DATE		TOPIC	Reading Assignments
W	JAN	10	What is the Quaternary?
F		12	Snowball Earth hypothesis?
M		15	Martin Luther King holiday
W		17	Stable isotope records- oceans
F		19	Stable isotope records- oceans
M		22	Stable isotope records- ice cores
W		24	Stable isotope records - ice cores
F		26	Causes of climate change
M		29	Causes of climate change
W		31	Causes of climate change
F	FEB	2	Geochronology
M		5	TEST 1
W		7	Geochronology
F		9	Plant responses - pollen
M		12	Plant responses - pollen
W		14	Plant responses - pollen
F		16	Plant responses - pollen
M		19	President's Day Holiday
W		21	Plant responses - pollen
F		23	Plant responses - macroscopic remains - wood rats
M		26	Plant responses - macroscopic remains - wood rats
W		28	Mammalian responses
F	MAR	2	Mammalian responses
M		5	Mammalian responses
W		7	TEST 2
F		9	Plant responses - tree rings
M		12	Spring Break
W		14	Spring Break
F		16	Spring Break
M		19	Plant responses - tree rings
W		21	Diatoms
F		23	Diatoms
M		26	Diatoms and drought cycles
W		28	Drought cycle causes
F		30	Invertebrate responses
M	APR	2	Insect responses - beetles
W		4	Insect responses - beetles
F		6	Easter Holiday
M		9	Easter Holiday
W		11	Insect responses - beetles
F		13	Insect responses - midges
M		15	Fish responses
W		18	TEST 3
F		20	Marine - single-cell responses
M		23	Marine - single-cell responses
W		25	Marine invertebrate response - corals - geochemistry
F		27	Marine invertebrate response - corals
M		30	El Niño/La Niña - causes and teleconnections
W	MAY	2	El Niño/La Niña - causes and teleconnections
F		4	Biotic resonses to global warming
M		7	FINAL 8:00 - 10:00 A.M.
Testing procedures