EARTH102-18B (HAM)
Discovering Planet Earth
15 Points
Staff
Convenor(s)
Adrian Pittari
4191
DE.3.01
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adrian.pittari@waikato.ac.nz
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Lecturer(s)
Ben Norris
bkn5@students.waikato.ac.nz
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Hazel Needham
4383
E.1.09
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hazel.needham@waikato.ac.nz
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Paper Description
This paper explores the Earth's interior and its dynamic interaction with the crust, including: the major rocks and minerals; interpreting the rock record and geologic maps; the geological time scale and fossils; plate tectonics; volcanism; earthquakes.
Paper Structure
This paper is composed of lectures, laboratories and a field trip. Students are required to attend one three-hour laboratory session per week. Labs will start in the first week of the semester. As part of the requirements of this paper, students must attend a one-day field trip.
Learning resources accessed via Moodle support the paper, and a printed Study Guide containing printed lab resources is available for purchase from Waikato Print. Panopto will be used to record lectures.
A summary of the course programme appears below, and there are more detailed versions at the start of the Study Guide and available on Moodle.
The final examination is the only compulsory piece of assessment. However, attendance at laboratory sessions and the field trip all constitute part of the final assessment, so absences should be explained.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessment
The assessed laboratory work consists of a) pre-lab questions, to be completed online in Moodle before each lab; (b) lab quizzes at the end of each lab; and c) a three-hour practical test in the last week of semester. There will be a (d) geological report, following the field trip and using supporting samples in the lab, and (e) a field activity booklet. Two 30-minute online theory tests will be held during the semester.
[Note the replacement of a 1 hour formal test, held part-way through the semester, with two 30 minute theory tests follows concerns raised by students during the paper appraisals that not all aspects of the paper were covered by the test.]
Assessment Components
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 50:50. The final exam makes up 50% of the overall mark.
Required and Recommended Readings
Required Readings
Marshak, S. (2015, 2012). Earth: Portrait of a Planet (5th, 4th Ed.). New York, USA: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
A required Study Guide, including the laboratory manual, is available for purchase from Waikato Print at the beginning of the semester (http://www.waikato-print.co.nz)
Recommended Readings
Graham, I . J. (2015). A Continent on the Move: New Zealand Geoscience Revealed (2nd Ed). Wellington, New Zealand: Geological Society of New Zealand in association with GNS Science.
Other Resources
Online Support
The paper programme appears at the start of the Study Guide and will be available on Moodle. It may be necessary to alter the programme after the paper starts, in which case the version on Moodle will be the most current.
The paper is supported by learning resources accessed via Moodle, and the Study Guide containing printed lab resources, which is available for purchase.
Online support will be provided via Moodle, which is accessible to all students who are enrolled in the paper. PLEASE NOTE: Moodle will be used for class notices etc. and it is your responsibility to check the site regularly. Instructions provided on Moodle and in lectures are considered to be given to the class as a whole.
Workload
A 100-level 15 point paper in any of the science subjects offered by the University of Waikato typically involves less than 80 hours of supervised study and it is assumed that up to 70 hours will be spent in private study by an 'average' student.
There are 29 lectures (usually 3, but sometimes 2 per week), and 12 three-hour laboratories per week; and a one-day field trip. Several assessments are to be completed during laboratory sessions, namely the laboratory quizzes and the practical test. The field trip activity booklet is to be completed during the field trip.
Students are expected to spend 30 minutes before each laboratory session to familiarise themselves with the content of the laboratory exercise and complete the pre-lab questions. Revision for the practical test can be undertaken during laboratory sessions and it is expected that students will spend a further 10 hours of revision in their own time. Students are expected to spend up to 15 hours to prepare their geological report. The two theory tests will run for 30 minutes each and are to be completed in the student's own time during the period they are open on Moodle. The remaining non-contact time should be spent revising for the theory tests and the final exam.
Linkages to Other Papers
Restriction(s)
Restricted papers: ERTH103