LOGAN HIGH SCHOOL COURSE SYLLABUS 2013/2014

COURSE NAME: Geo-Environmental Science

CREDIT: 1 + HOCKING COLLEGE CREDIT MATERIALS NEEDED: pencil, paper, lab notebook1 & folder PREREQUISITES: Physical Science & Biology

TEACHER: Mr. Eli Hacker ehacker@lhsd.k12.oh.us 740-385-2069 ext. 1148

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will enable students to examine basic geologic processes (plate tectonics, weathering, erosion, glaciation, etc) that formed the variety of landforms found on Earth today (lakes, streams, mountains, canyons, etc). Students will examine the composition of the Earth (rocks, minerals and soils) and how its composition affects our daily lives. Knowledge of these fundamental processes and foundations will be utilized to evaluate different means of conservation and resource management. An understanding of these practices will be used to assess the impacts of environmental degradation and catastrophic events. As each of these topics is discussed, emphasis will be placed on the impacts of human interactions with the environment. COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Develop an understanding and be able to explain the basic principles of geology and environmental science 2. Evaluate geologic information and apply insights to make decisions concerning land use, geologic hazard avoidance or mitigation concerns, and geologic resource use and conservation. 3. Collect data using observational skills and physical tests for identifying and/or describing minerals, rocks, fossils, geologic features and soils. 4. Utilize geologic maps in preliminary site assessment. 5. Access geologic information from various government sources. TEXTBOOK NAMES: Living in the Environment, 16th Edition: G. Tyler Miller & Scott E. Spoolman Modern Earth Science: Sager, Ramsey, Phillips & Watenpaugh Global Science: Energy, Resources, Environment, 5th Edition: Christensen WORKBOOK NAME: NONE WORKBOOK FEE: NONE LAB FEE: $5.00 GRADE DISTRIBUTION2: TESTS & QUIZZES 33% LAB/FIELD WORK 33% CLASSWORK TOTAL 34% 100% GRADING SCALE: The scale in the student handbook, as adopted by the Logan-Hocking Board of Education, will be used to determine letter grades.

Students are required to keep a lab notebook for the course where they will keep ALL lab information for the course. Students will be required to complete projects throughout the year and if a project is not completed the student will receive NO CREDIT FROM HOCKING COLLEGE, REGARDLESS OF STUDENTS GRADE.
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LOGAN HIGH SCHOOL COURSE SYLLABUS 2013/2014

COURSE OUTLINE (LECTURE & LAB) Lecture: Geologic Time Plate Tectonics Minerals & Rocks 1st Grading Period Physical Properties of Minerals Mineral Identification Rock Identification 2nd Grading Period Assessing Earthquakes & Risk Soils & Soils Management Lab:

Volcanism Earthquatkes Soils & Weathering

3rd Grading Period Energy & Mineral Resources Sustainable Cities

Groundwater Hydrology Coal Resources/Reserves Environmental Land-Use Planning Green City Design Project Flooding Hazards Subsidence Hazards Coastal Hazards

Stream Flooding Landslides & Subsidence Coastal Processes

4th Grading Period

CLASSROOM RULES & POLICIES

1. The guidelines in the student handbook, as adopted by the Logan-Hocking Board of Education, will be followed both in this classroom and in the field. 2. Students are to be respectful while others are talking during class discussions and of the belongings of other individuals and institutions. 3. Students are to always use the designated laboratory equipment in the correct manner for which it was intended. Misusing laboratory equipment may result in receiving a grade of zero for the entire assignment. 4. Inappropriate language, gestures or actions will not be tolerated. 5. Students are expected to bring their books on assigned days. Failure to bring your book on assigned days will result in a tardy, which counts the same as being late to class. After a student is tardy 3 times they will receive a detention and after 6 times they will receive an office referral. 6. Students are expected to dress for the occasion, if an outdoor lab is planned dress appropriately for the current weather, you may bring other clothes to change into after class, but field work will not be rescheduled because students are not dressed appropriately. 7. Safety in the laboratory and field are vitally important and horseplay will not be tolerated, students participating in horseplay will be removed the activity, receive a zero for the assignment and a detention. 8. When students are conducting fieldwork their behavior is expected to be the same as if they were inside the classroom laboratory. 9. Attendance is crucial on days when labs are scheduled. In most cases students will not be making up the lab they missed, instead they will be doing an alternative assignment that is designed to supply the students with the information they would have received had they actually done the lab. 10. Students are expected to complete ALL PARTS of ALL COURSE PROJECTS (failure to complete a major component of a course project will result in receiving NO CREDIT from Hocking College.