New Hampshire Community Technical College
Berlin

Science Dept.

GEO 112 Geology & Soils Spring 2003

Course text and appropriate materials must accompany student at all times for class and/or lab meetings. Assigned text materials will be read before attending class or lab so that the student will follow lecture or lab. The following readings are from The following readings are from the geology text by Plummer and the geology lab manual by McGeary Amer. Geological Inst. JAN 20 Intro, Ch 1 & 2 Energy and Matter LAB: Minerals I in Lab Book Minerals Ch 2 27 Volcanism Ch 3 Igneous Rocks Ch 4 LAB: Minerals II in Lab Book Weathering Ch 5 FEB 3 Sedimentary Rocks Ch 6 Metamorphic Rocks Ch 7 LAB: Mineral Test; Igneous Rocks Seismicity Ch 16 & 17 in Lab Book 10 Crustal Deformation Ch 15 LAB: Igneous/Sedimentary Rocks in Lab Book 17 Crustal Deformation Ch 15 Tectonics Ch 19 LAB: Metamorphic Rocks in Lab Book 25 TEST I (100 points) 27 Mass Movement Ch 9 LAB: Rock Test/ Structure Rivers Ch 10 Maps in Lab Book MAR 3 Rivers Ch 10 Ground Water Ch 11 LAB: Rivers in Lab Book 10 SPRING BREAK 17 Ground Water Ch 11 Glaciers Ch 12 LAB: Ground Water in Lab Book 25 Glaciers Ch 12 27 TEST II (100 points) LAB: Glaciers in Lab Book 31 Wind Ch LAB: Wind & Waves in Lab Book Shorelines Ch 14 APR 7 Geologic Time Ch 8 The following readings are from the soil handouts 14 Soil Genesis LAB: Geologic Time in Lab Book 21 Soil Physical Properties LAB: Capability Maps Soil Water in handouts 29 TEST III (100 points) MAY 1 Soil Colloids LAB: Capability Maps Cation Exchange in handouts MAY 5 Organic Composition Essential Nutrients LAB: Agland Maps in handouts FINALS the week of May 12 GRADING: Tests..... (four at 100 pts each)......400 Lab....................................400 Final..................................200 TOTAL.................................1000 Division by ten (10) will yield a numerical grade based on one hundred. A = 100-94 A- = 93-90 B+ = 89-87 B = 86-84 B- = 83-80 C+ = 79-77 C = 76-74 C- = 73-70 D+ = 69-67 D = 66-64 D- = 63-60 F = 59 AND BELOW