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Week |
Lab/Lecture Topics |
Projects/Quizzes |
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One |
Fossils: What they are, how they form, methods of fossilization,
methods of
fossil collecting, methods of fossil processing;
Classification of fossils
Classification of fossils; marine paleocommunity
reconstruction
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*****
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Sun One day field
trip to Hueston Woods to collect fossils and practice methods of
fossil collecting;
We will leave from the
Lima campus at 8:00 AM and
return by about 6:00 PM |
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Two |
Fossil identification and marine paleocommunity
reconstruction; Ohio
fossils
Ohio
fossils; Land animals inc. dinosaurs: origin, name, how related to
other reptiles |
Quiz 1
on Fossils (Covers through classification) Module 1: Fossils, Methods,
and
Classification of Fossils
Quiz 2
on marine paleocommunity
reconstruction and id of
Hueston Woods’ fossils
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Three |
Classification of dinosaurs |
Module 2:
Paleocommunity reconstruction using Hueston
Woods’ fossils
Quiz 3:
Ohio fossils, land
animals and reptiles other than dinosaurs
Module 3:
Ohio fossils, land animals and reptiles other than dinosaurs
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*****
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Sun Field trip to Cleveland Museum to see fossils and dinosaurs and tour the paleontological
laboratories. We will leave from the Lima campus at 8:00 AM and
return between 7:00-8:00 PM.
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Four |
How we know what we know about
dinosaurs: mass, velocity, behavior
Extinction of
dinosaurs and
Dinosaurs in media and class:
Jurassic Park,
Magic School Bus, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Walking
with Dinosaurs, Dinosaur, and others |
Module 4: Dinosaur intro and
classification
Quiz 4
on Dinosaurs
(includes all dinosaur topics
covered in class up to R 15)
Module 5: How we know what we know about
dinosaurs |
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Grading: |
Labs/Field trips
Quizzes (Best 3 of 4)
Units/Modules |
15%
60%
25% |
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Grading Scale:
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93 - 100 A |
91 - 93 A- |
89 - 91 B+ |
80 - 89 B |
78 - 80 B- |
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76 - 78 C+ |
65 - 76 C |
63 - 65 C- |
61 - 63 D+ |
50 - 61 D |
<50 E |
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