GEO 3510L - EARTH RESOURCES

Spring Term, 2008

 Lab Instructor: Adriana Potra

 Phone:                305-348-3147

 Email:                apotr001@fiu.edu

 Required textbook:   EARTH RESOURCES

                                     Laboratory Investigations

                                     Author: James T. Constantopoulos

The lab objective is to provide students with a better understanding of where the various resources come from, their economic value, the ability to recognize these resources and some environmental issues related to them.

Syllabus

1. January 10

Chapter 1 - MINERALS

2. January 17

     Chapter 1 - MINERALS (continued)

3. January 24

Quiz 1       - Minerals

Chapter 2 - ROCKS

4. January 31

     Chapter 2 - ROCKS (continued)

5. February 07

    Quiz 2        - Rocks

    Chapter 3  - ENERGY AND FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES 

6. February 14

    Quiz 3        - Energy and Fossil Fuel Resources

    Chapter 5  - PETROLEUM EXPLORATION

7. February 21

    Quiz 4       - Petroleum Exploration

    Chapter 6 - NUCLEAR ENERGY

8. February 28

     Quiz 5       - Nuclear Energy

     Chapter 7 - IRON AND FERROALLOY METALS

 9. March 06

     Quiz 6       - Iron and Ferroalloy Metals

     Chapter 8 - LIGHT AND BASE METALS

10. March 13

      Quiz 7       - Light and Base Metals

      Chapter 9 - PRECIOUS METALS AND GEM MINERALS

11. March 27

      Quiz 8         - Precious Metals and Gem Minerals

      Chapter 10 - CHEMICAL AND FERTILIZER MINERALS

12. April 03

      Quiz 9         - Chemical and Fertilizer Minerals

      Chapter 11 - INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

13. April 10

      Quiz 10       - Industrial Minerals

      Chapter 12 - CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

14. April 17

       Quiz 11       - Construction Materials

       Chapter 16 - WATER RESOURCES

Grading system

Labs - each weekly Lab Exercise = 10 points (the lowest lab score will be dropped)

         - each lab will be evaluated on an individual basis and will be returned at the

           beginning of the next lab

         → maximum 130 points

Quizzes - each quiz = 10 points (the lowest quiz score will be dropped) 

         → maximum 100 points

Final grade:  Quizzes count for 60 %

                       Labs count for 40 %

Grades are determined by percentage as follows:

A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 83-86, B- = 80-82, C+ = 77-79, C = 73-76, C- = 70-72, D+ = 67-69, D = 63-66, D- = 60-62,

F = fewer than 60 points.

Policies

Attendance is required because written exercises are completed during the labs. There are no makeup labs. If you have a medical emergency or a serious family problem, then arrangements will be possible. Verification in the form of an official document will be required.

  Cheating and other kind of misconduct is unacceptable and will be reported to University officials.

  Beepers and cellular phones must be turned off during the lab period.

  The class will be responsible for cleaning up the lab.