• Outcomes for Week 10
• Tasks for Week 10
• Making Timely and Substantial Contributions to Discussion Threads
• Assigned Discussion Threads for Week 10
• Final Weekly Summary and Course Summary

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Welcome to the tenth and last week in Pacific Northwest Geology online. The main topics for this week are the Paleozoic, Proterozoic and Archean geology and geologic history of the Pacific Northwest.

Outcomes for Week 10

Now let us take a look at what is happening this week. At the end of the tenth week, you should be able to:

• Describe how the Paleozoic passive margin geology of the Northwest led to widespread deposits of continental shelf and deeper water sedimentary layers
• Describe the transgressions and regressions of the ocean onto the continent that occurred during the Paleozoic, including the inland sea
• Recognize and explain sequences of sedimentary deposits associated with transgressions and regressions of the sea
• Describe when and where the Antler orogeny occurred
• Summarize the evidence for, and apparent effects of, late Proterozoic rifting of the continent
• Describe the strata and sedimentary structures of the Proterozoic Belt Supergroup and the depositional environments in which they formed
• Describe the oldest continental crust in the Pacific Northwest--the Archean basement of the Rocky Mountain region, including the types of rocks and how they formed
• Summarize your awareness of the geology and geologic history of the Pacific Northwest

Tasks for Week 10

• Read Lecture #10 and the course content Web pages to which it is linked.
• Make timely and substantial contributions to the assigned discussion threads (see below).
• Discuss with the rest of the class the assigned discussion question.
• Complete Lab Assignment #10. Send Lab Assignment #10 in by filling out the Lab Assignment 10 Written Answers Form in your online classroom. Follow the instructions on the answer form carefully.
• Take the weekly Pacific Northwest Geology quiz online.
• Write your weekly summary on the last day of the week and post it to the classroom discussion area by the end of that day (see below).

Making Timely and Substantial Contributions to Discussion Threads

Each week you are assigned one (or several) discussion threads. You are expected, at minimum, to submit a comment of your own, and at least one response to another student's comment, as your contribution to that thread. You are also expected to provide substance to at least one of your postings. Substance means such things as descriptions of real geological examples that you have encountered, or references (with your own comments) to things you have read about, or references (with your own comments) to other Web pages that are relevant to the discussion thread.

You are also welcome to, and encouraged to, start your own discussion threads and respond to other students' discussion threads. The minimum requirement is to take part in the discussion threads that are assigned at the beginning of each week, in the agenda.

Assigned Discussion Thread for Week 10

Here is a listing of the tenth week's assigned discussion threads.

1. Describe a situtation in which you might use something you learned in this class. Describe the situation and the concept you would apply.
2. Comment on a classmate's response to discussion thread #1. Choose a response that has not already been commented upon.

Your Weekly Summary and Course Summary

Your weekly summary is important, as always. Remember, a high-quality summary clearly describes the main ideas you learned, with some specific examples.

In addition, as we reach the close of this course, I would like you to summarize your experience with the Pacific Northwest Geology online course in general.

Please send your summaries as two separate messages. In the subject lines, call one "Weekly Summary" and the other "Course Summary."

In your Course Summary please respond to the following:

• How has your awareness of the geology of the Pacific Northwest changed since before you took this class?
• Which aspects of the online class worked best for you and why do you think they worked well?
• Which aspects of the class did not work well for you and how could they be improved?

Both summaries are due on the last day (Wednesday) of the online week.

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