West Virginia University

Geology 103, Earth Through Time, 2009

Dr. Thomas Kammer

Thinking of becoming a Geology or Environmental Geoscience major? Let's talk about it -- please make an appointment with me.

Fun Videos

Darwin Videos shown in class

Guiness "Evolution" video

Homer Simpson "evolves"

Your inner fish: Neil Shubin on Colbert Report, 1-15-08

Primordial Soup with Julia Child

email: Thomas.Kammer@mail.wvu.edu

Syllabus in Adobe Acrobat PDF

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Could attending class help your grade?

Careers in Geoscience www.bls.gov/oco/content/ocos050.stm

www.agiweb.org/careers.html

www.agiweb.org/workforce/reports.html

www.earthscienceworld.org/careers/brochure.html

www.bls.gov/oco/ocos288.htm www.bls.gov/oco/ocos288.htm#earnings

Careers in Petroleum Geology www.aapg.org/careers/index.cfm

Data Information

Geologic Time Scale: a must know for each student

Salaries in Petroleum Geology (source, American Association of Petroleum Geologists)

Archaeological Classification of time periods

Classification of Mammals

U.S. Energy Information Administration

International Energy Outlook Report

Oil Prices

Classification of Reptiles and Dinosaurs

Timeline for Vertebrate Evolution

Cool Web Sites

Hey Fish-Face!

Good site on earth history www.palaeos.com/Default.htm

Best Site on Evolution: www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/

British Pepper Moths: evidence for natural selection?

Human Evolution

Dinosaurs and the K/T extinction

Plate Tectonics

West Virginia Fossils www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/museum/musefoss.htm

Examples of the kinds of questions on the tests. Not the actual questions, however!

Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

Test 4

Answers to Extra Credit Quizzes

Secrets of Success

Dr. Kammer's 1999 Dominion Post Editorial

Dr. Kammer's Teaching Page

Dr. Kammer's homepage

Updated: November 15, 2009