The Earth-Week 1

From GeoClasses

These lectures cover the origin of the Earth and the solar system, viewed through the lens of the scientific method.

Contents 1 Reading 2 Lecture Notes 2.1 The Scientific Method 2.2 How did the Earth form - An example of the scientific method 2.3 The Earth's orbit 2.4 The Interior of the Earth 2.5 The origin of the atmosphere 2.6 The origin of the hydrosphere 3 Links

Reading

• Chapter 15 - The nature of the solar system
• Chapter 16 - p.422-424

• Lecture 1 as PowerPoint
• Lecture 2 as PowerPoint

Lecture Notes

The Scientific Method

How did the Earth form - An example of the scientific method

The Earth's orbit

The Interior of the Earth

• The Interior of the Earth
• Magnetic field

The origin of the atmosphere

The origin of the hydrosphere

Links

• Spectacular Hubble Space telescope images
  • Images of the Orion Nebula

• 3d Geoscience models created with VPython.
  • The Nebula model
  • The Solar system model