ASTR/GEOL 1070 Reading Guides

These are guides to help you get the most from your reading. The date given is the date of the lesson covering the material in a reading. It is recommended that you read the material before class.

The guides are available in HTML and PDF formats. The HTML version is the most convenient to read from a web browser. If you wish to print out a guide, the PDF version will give the most readable format.

Date	Topic	Pages	Guides
Aug 25	Nature of science, Maps	C 3–14, G ch. 20	[HTML] [PDF]
Aug 27	Landforms, Geologic time	G chs. 1, 9, 11	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 1	Streams	G ch. 2	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 3	Ice	G ch. 3	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 8	Wind and waves	G chs. 4, 5	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 10	Plate tectonics	G ch. 12	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 15	Rocks	G chs. 14–17	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 17	Ground water, Slides	G 6, 7	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 22	Volcanoes	G 8	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 24	Oil, Wyoming geology	G ch.19	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 29	Atmosphere, sunshine	M 9–22, A 25–31	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 1	Physics of wind	M 23–25	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 6	Geology projects, Climate types	M 30–36, 43–49	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 8	Mid-latitude cyclones	M 25–29, 92–96	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 13	Physics of precipitation	M 52–68	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 15	Thunderstorms and tornadoes	M 69–83, 398–399, 404–406	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 20	Tropical cyclones	M 84–91	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 22	Climate change	M ch. 4	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 27	Local winds	M 96–101	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 29	Meteorology project presentations	none
Nov 3	Measuring the heavens I	A 2–10	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 5	Measuring the heavens II	A 10–13	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 10	Solar system	A chs. 4, 5	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 12	Gravity	none
Nov 17	Stars	A 136–146, C 131–140	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 19	Star death	A 146–157	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 24	Galaxies	A ch. 7	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 27	Thanksgiving
Dec 1	Work day	none
Dec 3	Cosmology	A ch. 8	[HTML] [PDF]

G = Cvancara, Field Manual for the Amateur Geologist; M = Henson, Rough Guide to Weather; A = Gribbin, From Here to Infinity; C = course pack.