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Introduction to Geology @ UNI - Dr. Heinzel Spring 2021 - Under Development 

Opportunity- University of Northern Iowa Sustainability Certificate  

Final Exam, May

Learning guides Guide #1 , Guide #2 (Everything since test 1 including Weathering and soils)  , Final Learning Guide #3  

Lectures

#1 Geology, Environments, and Earth History , Panopto Monday, Wednesday, Finish Earth History

#2 Minerals Panopto Mineral summary, Handouts 1. Mineral Handout   2. Campanile Engaged Friday     

#3 Igneous rocks and Metamorphic rocks Panopto Igneous Summary 

Friday Sept. 4, 2020 Panopto   Mining in the Great Plains and activity       

#4 Sedimentary #1  Wed. Sept 9         Sedimentary #2  Friday Sept. 11  , Sedimentary #3 Monday Sept. 14

#5 Continents, Seas & Plate tectonics  #1 Wednesday Sept. 16   ,  #2 Friday Sept. 18

#6 Slides - Weathering and soils,  Panopto   #1 Friday Sept. 18   #2 Monday Sept. 21 , #3 Wednesday Sept. 23   

#7 Slides - The Earth, Climate Change, and Humanity  Panopto #1 Friday Sept. 25 #2 Monday Sept. 28 #3 Wednesday Sept. 30 All Online, Listen to this Podcast, "How Climate Migration will Reshape America"    in place of the in person lecture be ready to discuss on Friday, Also read and think through this ProPublica article "New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States"     

#8 Slides - Groundwater and Karst Panopto #1 Monday, Oct. 5 , #2 Wednesday Oct. 7, #3 Friday   

#9 Slides - Rivers and flooding Panopto #1 Monday Oct. 12 , #2 Wednesday Oct. 14, #3 Friday Oct. 16

#10 Slides - Glaciers Panopto #1 Monday 1  Oct. 19 , #2 Wednesday Oct. 21

TEST TWO CHANGE October Tuesday October 27 in 8 and 10am labs    

#11 Slides - Earth's Geologic Resources, Panopto #1 end of Oct. 21, #2 Friday Oct. 23

#12 Sides - Geologic hazards , Earthquakes and Volcanoes , Panopto #1 Earthquakes Monday Oct.  

Week  #13 Panopto Earthqukes #2, Monday Nov. 1 ; Volcanoes #2  Wednesday Nov. 3, #2 Friday Nov.  6  No in person class be Geocreative as discussed in lab and the Wednesday lecture this week.If you have questions on being GeoCreative, please let me know.      

#14 Geology and Sustainability, Panopto #1 Monday Nov. 9 ; #2 Wednesday Nov. 11 , Lab on November 10, is an open lab, for questions and/or make up work, it is NOT required. 

Final Lecture Exam = May 

 

Video/lecture assistance

Bowens to Goldich Reaction Series

Rock Cycle (plus changes in energy)       

Lab assistance

Blank Water Cycle  

Blank Rock Cycle

Minerals (not all 30 but with physical properties)

Igneous Rock Identification

Sedimentary Rocks

Links

Iowa Geological and Water Survey

United States Geological Survey

 

Previous links...

The Scientific Method , even better try this or this Hypotheses Versus Theories

6th Mass Extinction? AND Center for Biological Diversity - The Extinction Crisis

 

Science mp3s

John McPhee Assembles California , Plate Tectonics

Environmental education Talk of Iowa