Date

Date	Topic	Field Trip Topic	Key Concepts
8/26M	Map Reading Skills and GPS: Making our Lives Easier	Earth's Grid System and GPS	-latitude, -longitude -significant parallels -significant meridians -satellite configuration
8/28W	Map Reading Skills and GPS: Making our Lives Easier	Earth's Grid System and GPS	-latitude, -longitude -significant parallels -significant meridians -satellite configuration
9/4W	Flooding, Water Quality, and You, Q1 Video: Hard Rain	Meridian Park Fluvial Landforms Field Trip Guide	see Meridian Park Fluvial Landforms Field Trip Guide
9/9M	Flooding, Water Quality, and You--Field Trip to Meridian County Park (will require entire class period)	Meridian Park Fluvial Landforms Field Trip Guide	see Meridian Park Fluvial Landforms Field Trip Guide
9/11W	Michigan Lakes and Ski Hills: Gifts of the Glacier. Q2 Video: Waterworld	CMU Glacial Landforms Park Field Trip Guide	see CMU Glacial Landforms Park Field Trip Guide
9/16M	Michigan Lakes and Ski Hills: Gifts of the Glacier.--Field Trip to Glacial Landforms Park (will require whole class period)	CMU Glacial Landforms Park Field Trip Guide	see CMU Glacial Landforms Park Field Trip Guide
9/18W	Impact of Weathering, on Roads, Homes, and Buildings, Q3	Weathering Features on the CMU Campus	see Weathering Features on the CMU Campus
9/23M	Impact of Weathering, on Roads, Homes, and Buildings	Weathering Features on the CMU Campus	see Weathering Features on the CMU Campus
9/25W	Soils: Know Where to Build Your House or Plant Your Garden, Q4	Mission Creek Biogeography Field Trip	see Mission Creek Biogeography Field Trip
9/30M	Soils: Know Where to Build Your House or Plant Your Garden,	Mission Creek Biogeography Field Trip	see Mission Creek Biogeography Field Trip
10/2W	Michigan Beaches, Q5 Video: Beach: River of Sand
10/7M	Michigan Beaches
10/9W	Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Settlement, Q6 Video:When the Bay Area Quakes	Don't ever say rocks are boring	-intrusive vs igneous rocks, color and texture to discern origin -metamorphic rocks -sedimentary rocks
10/14M	Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Settlement	Don't ever say rocks are boring	-intrusive vs igneous rocks, color and texture to discern origin -metamorphic rocks -sedimentary rocks
10/16W	Volcanism and Settlement, Q7
10/21M	Volcanism and Settlement Video: Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
10/23W	Atmospheric Composition: Importance of CO₂, O₃, and H₂0 Q8 Video: Deep Impact	1, Sky and Cloud Color 2. Cloud identification 5-14, 5-15	-particulates' role -scattering -wavelength -atmospheric thickness -form, height, and what it means for weather condition
10/28M	Atmospheric Composition: Importance of CO₂, O₃, and H₂0	1. Using the "fist method" to discern sun height, azimuth of sunrise/sunset, cardinal direction. 2. Cloud identification 5-14, 5-15	-azimuth -cardinal direction -intermediate direction -form, height, and what it means for weather condition
10/30W	Temperature and Human Health, Q9	1. Testing temperature conditions inside/outside of Woldt Hall 2. How can this tree be here? 3. Cloud identification	-radiation -conduction -convection -latent heat -role of aspect -form, height, and what it means for weather condition
11/4M	Temperature and Human Health Video: Titanic	1. Testing temperature conditions inside/outside of Woldt Hall 2. How can this tree be here? 3. Cloud identification	-radiation -conduction -convection -latent heat -role of aspect -form, height, and what it means for weather condition
11/6W	Wind, Human Health, and Weather Prediction, Q10	1. Buys Ballet Law Using Buys-Ballot Law a) Place back to wind, b) stick out hands, c) turn 30 degrees clockwise, d) right hand points to H pressure, left hand points to L pressure 5) check with weather map 2. Cloud identification	-wind direction -isobar spacing -pressure cells and their location -form, height, and what it means for weather condition
11/11M	Wind, Human Health, and Weather Prediction Video:Total Recall	1. Buys Ballet Law Using Buys-Ballot Law a) Place back to wind, b) stick out hands, c) turn 30 degrees clockwise, d) right hand points to H pressure, left hand points to L pressure 5) check with weather map 2. Cloud identification	-wind direction -isobar spacing -pressure cells and their location -form, height, and what it means for weather condition
11/13W	Humidity, Human Health, and Weather Prediction, Q11	1. Testing relative humidity inside/outside Woldt Hall 2. Cloud identification	-relative humidity -dew point -evaporative cooling -form, height, and what it means for weather condition
11/18M	Humidity, Human Health, and Weather Prediction	1. Testing relative humidity inside/outside Woldt Hall 2. Cloud identification	-relative humidity -dew point -evaporative cooling -form, height, and what it means for weather condition
11/20W	Clouds and Weather Prediction, Q12	Reading the sky to discern the weather	-wind direction, -pressure cell location, -isobar spacing -sun height -sun's azimuth based on current position -explaining sky and snow color -clouds and 24 hr weather
11/25M	Clouds and Weather Prediction	Reading the sky to discern the weather	-wind direction, -pressure cell location, -isobar spacing -sun height -sun's azimuth based on current position -explaining sky and snow color -clouds and 24 hr weather
11/27W	Predicting Weather with Weather Maps, Q13	Reading the sky to discern the weather	-wind direction, -pressure cell location, -isobar spacing -sun height -sun's azimuth based on current position -explaining sky and snow color -clouds and 24 hr weather
12/2M	POSTER PRESENTATION at University Center
12/4W	Predicting Weather with Weather Maps	Reading the sky to discern the weather	-wind direction, -pressure cell location, -isobar spacing -sun height -sun's azimuth based on current position -explaining sky and snow color -clouds and 24 hr weather

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