Lab book:
Geoscience Laboratory by Tom Freeman
4th Edition
* Check this web page every week for possible updates
Tests:
There will be no formal test for the lab, however, your
lab report is due
at the end of each lab period unless otherwise directed
by the instructor.
You are required to write a one-page report for each
field trip
(campus and Fox Island) and
email your reports through WebCT to me no later
than 6 p.m. when due.
NO HARD COPY WILL BE
ACCEPTED.
Quizes will be given without
notice.
Three days have been set aside
for makeup for particular labs as no other make-up
will be allowed (see the make-up
labs & dates).
Your lab course grade will be based on your field reports, quiz, and
your lab reports
(Grading scale A=100-90, B=89-80, C=79-70)
“If
you have or acquire a
disability and would like to find out what special services and
accommodations may
be available
to you, contact
Services for
Students with Disabilities in WU 118 & 218 (481-6657, voice/TTY)”
WebCTvista for grades and reports
You can use the class disccusions
in WebCT Vista
for posting questions.
Schedule:
Week
TOPIC
ASSIGNMENT
Aug. 22
Maps
Chpt. 2
USGS Topographic Map Symbols
A short
video of earth from space
(Note:
it may take about two minutes to
download it)
Aug. 29
Maps Topographic
contd... Aerial Photographs & Satellite ...
(What
is the length of the .....?) Turn in your answer through
WebCt
vista
I would encourage you to bring a handlens to
the next 4 Labs
Sept. 5
Minerals
Chpt. 3
Sept. 11 Minerals contd....
Sept. 19 Igneous Rocks Chpt. 4
Sept. 26 Sedimentary Rocks / Metamorphic Rocks Chpts 5 & 6
Oct. 3
Weathering and Soils/ Make-up
Lab
Chpt. 7
weathering
lab Georgia Perimeter College
Oct. 10
Streams
Chpt. 11
i) Identify the main
drainage pattern in the central portion of this.... and email your
answer
to me before 5:00 p.m. October 17.
ii) Do this online stream
exercise and send your certificate of completion to me through WebCT
before
5 p.m. October 19.
STREAM:
WE'LL MAKE UP THIS LAB DURING THE CAMPUS TRIP.
Oct. 17
Campus Trip... (Oct. 17) Serious hiking, so dress
appropriately (NO MAKE-UP)
(Send your one-page Report of trip through WebCT email by noon the
following
day of the trip)
Oct. 24
Ground
water
Chpts. 12
(may use the well field on campus to measure pH, Temp, conductivity of
both river & well waters)
Oct. 21
Glaciation
Chpt. 14
& Make-up (for labs 11-14 where possible)
Nov. 6 Arid-Climate Landscape Chpt. 15
Nov.
14
Field Trip to Fox
Island (Nov. 14) ( NO MAKE UP)
(One-page Report of trip required by noon the following day)
Nov. 21 Thanksgiving Recess.................NO LAB
Nov
28
Structural Geology (lab report will be
required)
Chpts 10
Come with a pair of scissors, colored
pencils/pens, and scotch tape for this lab
Measuring
Strike/Dip
Virtual Geologic
Tour of New Mexico.
Dec. 4 Reflections & Make-up (for labs 15 & 10 where possible )
questions? E-mail me
Check out this site: http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/jonesnw/problem.html
Stream with meander campus video
(Oct. 17, 2006).... write a sentence on the video for extra credit (Due
9:00 a.m. Oct. 24, 2006)
Spring class Power Point Slides
posted April, 29, 2004 (What to expect during fiel trips).
Updated october 19, 2006