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Bronx Community College
Department Of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Earth System and Environmental Sciences Program
Earth Science
ESE 11
Fall 2013
Number of Credits: 4
Lab Instructor:Dr. Rob Craig, Ph.D.
Robert.Craig@Lehman.cuny.edu
Lecture (both sections): Thursday9:00 am-11:50 am
Lab section: Monday 9:00 am – 11:50 am
Text Book: Earth: Portrait of a Planet, Fourth Edition, StephenMarshak, University of
Illinois, Urbana- Champaign.
Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology. Allan Ludman and Stephen Marshak
Lab schedule
Week Date Subject
1 9/9 Introduction to the course. Density and Measurements.
Physical properties of minerals, systematic mineral identification.
(Lab 3)
2 9/16 Systematic mineral identification (cont.)
3 9/23 Mineral Exam
4 9/30 Igneous rocks and introduction to sedimentary rocks. (Labs 4&5)
5 10/7 Sedimentary rocks and introduction to metamorphic rocks. (Labs
6&7)
6 10/15 Metamorphic rocks and review for rock exam
7 10/21 Rock Exam
8 10/28 Field Trip - Geology of the New York City area and Bronx
Community College
9 11/4 Plate Tectonics
10 11/11 Earthquakes
11 11/18 Topographicmaps(Lab 9)
12 11/25 Isotopes; Dating of Rocks, Fossils, and Geologic Events (Lab 8)
13 12/5 Review
14 12/12 Final Exam