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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
National Fossil Daytm
SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES AT OHIO STATE
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PRINTER-FRIENDLY
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Earth Sciences 580: Earth Materials
Version 2: Fossils and Dinosaurs
Course Schedule
Typical Syllabus
Summer Quarter
Weeks 1-4 |
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Dr. Kleffner
TR: 12:30-4:45 P.M.
115 Science Building
OSU Lima |
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Office Hours
OSU
Lima: 310D Science
M, W: 12:00-12:30
by phone: 419-995-8208
e-mail:
kleffner.1@osu.edu |
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Textbook:
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No texts required |
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Week |
Lab/Lecture Topics |
Projects/Quizzes |
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One |
Fossils: What they are, how they form, methods of fossilization,
methods of
fossil collecting, methods of fossil processing;
Classification of fossils
Classification of fossils; marine paleocommunity
reconstruction
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*****
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Sun One day field
trip to Hueston Woods to collect fossils and practice methods of
fossil collecting;
We will leave from the
Lima campus at 8:00 AM and
return by about 6:00 PM |
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Two |
Fossil identification and marine paleocommunity
reconstruction; Ohio
fossils
Ohio
fossils; Land animals inc. dinosaurs: origin, name, how related to
other reptiles |
Quiz 1
on Fossils (Covers through classification) Module 1: Fossils, Methods,
and
Classification of Fossils
Quiz 2
on marine paleocommunity
reconstruction and id of
Hueston Woods’ fossils
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Three |
Classification of dinosaurs |
Module 2:
Paleocommunity reconstruction using Hueston
Woods’ fossils
Quiz 3:
Ohio fossils, land
animals and reptiles other than dinosaurs
Module 3:
Ohio fossils, land animals and reptiles other than dinosaurs
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*****
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Sun Field trip to Cleveland Museum to see fossils and dinosaurs and tour the paleontological
laboratories. We will leave from the Lima campus at 8:00 AM and
return between 7:00-8:00 PM.
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Four |
How we know what we know about
dinosaurs: mass, velocity, behavior
Extinction of
dinosaurs and
Dinosaurs in media and class:
Jurassic Park,
Magic School Bus, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Walking
with Dinosaurs, Dinosaur, and others |
Module 4: Dinosaur intro and
classification
Quiz 4
on Dinosaurs
(includes all dinosaur topics
covered in class up to R 15)
Module 5: How we know what we know about
dinosaurs |
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Grading: |
Labs/Field trips
Quizzes (Best 3 of 4)
Units/Modules |
15%
60%
25% |
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Grading Scale:
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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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