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Preliminary version 7/17/2016 Earth & Environmental Sciences 111

EARTH, ENERGY, & THE ENVIRONMENT Fall 2016 Instructor: Carol A. Stein Office: Science and Engineering South, Room 2472 Telephone: 312-996-9349 Office Hours: By appointment Email: cstein@uic.edu For the fastest response, use email COURSE WEB SITE is on blackboard. Lecture files will be posted on blackboard about 24 hours before each lecture, excluding movies and animations. Updates to lectures after the posting will not be put on blackboard. REQUIRED MATERIAL: 1. How Does Earth Work? by Smith and Pun, Prentice-Hall, second edition Copies of this textbook are on reserve at UIC's Main Library, 1st floor Circulation Desk. To check out the book the call number (QE28.2 S59 2010) and your I-Card are required. 2. Iclicker 2 - Graded quizzes using iclickers start on Monday August 29th 3. EAES 111 Laboratory Manual- distributed in lab, week 1 (cost covered by lab fee)

Time: Lecture- MONDAY/WEDNESDAY/FRIDAY 11-11:50 AM in Lecture Center C3 Lab Sections- in Science and Engineering Labs (SEL) Room 1101 31767 section 1 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM Tuesday TA: 31768 section 2 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM Tuesday TA: 31769 section 3 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Tuesday TA: 31771 section 4 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM Wednesday TA: 31772 section 5 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM Wednesday TA: 32191 section 6 9:00 AM - 10:50 PM Thursday TA:

Playing Against NatureIntegrating Science and Economics to Mitigate

Natural Hazards in an Uncertain World

Seth Stein and Jerome Stein

This course is an introduction to how the solid earth works, how it affects our environment, and how its workings give rise to energy and other resources. The course has lectures and laboratories. The required field trip is on Saturday, October 15, 2016 (8 AM – 7 PM). Students do not pass this course unless they satisfy the field trip requirement. Students may not use laptop computers, cellular phones, ipads or electronic equipment other than I-clickers during class.

2001 Eruption near Goma, Congo, East African Rift

Tsunami damage from March 11, 2011 Tohoku, Japan earthquake

Eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland on April 17, 2010

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GRADES are based on lecture tests (50%), labs (25%), pre-lab questions (5%) and quizzes (20%). NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU DO ON THE EXAMS, IF YOU FAIL THE

LABS YOU WILL FAIL THIS COURSE! Guaranteed minimum percentage needed for the final grade: A≥85%, B≥75%, C≥65%, D≥55%, and F<55%. When final grades are assigned after the end of the term, sometimes the needed percentage for a given letter grade will be reduced, but NEVER raised. LECTURE TESTS: There are three 50-minute tests during the term (NO FINAL TEST DURING FINALS WEEK) based on the lectures and reading. There are no make-up tests. QUIZZES will be given each lecture (EXCEPT for test days and the first week). Your I-clicker2 will be used to answer the quiz questions. The eight lowest scores on quizzes will be dropped. There are no make-up quizzes. LAB SECTIONS: You will not get credit for a lab if you did not attend. Please read the lab chapter before coming to lab. Some labs may require work to be done on Blackboard before the lab session. Bring your lab book to lab each time. Lab exercises are due in one week at the BEGINNING of the next lab period (unless announced otherwise). No late reports will be accepted. The lowest two lab grades will be dropped. There are no make-up labs. The lab test is during week 15 in lab. ATTENDANCE at lectures is expected. Poor attendance almost invariably results in poor grades. Not all subjects in lecture are in the text. You are responsible for knowing about any announcements made during lectures. PROBLEMS: Please bring any problems to your teaching assistant or to Prof. Stein in a timely manner! We will deal with them in a timely manner. If you have a valid excuse for missing an exam or lab, or for turning in an assignment late, you must discuss your reasons with your teaching assistant or Prof. Stein in advance or within 24 hours afterwards. Remember that the eight lowest quizzes and two lowest labs are dropped. We cannot provide "makeup" quizzes or labs or exams. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. For all work you must adhere to the guidelines regarding academic integrity as described in the UIC Student Handbook & UIC web pages. Any student caught and proven to have committed an act of academic dishonesty (including using another student’s I-clicker) will receive a zero for the particular item and may fail this course. This may result in a recommendation to your college for dismissal from the University. Students are expected to turn in their own work. Students with disabilities who require accommodations for access and participation in this course must be registered with the Office of Disability Services (ODS). Please contact ODS 1200 W. Harrison St. Room 1190, SSB (M/C 321) at 312/413-2103 (voice) or 312/413-0123 (TTY) or 312/413-7781(FAX). Then, please inform Prof. Stein and your teaching assistant so your needs may be appropriately met.

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This schedule is subject to change without notice. Chapters for the lectures are from the textbook. Labs are from the EAES 111 Lab Manual. The Monday dates for each week are listed. Week 1: Introduction- Chapter 1 Aug. 22 Lab 1: Introduction Week 2: Minerals- Chapter 2 Aug. 29 Lab 2: The Physical Earth Week 3: Rocks & Igneous Rocks- Chapters 3 & 4 (NO LECTURE MON. Sept 5, Labor Day) Sept. 5 Lab 3: Minerals Week 4: Sedimentary Rocks- Chapter 5 Sept. 12 Lab 5: Rocks Week 5: Metamorphic Rocks- Chapter 6 / TEST 1- Friday Sept. 16th Sept. 19 Lab 6: Rock History Week 6: Time- Chapter 7 Sept. 26 Lab 7: Radioactivity & Geologic Time & Mineral Quiz Week 7: Earth's Interior- Chapter 8 Oct. 3 Lab 8: Geologic Maps, Part 1 Week 8: Origin of Earth & some Chicago Geology - Chapter 9 Oct. 10 Lab 8: Geological Maps, Part 2 Required Field Trip, Saturday Oct 15th from 8 AM - 7 PM; BRING LAB 9 Week 9: Motion Inside Earth- Chapter 10 Oct. 17 Lab: Lab 9/Field Trip Discussion & Review Week 10: Deformation of Rocks- Chapter 11; / TEST 2- Friday October 28th Oct. 24 Lab 10: Seafloor Spreading and Continental Drift

Week 11: Global Tectonics- Chapter 12 Oct 31 Lab 11: The Stable Interior of North America Lab Week 12: Tectonics and Surface Relief- Chapter 13 Nov. 7 Lab 14: Earthquakes & Earthquake Hazards Week 13: Water- Chapter 17 Nov 14 Lab 16: Groundwater Week 14: Chicago Geology & Climate Change- some of Chapters 18 & 21 Nov. 21 Lab: No labs this week. No class Friday Nov. 25th for Thanksgiving break Week 15: Mineral and Energy Resources / TEST 3- Friday December 2. Nov. 28 Lab: LAB TEST THERE IS NO FINAL DURING FINALS WEEK.