Geology 306:

Earth Science Laboratory 

Instructor:  Terry J. Boroughs (American River College) Spring 2012

• 12:15 - 3:20 PM (Fridays) (Full Semester)

  (room 425) (LAB - 11184)

  • Syllabus (Spring 2012) 

   

Office Hours:  Tuesday and Thursday from 1:20 PM to 2:00 PM in room 424/425 (Updated: room 450)

• Textbook: Applications and Investigations in Earth Science, (7th Edition Only!!) by Tarbuck, Lutgens, and Pinzke.

• Textbook companion web site

Additional diagrams and/or links that may be of use:

• Various links for the Solar System

• Introduction to Geology

• Minerals

  • Chemistry Supplement: overheads  

• Igneous Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Geologic Dating/Time Diagrams

• Geologic Structures and Diagrams

• Earthquakes and Seismicity Diagrams  

• Plate Tectonics Diagrams  

• Landscapes Diagrams  

Assignments:

1. Metric System Lab

2. Patterns in the Solar System - Coming Soon!

All Students Spring 2012:

• Warning: Parking can will be really bad during the first few weeks of the semester, especially due to the construction taking place on and around campus, which takes up some of the parking spaces for equipment, and so on!  Be sure to arrive early, just in case, to find a parking space! 

• Warning:  There are a large number of people on the wait list for both Geology 305 and Geology 306!! If you do not come to the first day of class you may be dropped and you will lose your space to someone on the the wait list who does show up for class!

Geology 306 Students Spring 2012:

• First day of lab: Metrics Laboratory Assignment - You will need to bring a calculator that can handle very large and very small numbers, scientific notation, etc.

Check out these great links!  ;-)

• Astronomy Picture of the Day (Great pictures of the planets, stars, galaxies, etc. updated daily.)

• Earth Science Picture of the Day (Great pictures of phenomena relating to Geology, Geography, etc. updated daily.) 

• Deep Impact is a smash!

  • http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.htmll

• Huygens lands successfully on Titan, one of Saturn's more intriguing moons!  

  • NASA has updated its site with the latest photos from Titan, and the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn.  Click on the following link to get to this site: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html

• Check out the rover "Spirit" as it investigates the Martian Landscape via the following JPL/NASA website:

 http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html