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GEOS: A Physical Geology Lab Manual for California Community Colleges

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5

Week 1: January 3rd-10th

Go to Week 1 Module or quicklink to one of the chapter modules below.

This week, we'll be covering the following chapters:

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Geosciences
Chapter 2: Imagery and Maps in the Geosciences
Chapter 4: The Internal Earth
Chapter 5: Plate Tectonics

Don't forget to complete your Course Survey and Week 1 Discussion!

Week 2: January 11th-17th

Go to Week 2 Module or quicklink to one of the chapter modules below.

This week, we'll be covering the following chapters:

Chapter 6: Earthquakes
Chapter 3: Minerals and Mineral Resources
Chapter 7: Igneous Rocks
Chapter 8: Volcanoes

Don't forget to complete your Week 2 Discussion!

Week 3: January 18th-24th

Go to Week 3 Module or quicklink to one of the chapter modules below.

This week, we'll be covering the following chapters:

Chapter 9: Surface Water
Chapter 10: Landslides and Mass Wasting
Chapter 11: Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 12: Groundwater Processes

Don't forget to complete your Week 3 Discussion!

Week 4: January 25th-31st

Go to Week 4 Module or quicklink to one of the chapter modules below.

This week, we'll be covering the following chapters:

Chapter 13: Metamorphic Rocks
Chapter 14: Geologic Time
Chapter 15: Geologic Structures
Chapter 16: Geologic Maps

Don't forget to complete your Week 4 Discussion!

Week 5: February 1st-4th

Go to Week 5 Module or quicklink to one of the chapter modules below.

This week, we'll be covering the following chapters:

Chapter 17: Coastal Processes
Chapter 18: Desert Processes
Chapter 19: Glacial Processes
Chapter 20: Climate Change

The western hemisphere, North and South America, from space. (Public Domain; Reto Stöckli for NASA)

1: Intro to Geosciences

Go to Chapter 1

California from space. (CC-BY 2.0; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

2: Imagery and Maps

Go to Chapter 2

Benitoite, Neptunite, and Natrolite in a white rock. (CC-BY 4.0; Chloe Branciforte)

3: Minerals

Go to Chapter 3

A cross-section of Earth, illustrating the different layers. Moving from the exterior towards Earth’s center: The lithosphere includes the crust and upper mantle, the asthenosphere, lower mantle, outer core, and inner core. (CC-BY 4.0; Chloe Branciforte)

4: The Internal Earth

Go to Chapter 4

A map illustrating the major tectonic plates of Earth. (Public Domain; USGS)

5: Plate Tectonics

Go to Chapter 5

Surface rupture in Searles Valley, California. (Public Domain; USGS)

6: Earthquakes

Go to Chapter 6

Cartoon of an igneous rock. (CC-BY 4.0; Emily Haddad)

7: Igneous Rocks

Go to Chapter 7

Eruption column visible above the Lassen Peak Volcano. (Public Domain; USGS)

8: Volcanoes

Go to Chapter 8

Stream on the Glen Aulin trail in Yosemite National Park. (CC-BY 2.0; Angela Savin)

9: Surface Water

Go to Chapter 9

Aerial photo of the Mud Creek landslide near Big Sur, California. (Public Domain; USGS)

10: Landslides & Mass Wasting

Go to Chapter 10

Cartoon of a sedimentary rock. (CC-BY 4.0; Emily Haddad)

11: Sedimentary Rocks

Go to Chapter 11

Curtains of orange drapery formations in Hurricane Crawl Cave in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. (Public Domain; NPS)

12: Groundwater

Go to Chapter 12

Cartoon of a metamorphic rock. (CC-BY 4.0; Emily Haddad)

13: Metamorphic Rocks

Go to Chapter 13

Sedimentary layers bent into a smile (U) shape. (Public Domain; Mark Wilson)

14: Geologic Time

Go to Chapter 14

Normal fault cutting through tuff in Shoshone, CA. (CC-BY-SA 2.0; Penny Higgins)

15: Geologic Structures

16: Geologic Maps

17: Coasts

18: Deserts

19: Glaciers

20: Climate Change