Kathryn Hoppe

Lecture and Lab Handouts:

Mineral ID Handout

Rock ID Handout

Poster Project Instructions

How to make a poster- PowerPoint example

Labs:

Lab #1- Introduction to Geologic Materials

Lab #2- Minerals

Lab #3 - Igneous Rocks

Lab #4 - Sedimentary Rocks

Lab #5- River Field Trip

Lab  - Landslide Field Trip

Lab  - Earthquakes

Reading Guides:

Reading Guide  1 - Chapter 1

Reading Guide  2 - Chapters 3 & 4

Reading Guide  3 - Chapter 5

Reading Guide  4 - Chapters 6 & 15

Reading Guide  5 - Chapters 16 & 17

Reading Guide  6 - Chapter 14

Reading Guide  7 - Chapter 19

Reading Guide  8 - Chapters 7 & 8

Reading Guide  9 - Chapters 9 & 10

Reading Guide 10 - Chapter 11

Reading Guide 11 - Chapters 12 & 13

Useful web links

 On-line study guide for Textbook: http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_chernicoff_geology_4

Resources for Previous editions of Textbook: http://www.geologylink.com

News reports on Green River Flooding potential

Sept. 20, 2009 - Know the risks are real from flooding in the Green River Valley

Oct. 1, 2009    -  Forecast calls for drier Northwest winter

Oct. 5, 2009    -   Army: Slightly less chance of Green River flood

Oct. 6, 2009     -   Kent gets proactive with flooding risk

Mt. St. Helens

Cascade Volcano Observatory

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

The Volcanism Blog

Virtual Viscosity Simulation

Rivers & Flooding:

King County Flood Warning System

Virtual River Lab

Glaciers

Video-Glacial Simulation

Mass Movements:

Sultan River landslide video

December 2007 Landslides video from the Seattle Times

USGS Landslide hazard program

Earthquakes:

Video - Earthquake Simulation in Downtown Seattle

Earthquake Hazards in Puget Sound

Recent Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest (USGS)

Recent Earthquakes around the USA (USGS)

Recent Earthquakes around the World (USGS)

Virtual Earthquake Lab

General Plate Tectonics

Virtual Isostasy Simulation

Climate Change:

US Temperature Record: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/