NEW! Guidelines for the "big test" are now posted. (3 Nov 2009)

NEW! No office hours Nov 3 or 4 -- I will be outof town.(3 Nov 2009)

NEW! Thanks for putting up with our long trip on Saturday. We did get to see some amazing places. Reminders: (1) Make sure you know who your partners are for Meteor Crater; for the Grand Canyon; and for the Sea Monkeys lab. (2) Before Saturday's trip I distributed graded labs and a "CSF" -- course so far -- distribution, with your score marked. If you didn't get back some graded labs, I might still have them, or your partner might have them. Also, on the CSF distribution I indicated which labs (if any) I have recorded as zero for you. If you think I've got something wrong, you must let me know. I could easily have made mistakes, and am not ashamed to admit it, so let me know if you think I made any mistakes. (3) If you and your partner don't have your Sea Monkeys, please let me know. (4) Upcoming deadlines: Sea Monkeys oral presentations are this Friday, October 30, at 3 pm. You should already have started your experiments! Your Meteor Crater lab, Grand Canyon lab, and Sea Monkeys lab are all due by 3 pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. (26 Oct 2009)

NEW! The Grand Canyon lab is now posted. It will be a big day, with lots of driving and a ton of amazing stuff to see. Please read all the information for this field trip carefully -- there is a lot to stay on top of. Please make sure you are prepared for the trip: hats, good shoes, food, water, etc. Charles, Sean (are you still in the class?), Ethan, Jessica, Ryan, Mike, Cody, Kyle, Rhiannon, and Sharon: you are all giving talks on Saturday, and need to make sure you talk to me about your talk ahead of time! (21 Oct 2009)

NEW! I have posted the assignment for Lab #8, the Sea Monkeys lab. Please let me know if you have not found a partneryet for this lab, as you should already be working on it. Your Sea Monkey lab write-ups are now due by 3pm on Tuesday, November 3 (same as the Meteor Crater and Grand Canyon labs). (21 Oct 2009)

NEW! I have a bunch of graded papers for this class, and I'll return them to you if/as/when we ever get together again. (14 Oct 2009)

NEW! Sunday morning at 7:15 am: My last driver option fell through, so I have to cancel our field trip this morning. My apologies, but that's how it goes. There is no field trip today, Sunday, October 4. We will visit Meteor Crater in a few weeks' time when we also visit the Grand Canyon -- a big day trip, but doable. I will also come to the meeting place this morning in case some people don't check the web page. (4 Oct 2009)

NEW! I still don't have a second driver for Sunday's trip, but I'm holding out hope that one will appear. (It could still happen.) If not, though, I do have a backup plan, in which we'll visit Meteor Crater on the first half of our Grand Canyon field trip in a few weeks' time. When I make a final decision I'll let you know, by web and/or also in person at 8:45 on Sunday morning. (3 Oct 2009)

NEW! Lab #6 -- Meteor Crater, with a field trip on Sunday morning -- is now posted. (1 Oct 2009)

NEW! Ryan and Mike, are you guys working on your presentaation for Sunday's field trip? You should be. (1 Oct 2009)

NEW! Lab #5 -- Sandys Canyon, with a field trip on Friday afteroon -- is now posted. But this only helps us if we can find a driver -- see below. (1 Oct 2009)

NEW! Is anybody in the clas van certified (that is, you've taken the NAU van driving course)? Our scheduled second van driver for Friday's field trip is sick, so I'm scrambling to find someone to drive the second van. Please email me if you are certified and willing to drive -- thanks! (1 Oct 2009)

NEW! Something you might want to know for the Sunset Crater lab assignment: The volume of a thin shell -- say, an eggshell, or a thin layer of lava covering the surface of the Earth -- is equal to 4 times Pi times the radius of the body (egg, Earth) squared times the thickness of the shell. (1 Oct 2009)

NEW! Lab #4 is now posted. This field trip is Saturday morning, September 26. Please read the entire assignment and all web pages ahead of time. Please wear good (sturdy) shoes. If you are giving a talk, you need to come talk to me ahead time -- don't forget. See you on Saturday. (24 Sept 2009)

NEW! Lab #3 is now posted. It is due by 3 pm on Friday October 2 (one week later than it said on the original course schedule). You can find a partner on Saturday morning at our field trip -- until then, you might want to start looking over the lab assignment. (24 Sept 2009)

NEW! The schedule says that lab #3 -- computer imaging lab -- is due this Friday, but that has changed. That lab will now be due next Friday, October 2. There are a couple of reasons for this, including the fact that I forgot to ask you to find a partner for lab #3 when we all last saw each other. So: We'll meet this Saturday morning for lab #4 (Sunset Crater). At that time I'll ask you to find a partner for both the computer imaging lab and the Sunset Crater lab. Both of those labs will be due on Friday, October 2. (22 Sept 2009)

NEW! Kinna, Adam, Rosie, and Ashley -- you are all giving talks on this weekend's Sunset Crater field trip. That means that you need to come talk to me this week to show me the progress you have made on your talks and handouts. (22 Sept 2009)

NEW! Office hours are only 2-3 pm today (Wednesday, Sept 9) -- sorry for the inconvenience. (9 Sept 2009)

NEW! The assignments for labs 1 and 2 are now posted. Please make sure you read all of the information on each lab's web page before coming to that lab. For the rocks lab, that means reading the assignment and the lecture notes (I will give that brief lecture at the beginning of the lab session). For the Scenic skyride lab, that means reading all of the supporting material, like the itinerary and looking at the map and so on. (9 Sept 2009)

NEW! If you are giving a talk on our first field (Alex and Ray; Sammy; Jackson and Patrick), you and your partner need to come see me this week to discuss how the preparations for your presentation are going. (8 Sept 2009)

NEW! Our first lab will be on Friday afternoon, September 11, 3--5 pm, in our regular meeting room. (28 Aug 2009)

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