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OSU LIMA
EARTH SCIENCES LIMA
SCHEDULE OF COURSES
TEXTBOOKS
SYLLABI FOR COURSES
OFFERED AT OSU LIMA
ES100
ESH110
ES121
ES122
ES580V1
ES580V2
EARTH SCIENCES 100 LAB MANUAL
FACULTY
MARK A. KLEFFNER
BIO
VITA
TOUR OF EARTH SCIENCES LIMA
CLASSROOM
COMPUTER
LAB
MICROFOSSIL
LAB
MUSEUM
SEISMOMETER STATION
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SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES AT OHIO STATE
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PRINTER-FRIENDLY
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Earth
Sciences 100
Typical Syllabus
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Dr. Kleffner
Lecture/Lab:
Science 115
TR: 130 minutes
e-mail:
kleffner.1@osu.edu |
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Office Hours
Science 310D
TR:9:30-10,5-5:30PM
or by appointment
any time not in
class
(419)995-8208 |
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TEXTBOOKS
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Week |
Lecture/Laboratory Topics |
Suggested Reading |
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One |
Course
Organization, Intro. to Geology, Mineral Properties
Mineral
Properties, Minerals
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Ch. 2
Ch. 2
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Two |
Minerals
Lab Unit 1
Minerals, Igneous Rocks |
Ch. 2
Ch. 2, Ch. 3
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Three |
Igneous Rocks;
Weathering and Sedimentary Rocks
Lab Unit 2
Sedimentary Rocks |
Chs. 3, 5, 6
Ch. 6
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Four |
MIDTERM #1
& Metamorphic Rocks
Lab Unit 3
Metamorphic Rocks, Plate Tectonics |
Ch. 7
Ch. 7, Ch. 16
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Note:
There are no
regularly scheduled labs for the next three weeks. You are required
to complete Lab Unit 5 prior to doing Lab Unit 6. This would also be
a good time to do the optional lab on plate tectonics, Lab Unit 4, if
you choose to do it, so that you will have it completed prior to
taking the midterm which will include what was covered in lecture on
plate tectonics.
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Five |
Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes; Other Igneous Activity |
Ch. 16, Opt Comp.
lab
Ch. 4
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Six |
Earthquakes
MIDTERM #2 & Running Water |
Ch. 15
Ch. 9
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Seven |
Running Water
Lab Unit 6
Glaciers
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Ch. 9
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Eight |
Glaciers
Lab Unit 7
Groundwater |
Ch. 11
Ch. 10
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Nine |
Groundwater
Lab Unit 8
MIDTERM 3 & Geologic Time |
Ch. 10
Ch. 18, Handouts
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Ten |
Fossils,
Precambrian
Early Paleozoic
Lab Unit 10 |
Chs. 18, 19
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Eleven |
FINAL EXAM: Will
be over material covered after 3rd midterm.
Optional Extra-Credit Field trip due at time of final
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Grading:
There will be three midterms and a final. Your best two midterm
grades will determine 60% (30% each) of your course grade. NO
MAKEUP MIDTERMS WILL BE GIVEN. A missed midterm will
be considered the "dropped" midterm. The final exam will also
determine 30% of your course grade. The final exam will not be
comprehensive. It will only be over material covered after the third
midterm. Attendance in lab and completion of lab exercises will
determine the remaining 10% of your course grade. Midterms/final will
consist of 35-45 questions, predominantly true-false, multiple-choice,
and matching. There will be a few fill-in-the-blank questions, with a
maximum of 5 per midterm/final.
Grading Scale:
Midterms/final will be graded on a positive curve, if necessary. At
the end of the course I will add up all of the points that you have
accumulated for the course and use the following scale to assign final
letter grades:
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93 - 100 A |
91 - 93 A- |
89 - 91 B+ |
80 - 89 B |
78 - 80 B- |
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76 - 78 C+ |
65 - 76 C |
63 - 65 C- |
61 - 63 D+ |
50 - 61 D |
<50 E |
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