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    This document provides an overview of an introductory Earth science course titled "Earth History and Evolution SIO 12" taught in the Fall 2017 quarter. The course will cover physical and evolutionary processes that have shaped Earth and life over the past 4.6 billion years, as well as Earth's history. It will be taught on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00-12:50pm in Center Hall 109. The instructor is Cheryl Peach and teaching assistants are Mohammad Sedarat and Brenna Groom. Students will be evaluated based on two midterm exams, a final exam, homework assignments, and pop quizzes. The course outline lists the topics that will be covered each

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    This document provides an overview of an introductory Earth science course titled "Earth History and Evolution SIO 12" taught in the Fall 2017 quarter. The course will cover physical and evolutionary processes that have shaped Earth and life over the past 4.6 billion years, as well as Earth's history. It will be taught on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00-12:50pm in Center Hall 109. The instructor is Cheryl Peach and teaching assistants are Mohammad Sedarat and Brenna Groom. Students will be evaluated based on two midterm exams, a final exam, homework assignments, and pop quizzes. The course outline lists the topics that will be covered each

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    This document provides an overview of an introductory Earth science course titled "Earth History and Evolution SIO 12" taught in the Fall 2017 quarter. The course will cover physical and evolutionary processes that have shaped Earth and life over the past 4.6 billion years, as well as Earth's history. It will be taught on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00-12:50pm in Center Hall 109. The instructor is Cheryl Peach and teaching assistants are Mohammad Sedarat and Brenna Groom. Students will be evaluated based on two midterm exams, a final exam, homework assignments, and pop quizzes. The course outline lists the topics that will be covered each

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    SIO 12 Syllabus 17

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    This document provides an overview of an introductory Earth science course titled "Earth History and Evolution SIO 12" taught in the Fall 2017 quarter. The course will cover physical and evolutionary processes that have shaped Earth and life over the past 4.6 billion years, as well as Earth's history. It will be taught on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00-12:50pm in Center Hall 109. The instructor is Cheryl Peach and teaching assistants are Mohammad Sedarat and Brenna Groom. Students will be evaluated based on two midterm exams, a final exam, homework assignments, and pop quizzes. The course outline lists the topics that will be covered each

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    Earth History and Evolution SIO 12

    Fall-2017
    MWF 12:00-12:50
    Center Hall 109

    Cheryl L. Peach
    Office: Galbraith Hall Room 364
    Tel: (858) 822-5323
    [email protected]
    Office Hours: Mon. 1:15-2:30PM or by
    appointment.

    T.A.s: Mohammad Sedarat ([email protected])


    Brenna Groom ([email protected])
    Office hours by appointment

    Texts:
    Required text: None. Exams will be based on lecture material and weekly assigned
    readings, videos, websites and homework assignments. Required reading etc. will be
    assigned throughout the quarter from publically available online resources.

    Website: http://ted.ucsd.edu

    Who should take this course? The course is designed as an introductory course for
    non-majors. The course will describe how and why we have come to our current
    understanding of the Earth and organisms that inhabit it. We’ll expect you to be able
    to understand and communicate the logical underpinnings of the major paradigms in
    Earth Sciences today including: plate tectonics, geologic time, evolution of life, and
    global environmental change.

    There are 2 basic components to this course:


    1) Physical and evolutionary processes – the origin and composition of Earth and
    the principle processes that have shaped the Earth, and life on Earth, from 4.6
    billion years ago to the present day.
    2) Earth History– the origin and evolutionary history of life on Earth, including
    evolutionary processes and mass extinctions, within the context of major
    geologic and climatic developments.

    Course requirements, exams and grading: You are required to attend and
    participate in all class meetings. Exams will cover material presented in lecture
    and assigned readings/web resources. You will not be able to succeed in this class if
    you don't attend class meetings regularly.
    Your grade in the class will be determined by the following:
    Midterm exam #1: 25%
    Midterm exam #2: 25%
    Final exam (not comprehensive): 25%
    Homework Assignments: 15%
    Pop quizzes 10%

    Exams are multiple choice and true/false. Scantrons are provided. Assignments are
    due in class on the due date. Late assignments will be accepted but reduced by 1
    letter grade per class period overdue.

    _______________________________________________________________________________________________

    COURSE OUTLINE

    PHYSICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES

    Sept 29 F Introduction: The Earth System

    Earth: Life, Land, Ocean and Atmosphere


    Oct 2-6 M Weather and Climate
    W Deserts, rainforests and polar regions
    F Earth’s “recent” climate history

    Earth: Life, Land, Ocean and Atmosphere


    Oct 9-13 M Life on Earth today
    W Evolution on the Macro Scale
    F Mass Extinctions

    Earth: Life, Land, Ocean and Atmosphere


    Oct 16-20 M The Core! Earth’s magnetic field
    W Moving Continents
    F Our dynamic planet
    Homework #1 Due Wednesday

    Telling Time: The Geologic record


    Oct 23-27 M Midterm Exam #1
    W Rocks, Fossils and Time: The Rock Record
    F Telling Geologic Time
    A CHRONOLOGY OF EARTH HISTORY

    How did we get here? Our place in the Universe


    Oct 30- M Beginnings: The Big Bang!
    Nov 3 W Formation of the Elements and our Solar System
    F Formation of Earth and the moon

    The first ~4 Billion Years


    Nov 6-10 M Invisible (microscopic) life
    W The story of oxygen
    F No Class Veteran’s Day Holiday

    Nov 13-17 M Paleozoic: The Explosion of Life!


    W Paleozoic: From backbones to four limbs
    F Paleozoic: The giants before the dinosaurs
    Homework #2 Due Wednesday

    Nov 20-24 M Midterm Exam #2


    W No Class – Thanksgiving Holiday
    F No Class – Thanksgiving Holiday

    Nov 27- M The Biggest Mass Extinction of them all


    Dec 1 W Mesozoic: Age of Reptiles
    F Mesozoic: Mini-mammals

    Dec 4-8 M Fossil fuels


    W Extinction of the Dinosaurs
    F Mammals reign
    Homework #3 Due Wednesday

    M Almost to us: Primate Evolution


    W Human Evolution: It’s complicated
    F Humans and Global Change

    Exam Review TBD

    Dec 14 Thurs Final Exam 11:30am - 2:30pm


    Not comprehensive. Based on last 1/3 of class

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