Geology  

Jefferson Morgan High School

Karen Cox  -  [email protected]

Syllabus (subject to change)

Unit 1 (text ch. 2/3) Rocks and Minerals

            Rock Cycle

            Basic Mineralogy

Unit 2 (text ch. 5&6) – Sedimentary Rocks  

            Weathering processes

            Sedimentary Rock Origins and Classification - ID Samples

            Depositional Environments

            Fossils

            Effects of Weathering

            Soil Profiles

Unit 3 (text ch. 7) – Metamorphic Rocks

            Rock Cycle

            Classification – ID Samples

            Plate Tectonics and Metamorphism

            Hydrothermal Processes

Unit 4 (ch. 3)- Igneous Rocks, Intrusive Activity, and the Origin of Igneous Rocks

            Review – text chapters 1 & 19

            Igneous Composition and Textures – ID samples

            Magma & Geothermal Gradient (ch.17)

            Bowens Reaction Series

            Plate Setting Relationship      

Unit 5 (ch.4) – Volcanism and Extrusive Rocks

            Magma and Lava

            Plate Tectonic Setting

            Characteristics of Lava

            Extrusive Igneous Rocks and Characteristics – ID Samples

            Types of Volcanoes

            Volcano Project

Unit 6 (text ch.19 & 17) – Plate Tectonics

            Continental Drift Theory

            Seafloor spreading

            Evidence of movement - Ch. 17

            Major / minor plates and types of movement

Unit 7 (ch.8) – Geologic Time

            Relative Time

Geologic Time Scale

Block Diagrams & Correlations

Numerical Time

            Isotopic Dating

            Carbon Dating

Unit 8 (text ch.16 &17) - Earthquakes

            Plate Tectonics review

            Earth Energy

            Distribution

            Effects

            Risk & Recovery

Unit 9 (text ch. 21) – Geologic Resources

            Introduction

            Energy Resources (Hydrocarbons)

            Metallic Resources

            Mining

            Nonmetallic Resources

            *Careers in Geology Related Fields