GEOL-0820 Natural Disasters Spring, 2008

WEEK DATE TOPIC CHAPTER 1 1/8 Course Overview; Introduction to Natural Disasters 1   1/10 The Earth System: Energy Sources for Disasters 2     No Recitation: First Week           2 1/15 The Scientific Method §   1/17 VIDEO: "Natural Disasters" §     Recitation #1: Plate Tectonics           3 1/22 Elements and Minerals §   1/24 Rocks and the Rock Cycle §     Recitation #2: Mineral Identification           4 1/29 Plate Tectonics: Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes 3   1/31 VIDEO: "The Day the Earth Shook" (Nova) §     Recitation #3: Rock Identification           5 2/5 Earthquake Disasters: Monitoring & Mitigation 4   2/7 Mid-Term Exam #1 1-4, §     Recitation #4: Earthquakes           6 2/12 Tsunami Disasters: Science 5   2/14 Tsunamis: Monitoring & Mitigation 5     Recitation #5: Tsunamis           7 2/19 VIDEO: "The 7 Volcanic Hazards" (IAVCEI); Volcanoes: Introduction §; 8   2/21 Volcanoes: Lava Types & Eruptions 9     Recitation #6: Volcanoes           8 2/26 Volcanoes: Monitoring & Mitigation 9   2/28 VIDEO: "Thunder on the Mountain" (Nat'l Geo) §     Recitation #7: Landslides           9 3/4 Landslides & Collapse 10   3/6 Landslides: Assessment, Mitigation and Case Studies 10     Recitation #8: Severe Weather, Extreme Heat, and Desertification           10   NO CLASS: Spring Break       No Recitation: Spring Break           11 3/18 Severe Weather: Extreme Heat & Desertification 12   3/20 Mid-Term Exam #2 5, 8-10, 12, §     Recitation #9: Tornadoes           12 3/25 Severe Weather: Thunderstorms & Lightning 12   3/27 Severe Weather: Tornadoes & Hurricane Introduction 13     Recitation #10: Hurricanes           13 4/1 Severe Weather: Hurricanes 13     Severe Weather: Hurricane Andrew Case Study 13   4/3 VIDEO: "Flood! (part 1)" (NOVA) §     Recitation #11: Flooding           14 4/8 Flooding Disasters: Introduction 14   4/10 Flooding: Monitoring & Mitigation; Introduction to Wild Fires 15     Recitation #12: Wildfires           15 4/15 Wild Fires: Monitoring & Mitigation 15   4/17 Wild Fire Disasters: CA Case Study; Course Evaluation --     Recitation #13: Course Review           16 4/23 Final Examination (WED: 12:00 - 1:50pm) 12-15, §

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