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plant fossils.5. Analyze, identify, and remember sedimentary rocks in terms of physical properties, textures,compositions, sedimentary structures, and environments of deposition.6. Recall and apply the principles of sedimentology.GEOL 1404 Learning Objectives1.1. Name the eons, eras and periods of the geologic time scale including the dates of the eras.1.2. Visualize the supercontinents of the past and previous locations of North America.1.3. Identify the major tectonic features of present day North America.1.4. Identify the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt and the East African Rift System.3.1. Organize fossil samples into phyla.4.1. Draw the fossil, visualize the animal or plant, and describe how and where it lived.4.2. Compare the symmetry and physical characteristics of the different phyla and classes of the fossils.5.1. Construction of charts to organize and contrast sedimentary rock samples according to theirproperties, textures, compositions, sedimentary structures, environments of deposition, and tectonicsettings.6.1. Read, interpret and analyze paleogeographic maps and geologic cross sections.6.2. Synthesize geologic history by organizing events in chronologic order.6.3. Visualize the physical landscape represented by paleogeographic maps, geologic cross sections, andfossils.SCANS and/or Core Curriculum Competencies: If applicablePerspectives - 2. Stimulate a capacity to discuss and reflect upon individual, political, economic, and socialaspects of life in order to understand ways in which to be a responsible member of society;Perspectives - 5. Develop personal values for ethical behavior;Perspectives - 6. Develop the ability to make aesthetic judgments;Perspectives - 7. Use logical reasoning in problem solving;Perspectives - 8. Integrate knowledge and understand the interrelationships of the scholarly disciplines.Perspectives - 1. Establish broad and multiple perspectives on the individual in relation to the largersociety and world in which he or she lives, and to understand the responsibilities of living in a culturallyand ethnically diversified world;COURSE CALENDARWEEK DATE LECTURES, LABS & ASSESSMENTSweek 1 8/29 Introductions, Overview of Course and Chapter 1 The Science of Historical Geology8/31 Chapter 2 & 3: Early Geologists Tackle History’s Mysteries and Time and Geologyweek 2 9/5 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY9/7 Chapter 4: Rocks and Minerals and introduce sedimentary rocks (start lab 1?)week 3week 49/12 Chapter 5: The Sedimentary Archives9/14 Lab #1: Exercise 1 & 2 sedimentary rocks & textural clues in sed. rocks9/19 Continue Chapter 5: The Sedimentary Archives9/21 Lab #2: Exercise 4 Ancient Sedimentary Environmentsweek 5 9/26 Exam 1 (chap 1-5) Chapter 6: Life on Earth9/28 Lab #3: Exercise 5 Tectonic Settingsweek 610/3 Chapter 7: Plate Tectonics10/5 Lab Exam #1 Lab #4: Exercise 6 Sea-floor spreading and Plate Tectonicsweek 710/10 Chapter 7 continued (start chap 8 if done early)Geology 1404: Historical Geology: Fall 2011 SyllabusUpdated: 8/29/112