Geography 101 – Physical Cultural Geography (College of the Canyons S07 50963)

Instructor: Jeff Hemphill, Email: jeff.hemphill@gmail.com
Lecture: Class is Tuesday 6:00-9:00PM from 2/5-6/2/07 at CCA-2

When

What

2/6

Introduction
 

Documentary: Global Dimming
 

Assignment 1: email me!

2/13

Lecture 1.1 - Atmosphere, 1.2 - Mental Maps

 

Documentary: The Incredible Human Body (National Geographic)
 

Assignment 2: Mental Map
 

NASA World Wind - http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/download.html

2/20

 Lecture 2 - Magnetic Field, Earth History, Atmosphere (cont.)
  Documentary: Origins (PBS NOVA)
  Assignment 3: Measuring the Earth

2/27

 Lecture 3: Maps & Coordinate Systems
  Documentary: Search for Longitude

3/6

 Lecture 4: Atmospheric Circulation
  Documentaries: National Geographic - Nature's Fury (Tornadoes)
  Assignment 4: Exam Questions

3/13

 Midterm Review
  Documentary: PBS - The Storm That Drowned a City (Katrina)

3/20

 CLASS CANCELLED

3/27

  -> MIDTERM EXAM <-

4/3

 NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

4/10

 Midterm return. Discuss grades, extra credit.

4/17

 Lecture 5: Weather (Clouds, Lifting, Humidity, Fog ...)
  Documentary: Snowball Earth ( Hoffman and Schrag 99, wiki )

4/24

 Lecture 6: Water Resources ( USGS Water Resources of, wiki )
  Documentary: Deep Sea Rifts

5/1

 Lecture 7: Glaciers
  Documentary: PBS - Mount Blonce Glacier

5/8

 Lecture 8: Deserts

5/15

 Lecture 9: Oceans & Coastlines [ review sheet, map review ]

5/22

 FINAL EXAM (Last Day!)

Geology.com
Highest points in the US - http://geology.com/state-high-points.shtml
Meteor Impacts - http://geology.com/meteor-impact-craters.shtml Greenland (Ice Sheet)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4720536.stm
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article345926.ece Iceland (Drilling Into a volcano!)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4846574.stm

Soda vs. Pop
http://www.popvssoda.com/

created by jeff 2/07, last outdated 5/07