Course Outline: Spring 2014 Instructor: Dr. Tambra L. Eifert Historical Geology: GL 103 Class Days: Mondays and Wednesdays Stoffer Science Hall Room: ST 118 Order Topics Date Finished Activity 1 Course Introduction Introduction 2 A Biography of Earth Lecture # 1 3 Movie: How The Earth Was Made Movie # 1 4 Life and Evolution Lecture # 2 5 Fossils Revealed Lecture # 3 6 Lab # 1: Preservation of Fossils Lab # 1 7 First Exam: Worth 200 points Exam # 1 8 Geology of Kansas Lecture # 4 9 Quiz - Geology of Kansas: Worth 50 points Quiz 10 Precambrian: Beginning of Life Lecture # 5 11 Cambrian: Explosion of Life Lecture # 6 12 Paleozoic Era: Ancient Life Lecture # 7 13 Lab # 2: Identifying Fossils Lab # 2 14 Second Exam: Worth 200 points Exam # 2 Date Finished Order Topics Activity 15 Mesozoic Era, Dinosaurs, Pt. I Lecture # 8 16 Mesozoic Era, Dinosaurs, Pt. II Lecture # 9 17 Movie: Valley of the T-Rex Movie # 2 18 Lab # 3: Dinosaurs Lab # 3 19 Third Exam: Worth 200 points Exam # 3 20 Pleistocene Epoch: The Ice Age Lecture # 10 21 The Dawn of Early Man Lecture # 11 22 Movies: Next of Kin/Mammoth Journey Movies # 3 & 4 23 Trivia Challenge Day Review Day 24 Final Exam: Worth 200 points Exam # 4 Special Events Free Day Spring Break Field Trip Day Designated Dates Student Learning Objectives Assessment: (30 points each) Objective 1: Preservation of Fossils Objective 2: Stratigraphic Analysis of Calhoun Bluff (Fieldwork) Objective 3: Rock and Fossil Identification Copyright 2014: Geology for Today – geology4today.com. All rights reserved.