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Lecture Schedule
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Topic |
Reading |
Overheads | Assignment |
| 1 |
Jan 15 -18
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Introduction: What are resources? |
Chapter 1, all |
Carbon Footprint | |
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Review of Plate Tectonics: Geologic Processes |
Chapter 2, all |
Summary of plate boundaries | |||
| 2 | Jan 22-25 |
Chapter 3 |
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Our Present Day usage: will we run out?? Population ppt |
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Will we run out of Nickel? |
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| 3 | Jan 29-Feb 1 |
Ore forming Processes Examples What makes an ore deposit? |
Class notes |
Factors affecting ore ppm Placer Deposits |
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Abundant Metals Fe Ore |
Chapter 7 |
Answer to Ni | |||
| 4 | Feb 5-8 |
Abundant Metals |
Chapter 7 |
Al PPT |
What is the total cost of Aluminum? |
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Geochemically scarce metals: Ferro-Alloy Metals |
Chapter 8: 280-296 |
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| Feb 9 | Field Trip to Iron Bridge, Iron Gorge Museum, Abraham Darby | ||||
| 5 | Feb 12-15 |
First Exam |
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Chapter 8: 297-312 |
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| 6 | Feb 19-22 |
Chapter 8: 312-324 |
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Mining Methods and the Environmental Impact of Mining |
Chapter 4: 80-100 |
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| 7 | Feb 26-Mar 1 |
Mining Lab in class |
Class notes |
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| Hydrologic Cycle, Water Reservoirs, and flood control |
Chapter 11: 405-425 |
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| 8 | Mar 5-8 |
Our Use of Water and Natural water composition |
Chapter 11: 425-461 |
What is the Colorado Compact? How does it affect us now? | |
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Some more water problems |
Draft of your paper due!! | ||||
| 9 | Mar 12-16 |
Fossil Fuels coal power point |
Chapter 5 |
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Fossil Fuels (oil and gas) Oil ppt |
Chapter 5 |
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| 10 | Mar 19-22 |
Fossil Fuels (ppt) |
Class notes |
outlines | Energy |
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| 11 | Mar 26-30 |
Give back 2nd exam |
Chapter 6: 192-210 |
Assignment on Nuclear Energy | |
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Nuclear Energy ppt |
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Break: 4 weeks--Have Fun |
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| 12 | Tues. May 1 |
Mining in Minnesota Jill Anderson |
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Peer evaluations | |
| May 3 | Nuclear Reactors Adam Hanson Chernobyl Brett Penrose Nuclear Waste Disposal Ryan Supulla Yukka Mountain Rachel Dahl |
Peer evaluations | |||
| 13 | May 7-10 |
Bank Holiday |
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Hydroelectricity Olivia Young |
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Peer evaluations | |||
| 14 | May 14 |
Asbestos Kate Strand |
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Peer evaluations | |
| May 17 | Take home due at 11:00 a.m. Copper.xls file | ||||
Last Updated May 11, 2007 by Penny Morton