Introduction | Syllabus | Lecture Outlines | Lab Exercises | WWW Resources
Introduction
Welcome to Geology 146, "Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth." This course is designed to use the web to supplement the textbook. You can use the set of links on this website to learn about the major topics covered in the course.
To use this website most effectively, go to the lecture notes and click on a specific lecture topic. This will bring up lecture notes or a content outline (if available) and additional www links to specific topics covered in the course lecture.
Use this introductory web page to access course materials and other internet resources. The resources listed below are generalized ones that do not fit into the specific categories explored in the lectures.
This resource is updated throughout the semester.
Syllabus
The course syllabus contains information about course content including the lecture schedule, assignments and grading. You will also find information about office hours and how to get in touch with your instructors. And, for a pdf version, syllabus146.pdf.
Lecture Notes
The Lecture Notes display an index of topics (lecture titles) in a frame on the left side. Clicking on a topic will bring up the notes in the main frame. Please note that the lectures are not necessarily in order, due to variations in scheduling. Use the syllabus for the correct lecture order.
Laboratory/Discussion Section
The laboratory sections are listed as GE 147. Some of the lab exercises are listed here. This list is updated throughout the semester so you will need to check with your instructor for your actual assignments. For 2007, the labs will meet in Devlin 201.
Web Resources
Various Topics
- Darwin's Origin of Species.
- Find out about Phylogenetics.
- An online atlas of sedimentary rocks with some beautiful photos of sedimentary rock structures.
Courses in Origins of Life on the web:
- Xlife, a web-based resource on the origins of life sponsored by the Regional Educational Service Agency of Wayne County, Michigan.
- An advanced seminar course at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel on Computational and Biochemical Theories of the Origin of Life.
- A brief outline of a experimental course on the origins of life at University of Arizona taught in 1995.
Courses in Historical Geology on the web:
- An interesting course on the Web at Columbia, dinosaurs and the history of life. Taught by Paul Olsen, an expert on the Triassic System.
- The entire history of life with black & white images on one web page. Also includes a link to a brief geological time scale. (Arizona).
- Historical Geology at the University of Georgia.
Museums with information on Paleontology and the history of life:
- On line exhibit on the "Dawn of Animal Life" at Miller Museum of Geology,Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
- The Natural History Museum (formerly the British Museum of Natural History) London, England
- The Exploratorium in SanFransisco, California, US.
- The Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley, California, US.
- Hooper Palaeontology Museum, Carleton College, Ottawa, Canada
- Royal Tyrell Museum, Alberta, Canada. Dinosaurs here aplenty.
- Life over Time, an on-line exhibit at The Field Museum in Chicago.
- Paleobiology at the Smithsonian Institution
Websites with www resource links in Paleontology
- K- Paleo: Annotated liks for Paleobotanists.
Professional Organizations
- The Origins and Early Evolution of Life website of the official journal of the I.S.S.O.L.
- The New York Center for Studies of the Origins of Life. A research and teaching consortium funded by NASA.
- The British Micropalaeontological Society, now, THE Micropalaeontological Society
- Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America is the principal group of fossil plant (paleobotanical) researchers in the US
- The Paleontological Society (US) - This is the primary body of academic invertebrate paleontologists and paleobiologist in the US today
- SVP - Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
- AASP - American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
- Paleontological Research Institute (PRI) - in upstate New York
Update, 3 September 2007.
