The Geology of Iowa @ UNI - Chad Heinzel

 

 

Syllabus Spring 2016

Weekly investigations

Week 1 - Geology is...

Week 2 - GIS in Iowa is... In class handouts...

Week 3 - Iowa's Precambrian and Cambrian

Week 4 - Iowa's Ordovician

Week 5 - Iowa's Silurian

Week 6 - Iowa's Devonian

Week 7 - Iowa's Carboniferous

Week 8 - Iowa's Mesozoic

Week 9 - Iowa's Cenozoic

Week 10 - You need a break so go somewhere fun, not that our class is not fun :-)

Week 11 - Glacial Geology of Iowa (in class)

Week 12 - Iowa's landscapes and soils

Week 13 - Iowa's geologic resources (Bedrock)

Week 14 - Iowa's geologic resources (sediments, soil, water AND YOU!!!)

Week 15 - Field Geology in Iowa

Week 16 - Conference presentations

Week 17 - FINAL Exam Tuesday, May 3, 10-Noon

 

Handouts / Assistance

GIS "How-to-Handout"

You may find these GIS videos on this page helpful... AND this one too, IGEIN GIS Vid. vault...

Geology of Iowa Semseter Project (GISP :-)

 

Links

Geology

Iowa Geological Survey

 

United States Geological Survey

Earth Science Literacy

Science

Understanding Science

How Science Works (Grades 3-5)

Oceans

Ocean Literacy

NOAA - NODC = National Oceanographic Data Center

NOAA - El-Nino

Good Earth - Text slides

Slide show - Ocean heat transfer

Slide show - Tropical to Sub-Tropical circulation

Slide show - El - Nino