WELCOME TO GEOLOGY 101

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WELCOME TO GEOLOGY 101!

• Professor Information
• Dr. Matt Fouch
• fouch101_at_asu.edu PSF-540
• Office phone [phone]
• TA Information
• Kara Krelove
• kara.krelove_at_asu.edu PSF-209
• Course Website http//fouch101.asu.edu

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Earthrise
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Solar System
EARTH
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Course Overview

• Course website
• Ground rules
• Why are we here?
• Geology 101 tools
• Exams and Grades
• Goals for the course

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Course Website
fouch101.asu.edu
OUR COURSE WEBSITE
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Requirements for the Course

• Read the textbook
• (all chapters save 1, see Syllabus/Web page)
• Attend lectures
• (for in-class assignments, non-textbook material,
  to turn in HW, and take exams)
• Complete in-class exams
• (4 total, once every 7-9 lectures)
• Participate in in-class exercises
• ( weekly)
• Complete take-home assignments
• ( once every 2 weeks)

GROUND RULES
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Requirements for the Course

• During lecture, please DO NOT
• Forget to turn off cell phones and other
  noisemaking devices
• Read newspapers
• Talk or have conversations(unless during
  in-class discussion periods)
• Leave through door to the outside
• Break ASU rules/laws (cheating, etc.)

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Requirements for the Course

• While in lecture, please DO
• Ask questions when anything is not clear
• Engage in the discussions
• Fully participate during in-class exercises

GROUND RULES
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YOU

• You absolutely LOVE geology
• You need a science credit to graduate
• and think geology is easier than physics,
  biology, chemistry, etc.
• and need it NOW to graduate
• Youre curious and it seemed like it might be
  cool
• You loved Geology 101 so much the first time you
  decided to audit it for fun
• An ASU registrar computer glitch
• You have absolutely no idea
• Dude, this isnt Geography 101?

WHY ARE WE HERE?
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ME

• Im an ASU professor
• This is my third year at ASU
• Lived in Idaho, southern California, Rhode
  Island, and Washington, D.C. before landing in AZ
• I teach 2-3 classes/year
• I study earthquakes and how they tell us about
  Earths interior (down to the core and beyond!)
• A lot of what I do involves computer work, but I
  also get to go out in the field frequently
• I love geology, but dont get to use it as much
  as Id like in my research

WHY ARE WE HERE?
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Your Geology 101 Tools

• Textbook Marshaks Earth Portrait of a Planet
• Read the chapters before lectures
• Glossary good simple definitions of terms at end
  of each chapter
• The books website
• (see handout and course webpage)
• The books CDROM

GEOLOGY 101 TOOLS
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What do we Need to Succeed in Geology?

• Visualization skills
• ability to recognize patterns and spatial
  relationships
• ability to visualize in 3D
• Basic scientific principles
• physics, chemistry, biology, math
• Scientific inquiry desire
• systematic approach to documenting, analyzing,
  and predicting observations

GEOLOGY 101 TOOLS
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Course Themes

• Planetary formation, evolution, and structure
• Plate tectonics
• Earth materials
• Earth processes and resources

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Lecture Schedule

• Geology is much more than just rocks!
• Break course into four sections
• Understanding the Earth System
• Earth formation, Earth structure, plate
  tectonics, minerals and rocks
• Internal Processes and External Effects
• Rock types and cycle, earthquakes, Earths
  interior, mountain building
• Geologic Time, Earths Resources, Surface
  Processes I
• Deep time, energy and mineral resources, Earth
  systems cycles
• Surface Processes II and Earth Evolution
• Earth systems cycles, global change, planetary
  geology
• See page 4 of Course Information for details on
  topics and reading assignments

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Geology 101 Exams

• 4 Exams
• -In class, 50 minutes, 100 points each
• -One for each section of course
• -See course website for more info
• -NO MAKEUPS!
• Study Guides
• -Handed out towards the end of each
• of the 4 sections throughout semester
• No Final
• -Except in place of an excused absence of 1 exam
• NOTE This is a much more difficult option!

EXAMS GRADING
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Study Guides and Exams

• Some course material will not be presented in
  lecture but will appear on study guide
• Before the exam, you are responsible for
• Reading the book
• Knowing the material in the study guide
• Asking questions when concepts and ideas are not
  clear

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NO FINAL EXAM

• A final exam will only be allowed in the extreme
  case of excused absences
• You MUST arrange for the excused absence BEFORE
  the exam date
• The final exam is
• Comprehensive
• Worth double the points
• Therefore carries much more weight in the final
  grade
• See Course Information and website for more
  details

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Grades
Option 1 You take all 4 in-class tests
EXAMS GRADING
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16.9
15.4
21.5
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Grades
Option 2 You take 3 in-class tests the final
EXAMS GRADING
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14.7
18.7
13.3
13.3
13.3
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Grades

• All grades calculated on a curve
• Course website will be updated frequently to let
  you assess your standing in the class
• Final letter grades cant be determined until end
  of semester, but I will provide estimated midterm
  letter grades
• See page 2 of Course Information for details

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Late Policy

• Take-home assignments turned in on due date
  before class begins
• Start of class when I begin speaking
• 25 off for turning in during class period
• 100 off for turning in after class is over

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Extra Credit!

• Two optional short field trips
• Afternoon of February 21 or morning of February
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• Afternoon of April 4 or morning of April 5
• More details to come!

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Goals for the Course

• ASU Course catalog says
• GLG 101 Introduction to Geology I (Physical)
• Basic principles of geology, geochemistry, and
  geophysics. Rocks, minerals, weathering,
  earthquakes, mountain building, volcanoes, water,
  and glaciers.

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Goals for the Course

• ASU Course catalog says
• GLG 101 Introduction to Geology I (Physical)
• Basic principles of geology, geochemistry, and
  geophysics. Rocks, minerals, weathering,
  earthquakes, mountain building, volcanoes, water,
  and glaciers.

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• We also have these goals

• Critical thinking scientific method
• Analytical methods to decipher nature
• Scientific principles that influence Earth
• Observational techniques reasoning processes

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Geology has its own language

• Lots of terminology throughout this course!
• Geology requires classification of diverse
  systems
• Use the books glossary and index when dont know
  or forget terms

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How can we apply knowledge from Geology 101?

• Enriched experience in nature
• Broadened perspective of Earth systems
• bigger picture
• relationship between humans environment
• Become a more responsible citizen
• Go on to major in geology

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Lithosphere Hydrosphere Atmosphere Biosphere
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Present-day Plates
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Iceland is being pulled apart as it sits astride
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Field WorkKarymsky VolcanoKamchatka, Russia
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Caution Geologist at Work
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Field WorkTioga State ForestPennsylvania
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Southern Arizona Field Seismology
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Field WorkKruger Game Park, South Africa
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Mars
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Jupiter
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Posting ID s in GLG101(grades, etc.)

• Your Posting ID is last 4 of affiliate ID
  last 3 of student ID

My posting ID 2749 and 747 2749-747