Cheryl Nail
Geography Professor

Bakersfield College - Fall 2017

Physical Geography - Lecture

Course Schedule (The following is approximate and may be subject to change)

Date

Reading Assignments

Assessments

Homework

Week 1 / Aug 24

Chap 1: Essentials of Geography

Chap 2: Solar Energy & Earth Seasons
   
Week 2 / Aug 31

Chap 3: Earth's Atmosphere
Chap 4: Atmosphere/Surface Energy

    

Week 3 / Sept 7

Chap 5: Global Temperatures

Chap 6: Atmospheric/Oceanic Circulations

Quiz Chap 1-3

 

Week 4 / Sept 14

 Chap 7: Water/Atmospheric Moisture

Quiz Chap 4-6

Sun Angle Problems

Week 5 / Sept 21

 Chap 8: Weather

Unit 1 Test
(Chap 1-6)

 

Week 6 / Sept 28

Chap 9: Water Resources
Chap 10: Global Climate Systems

  

 

Week 7 / Oct 5

Chap 11: Climate Change
Mid-Term Review

Quiz Chap 7-10

Video Report

Week 8 / Oct 12

Mid-Term Exam

Mid-Term Exam

 

Week 9 / Oct 19

Chap 12: Dynamic Planet
Chap 13: Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanism

    

Week 10 / Oct 26

 Chap 14: Weathering/Landscapes/Mass Movements Quiz Chap 11-12 Volcano Research

Week 11 / Nov 2

Chap 15: River Systems

Chap 16: Oceans, Coastal Systems, and Wind Processes
Quiz Chap 13-14  

Week 12 / Nov 9

 Chap 17: Glacial & Periglacial Landscapes

Quiz Chap 15-17

Week 13 / Nov 16

Chap 18: Geography of Soils
Chap 19: Ecosystem Essentials

 Unit Test 3
(Chap 12-17)

Research Report

Week 14 / Nov 23

Thanksgiving Day (No School)

    

Week 15 / Nov 30

Chap 20: Terrestrial Biomes

Course Review

Quiz Chap 18-20

Biome Project

Week 16 / Dec 7

 Final Exam (Units 3 & 4: Chap 12-20)

 

 


 

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