• Theme of the Week
• What you will accomplish
• How you will do it

Themes of the Week:

This week we will proceed through the Mesozoic era in the Pacific Northwest, 252 to 66 million years ago, which includes the "Age of Dinosaurs."

To fully explore these themes you will:

• Describe the relationship between the beginning of subduction in the Pacific Northwest with the separation of North America from Pangaea.
• Discuss when in the geologic record dinosaurs lived and when they became extinct.
• Describe where in the Pacific Northwest dinosaur fossils can be found and what that says about climate and landscape at the time of the dinosaurs.
• Describe the evidence of warmer climates and inland seas during the Mesozoic in the Pacific Northwest.
• Compare the Sevier and Laramide orogenies and describe where they occurred.
• Descibe two different interpretations of the shear zones in the San Juan Islands.
• Describe the ways that vast amounts of real estate were added to Oregon and Washington during the Mesozoic.

By completing the following:

1. Read Lecture 9-The Mesozoic era ("Age of Dinosaurs") in the Pacific Northwest and its linked Basics and Focus pages and refer to them in your assignments.
2. Participate in the Week 9 Discussion in the online classroom. See Weekly Discussion Rubric
3. Read Week 9 Lab Assignment. Complete Lab Assignment #9 by:
   1. submitting the online Lab #9 answer form
   See Lab Rubric
4. Take Quiz #9 in the online classroom. See the Weekly Quiz Rubric.
5. At the end of the week, compose a summary of the main things you learned about the geology of the Pacific Northwest and post it in the online classroom Week 9 Summary. See the Weekly Summary Rubric.

A look ahead -- Next week is the last week of the quarter. Next week you will be posting your Term Project Summary online. See the Term Project Written Summary Rubric. You will also be mailing, via postal mail, your Term Project. See the Term Project Rubric.

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