Geology and Astronomy at the Pinnacles: Geo 27 & Astro 27
On-Campus Sessions:
Most
students are focused on the enjoyment of the weekend in the field. However,
there are on-campus sessions for Geology and for Astronomy. These are critically
important sessions! Here we distribute maps, decide on who will bring what
food for the group dinner Saturday, arrange any carpooling, and then give
lectures on geology and astronomy. These are not optional! Plan to attend
if you want full credit for the classes.
Conflicts
with Other Courses:
If either the weekend sessions or the on-campus
sessions conflict with another class of yours, even by only 10 minutes, then
you need to fill out a yellow overlap form which we can give you here today.
You need to get this signed and submitted to the administration before the
computer will allow you to register. Dave and/or Rick can sign here today,
and the other class’s instructor must sign also. Remind him/her that this
is for only a single session so we normally expect that the accommodation
will be made by you missing some time in your other class.
In
the Field:
Generally, you’ll be getting up at 7:30am,
doing geology field hikes and lectures until about 3pm. An astronomy lecture
at the pool will accompany some relaxtion time. Dinner, and then astronomy
lecture followed by telescope observing sessions will then go until about
midnight on Friday and Saturday. Sunday there will be another shorter geology
hike, followed by pack-up and a drive to Fremont Peak for more geology.
For
more on Astronomy 27, see the department’s webpage for Astro 27 at
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~rnolthenius/astro27/astro27index.htm
Welcome
aboard!
Dave
Schwartz: email daschwar
Rick Nolthenius: email rinolthe
both
are on the cabrillo.edu server