89.215 schedule

Class Date	Topic	Reading	Assignment
1/28	Class canceled - snow day
2/4	Introduction - Observation		Introduction
2/11	The Case of the Sandy Body I Characterizing Sand		Sand Size-Distributions Size Analysis Spreadsheet
2/18	The Case of the Sandy Body II Characterizing Minerals		Mineral Identification Mineral Identification Table Heavy Mineral Analysis
2/25	The Case of the Sandy Body III Characterizing Rocks		Rock Identification Size Analysis Data
3/4	Identifying the murderer in the Sandy Body case Using Geologic Maps to Identify Crime Scenes		Geologic Time and Geologic Maps Quiz I
3/11	Using Pigments to Identify Art Fraud Demise of the Ice Man I Radioactive Isotopes	Andrews, Sarah (2004) Earth Colors	Case of the Sandy Body report due Carbon-14 Dating Calculating C-14 Ages
3/25	Demise of the Ice Man II Stable Isotopes		Ice Man Ar-Ar Ages Geologic Map for Ice Man Case Ice Man Isotope Data
4/1	Case of the Contaminated Wells I		Topographic Maps Rivers and Groundwater
4/8	Case of the Contaminated Wells II		Data for Contaminated Wells Demise of the Ice Man report due
4/15	Case of the Exploding Bungalow		Exploding Bungalow exercise Earth Colors report due
4/29			Quiz II Case of the Contaminated Wells report due
5/6	The Polarizing light microscope and forensic science		The Polarizing Light Microscope and Forensic Science Case of the Exploding Bungalow report due
5/13	X-ray diffraction and forensic geology		X-ray Diffraction and Forensic Geology XRD Reference Spectra