Date	PowerPoints/ Assignment Due Dates	Assignments
1/2	Topic: Introduction to Earth Science and the Scientific Method Introduction to Earth Science and the Scientific Method	Spring 2013 Syllabus
1/3	Topic: Observations and Inferences and Measurements of the Earth Scientist	Lab 1; The Density of Earth Materials (due Jan 8)
1/4	Topic: Observations, Inferences, and Measurements of the Earth Scientist	Lab 2: Solving Geology-Related Problems- How Fast was the Kayentapus Minor? (due Jan 15)
1/7	Topic: The Birth and Evolution of Earth  The Evolution of Earth- The Origins of Everything PowerPoint	The Evolution of Earth Article Class Activity: Solar System Soup- Modeling the Formation of our Solar System The Formation and Differentiation of Earth Article Genesis of the Planets Article
1/8	Topic: Earth's Layered Structure	Class Activity: Why does the Earth have a Layered Structure?  Lab 1 Density Lab Report Due
1/9	Topic: The Origins of the Moon, the Atmosphere, and Life	Impacts and Extinctions Article The Origins of Life Article The Origins of Water Article
1/10	Topic: Cosmic Collisions- Analyzing Impacts and Impact Craters Cosmic Collisions- Impacts and Mass Extinctions PPT	The Tunguska Impact Mystery
1/11	Topic: Cosmic Collisions- Analyzing Impacts and Impact Craters Lab Activity	Lab 3: Cosmic Collisions- Analyzing Impacts and Impact Cratering (due Jan. 22)
1/14	Topic: Earth's Buried Treasures- An Introduction to Earth Materials: Minerals Minerals and their Environments of Formation PPT	Class Activity: Geochemistry- The Chemistry of Minerals and Mineral Formation  Class Activity 2: The Formation of Diamonds
1/15	Topic: Earth's Buried Treasures- Mineral Identification  Mineral Identification PPT	Class Activity: Mineral Identification Practice Lab Report #2 Due: How Fast was the Kayentapus Minor due
1/16	Topic: Earth's Buried Treasures: Mineral Identification	In Class Activity: Mineral Identification Practice
1/17	Topic: Mineral Resources and their Environments The Economic Use of Minerals and Mineral Resources PPT	Afghanistan's Buried Treaures Article
1/18	Topic: Minerals Identification Lab (Graded)	Lab 4: Mineral Identification Lab (due at the end of class)
1/21	NO SCHOOL- Martin Luther King Holiday
1/22	Topic: Locating and Extracting Mineral Resources
1/23	Topic: Locating and Extracting Mineral Resources	.
1/24	Unit Exam 1	.
1/25	Topic: Splendid Stones- The Origins of Magma and Igneous Rocks	.
1/28	Topic: The Origins of Magma Activity	The Origins of Magma PowerPoint .
1/29	Topic: Splendid Stones- The Rock Cycle and the Formation of Igneous Rocks	.
1/30	Topic: Splendid Stones- Identifying Igneous Rocks	Igneous Rocks and Landscapes PowerPoint .
1/31	Topic: Splendid Stones- Igneous Rocks and Landscapes	.
2/1	No School- Teacher Work Day/ Professional Development	.
2/4	Igneous Rocks and Landscapes Graded Lab	.
2/5	Thermal Unrest- An Intruduction to Volcanoes and Volcanic Landforms	.
2/6	Thermal Unrest- The Viscosity of Magma and Volcanic Eruptions	.
2/7	Thermal Unrest- The Yellowstone Supervolcano Video	.
2/8	Thermal Unrest- The Yellowstone Supervolcano Video	.
2/8	Sedimentary Rocks PowerPoint Sedimentary Rocks PPT	.