GEOL 429
FIELD GEOLOGY FOR
EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS

Course Syllabus for Fall 2000
W 6:00 - 8:40 PM
309 Davis Hall

Assistant Professor Mark P. Fischer

 Date

 Class Topics, Field Trips, Presentations
 W 8/30  Introductions, Objectives, Policies, Group Assignments, Syllabus, Basic Field Trip Design
 Sat 9/2

 - Labor Day Holiday Weekend-
 Sun 9/3

  - Labor Day Holiday Weekend-
 W 9/6  Project Guidelines & Assessment Procedures All Field Trip Topics Due
 Sat 9/9 .
 Sun 9/10  Field Trip - Rock River Country near Dixon and Oregon, IL
 W 9/13  Technology Seminar: Constructing Web Pages, Graphics Applications, Internet Use
 Sat 9/16  
 Sun 9/17 .
 W 9/20  Lesson Plan and Exercises from Rock River Country field trip
 Sat 9/23  
 Sun 9/24  
 W 9/27  Presentation: Precambrian History of the Mid-continent
 Sat 9/30  
 Sun 10/1  
 W 10/4  Field Trip - DeKalb Sanitary District (Meet at Sanitary Plant on Hollister at 5:00 PM)
 Sat 10/7  
 Sun 10/8  Field Trip - Student Trip 1
 W 10/11  Presentation of Trip 1 Lesson Plans and Exercises
 Sat 10/14  
 Sun 10/15  Field Trip - Student Trip 2
 W 10/18  Presentation of Trip 2 Lesson Plans and Exercises
 Sat 10/21  
 Sun 10/22  Field Trip - Student Trip 3
 W 10/25  Presentation of Trip 3 Lesson Plans and Exercises
 Sat 10/28  
 Sun 10/29  
 W 11/1  Student Presentations 1 & 2
 Sat 11/4  
 Sun 11/5  
 W 11/8  Student Presentations 3 & 4
 Sat 11/11  
 Sun 11/12  
 W 11/15

 - no class, Fischer attending Geological Society of America Conference -
 Sat 11/18  
 Sun 11/19  All Web Pages Due Before Thanksgiving Break
 W 11/22

 - Thanksgiving Break -
 Sat 11/25

 - Thanksgiving Break -
 Sun 11/26

 - Thanksgiving Break -
 W 11/29 Student Presentations 5  & 6
 Sat 12/2 .
 Sun 12/3 .
 W 12/6  Catch-up, recapitulate and assess the course

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