ESC 115 Physical Geology

UD students at Arches National Park, Summer, 2011

Physical Geology Notes by Dale H. Easley
Test dates and link to material:
 		Textbook:
The Story of the Earth in landscape and portrait pdf format.
Review questions are at the end of the pdf file.


Course Overview

Course Materials Introductory Resources
Syllabus Transformation, Not Information
The Worldview of the Lion King
Work
Laboratory syllabus addendum Other essays
Weekly in-class laboratories YouTube Video of Simon Sinek on millenials
YouTube Video of Sir Ken Robinson on education
YouTube Video of Daniel Pink on motivation
Extra Credit Opportunities Video on happiness
Marry a geologist
My Philosophy on Teaching Former UD student on changing your mindset


Material for Test 1

Where are we? 
Outline
Chapters Links
Introduction
—> Intro Video 1
—> Intro Video 2
Overview of Geology
—> Video 		Developing confidence
A Snapshot in Time
Seeing links
Video on rock cycle
The Talent Code
YouTube Video on thinking differently
Paris Ervin video
The Geology of Iowa
—> Video 		DNR Web site: Geology of Iowa
Driftless Area
Canada's glaciers
Earth Materials
—> Video 		Felsic and Mafic material
Geologic Time
—> Video 		Antibiotic video
Science and Religion
Before Test 1


Material for Test 2


Where would we like to travel? 
Outline
Chapters Links
Plate Tectonics
—> Video 		Click on #5 Birth of a Theory
Video on Mt St Helens
Summary video
Louisiana Geology
—> Video 		Geology and Jazz Presentation
Igneous Environments
—> Video 		Video on igneous rocks
The Seafloor and Continental Margins
—> Video 		USGS site on ocean floor and plate tectonics
Mountains, Basins, and Continents
—> Mountains Video 1
—> Mountains Video 2 		—> Everest Video 1
—> Everest Video 2
—> Everest Video 3
Click on #7 in the Earth Revealed Series
Traveling.pdf


Material for Test 3

What are the hazards if we move?  
Outline
Chapters Links
Risk and Earthquakes
—> Video 		Lessons from a failed overpass plus [here.]
Earthquakes in the Mississippi River Valley
Natural Disasters
Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards
—> Video
1985 Colombian mudslide
If Yellowstone erupts...
USGS Web Site: Living with Volcanoes
Shorelines, Glaciers, and Changing Sea Level
—> Shorelines Video 1
—> Shorelines Video 2 		Hurricane Katrina
Rivers and Streams
—> Video 		Video: Fatal Flood
USGS Floods of the 20th century
Major rivers


Material for Test 4

How should we live?  
Outline
Chapters Links
Aquifers.pdf
—> Video
Water Resources
—> Video
Ghost Map video
Energy Resources
—> Video 		Lake Peigneur video
Coal story
Global Warming
Climate, Weather, and Their Influences on Geology
—> Climate Video 1
—> Climate Video 2 		Bill Nye video explaining climate change
Bill Gates on Energy
Photo evidence of climate change
Weathering and Soils
—> Video 		Pigs of Haiti