Welcome to Physical Science 111 — General Course I. Class meets from 1:00 pm until 3:25 pm on Monday and Wednesday in Room 3974. Class begins Wednesday January 20th. This is a general science course for non-science majors. We spend the first half of the course studying Geology. We then divide the remaining time between the study of Meteorology (weather) and Astronomy.
Course Information
Course Catalog Description
PHYSICAL SCIENCE 076 0111 - General Course I - Physical Science
Introduction to the scientific method, astronomy, geology, meteorology. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.
Credit Hours: 4, 3 lecture hours and 2 lab hours per week based on sixteen weeks.
Instructor
Professor Walker
jwalker@ccc.edu
Office: 3850
Phone: (773) 907-4698
Website: JustOnly.com/physci/
Textbook
Earth Science 12th Ed.
by Tarbuck & Lutgens
Prentice Hall ©2009
ISBN-10: 0136020070
ISBN-13: 9780136020073
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Recommended Links
- Google Earth
This is a very powerful program that "provides satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips." The newest version included Google Sky! This program continues to amaze and delight me. - Geology News
Pulls together geology news from many sources. - The landscape of natural disasters
- USGS Public Lectures
- 3-D images of National Parks
General
Minerals and Rocks
- Minerals
An extensive database of minerals ordered by name or by class. - Common Minerals and Their Uses
- Ulexite or Satin Spar?
- Tell Me Why - Gems, Metals and Minerals (video)
- Rocks (video)
- The Rock Song (video)
- An Unusual Rock
Found: A mysterious crystal-filled rock. While it hasn't moved from its perch in the Swiss Alps for millions of years, its presence there is shaking up the geology community.
Maps
- Topographic Map Simulation
- Topographical Map of Illinois
- Historical Topographical Maps
- Illinois State Geological Survey
An excellent resource for geological maps of Illinois. - 3D anaglyphs: North Dakota State University
- A Rocky Bluff
- The Grand Canyons
- A brook
- A river bank
Rivers and Lakes
- Rivers - Wikipedia
Origins, Topography, Uses, Biology, Flooding, Mechanics, Management, Links to information about major rivers - Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom
Caves and Groundwater
- Mine of Naica: Largests Crystals in the World This is a short video. You can also read about these crystals.
- Bill Stone explores the world's deeptest caves
- Models of caves and karst topography
Glaciers
- Glacier Terminology
Glacial terms are illustrated with beautiful photographs. - Wisconsian Glaciation
Explains some local phenomena including Starved Rock. - Glaciers and Clacial Warming, Receding Glaciers
- The Antarctica Challenge and other videos and photos about glaciers.
Earthquakes and Volcanos
- National Earthquake Information Center - NEIC
- Volcano World
- This Dynamic Planet: Interactive Map
- Discovery Channel: Supervolcano
- Stromboli > Volcanos of the World
Earth's Core
Weather
- National Hurricane Center
Includes RSS feeds for up-to-date information about current tropical storms and hurricanes. - Tornado History Project
- Ozone Hole Watch
- Cloud Study
- List of Cloud Types with Images
- Aviation Weather
Astronomy
- 3-D Tour of the Solar System and our Planet - Requires Red/BLue 3-D glasses
- Video: Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Tital. and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice.
- Astronomy Planetarium and Star Mapping Program - Free
This program allows you to see star charts for any time, any day and any perspective on the planet. There are many options available as to the number of objects in view and the types of labels and grids provided. - Night Vision
Another planetarium program that is free and easy to use. - NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A few of the activities on this website: You can see the latest Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute images, take a tour of the solar system and visit the lunar eclipse page. - Wonders of the Solar System
- Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
- Best of SOHO Movies
Anaglyphs
You will need red/blue 3D glasses
