Geology 250 Earth and Space Systems (Section 003)
Meets Monday & Wednesday 6:30 pm Sims 201
For information regarding the class text book, reading assignments and grading policy please click on the Syllabus
Homework Assignments: Homework #1.pdf, Homework #2.pdf, Homework #3.pdf, Homework #4.pdf, Homework #5.pdf, Homework #6.pdf
SC Science Academic Standards - November 2005 and Common Core Standards for Mathematics for your Laboratory Notebook and Lesson Plans
Lecture Notes/Powerpoint Presentations (subject to change):
NOTE some topics covered in lecture or in the book are not available on Powerpoint slides. You will still be responsible for that material during the tests. Take NOTES!
Climate Presentation: You will be assigned a partner. Each pair will investigate prepare and present a short presentation on the climate at an assigned global location. Your presentation will include a poster on a letter sized file folder and an in class presentation (you may use visuals for your presentation). The work product will be worth up to 25 points of your lecture grade. Climate presentation rubric.pdf
Mineral Presentation: You
will be assigned a partner. Each pair
will investigate prepare and present a short presentation on the climate at an
assigned global location. Your
presentation will include a poster on a letter sized file folder and an in
class presentation (you may use visuals for your presentation). The work product will be worth up to 25
points of your lecture grade. Mineral
presentation rubric.pdf
Lecture Paper: You will prepare a paper or other research based work product that will be worth 100 points. There are several options available. Please read through the requirements for each carefully. If you have any questions, please check with me, for approval. The requirements and options are on the Research Topic Rubric.pdf
Final Study Guide – The Final will be cumulative covering all topics presented. The following topics are likely to appear on the final. With the exception of the Time Line, which will be assigned ahead of the Final, questions will be multiple choice, short sentence, Cloze, and True/False. The approximate weight for each section is provided.