below are the slides from the first section of Chapter 9. We will have a lab on rocks and minerals as soon as I can get a hold of some samples.
13 November, 2016
Climate Change Is Bigger Than Any Election: BEFORE THE FLOOD
I encouraged you in class to talk about this film with others after we watched it. Here is the link to watch Before The Flood through the National Geographic Channel (it's no longer streaming for free, but you're all resourceful and media savvy, so I'll leave the rest to you). Don't forget what you've seen. Share what you know.
Climate Change is the biggest topic of our time. Nearly every issue discussed during this election cycle is impacted by these global resource changes; our very survival as a species depends on us taking action. As you are aware, because there is a lag time with regard to weather and climate, and because it's not a clear and immediate danger, it's difficult for many people to see the real impacts of our actions as modifiers of Earth on a massive scale.
Movies like this make it easier for everyone to see places and impacts that are not easily seen by the average person; tar sands operations in Canada and melting glaciers in Greenland aren't something we can all hop in a car and see during a one-day field trip. That doesn't change the fact that "Mordor" is more real today than J.R.R. Tolkien could ever have imagined. Keep talking about it and keep holding your elected officials' feet to its fires--we cannot afford complacency in the face of Big Business interests. It doesn't matter how rich the oil barons or their respective countries are--if there's no one to buy their gas or their oil, if the climate becomes unlivable, they won't stay rich for long. Everyone will suffer together.
Movies like this make it easier for everyone to see places and impacts that are not easily seen by the average person; tar sands operations in Canada and melting glaciers in Greenland aren't something we can all hop in a car and see during a one-day field trip. That doesn't change the fact that "Mordor" is more real today than J.R.R. Tolkien could ever have imagined. Keep talking about it and keep holding your elected officials' feet to its fires--we cannot afford complacency in the face of Big Business interests. It doesn't matter how rich the oil barons or their respective countries are--if there's no one to buy their gas or their oil, if the climate becomes unlivable, they won't stay rich for long. Everyone will suffer together.
Let's not go there.
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