Lab book:
Geoscience Laboratory by Tom Freeman 3rd 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 to me no later
than 5 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).
(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
You can use the class bulletin board
for posting questions.
Schedule:
DAY
TOPIC
ASSIGNMENT
Jan.
15
Maps
Chpt. 3
USGS Topographic Map Symbols
A short
video of earth from space
(Note: it may take about two minutes to
download it)
Jan. 22 Maps Topographic contd... Aerial Photographs & Satellite Images
I would encourage you to bring a handlens to
the next 4 Labs
Jan.
29
Minerals
Chpt. 4
Feb. 5 Minerals contd....
Feb. 12 Igneous Rocks Chpt. 5
Feb. 19 Sedimentary Rocks / Metamorphic Rocks Chpts 6 & 7
Feb.
26
Weathering and Soils/ Make-up
Lab
Chpt. 8
weathering lab Georgia Perimeter College
Mar.
4 Streams
Chpt. 9
i) Identify the main
drainage pattern in the central portion of this
image and email your answer
to me before 5:00 p.m. March 4.
ii) Do this online stream
exercise and send your certificate of completion to me by email before
5 p.m. March 6.
Mar. 11 Spring Break... No lab
Mar.
18
Ground
water
Chpts. 10 & 11
(may use the well field on campus to measure pH, Temp, conductivity of
both river and well water)
Mar.
25
Campus Trip..Serious hiking, so dress
appropriately (NO MAKE-UP)
(Send your one-page Report of trip through email by noon March 26)
April
1
NO
LAB...today's lab will be covered on April 8
Glaciation
Chpt. 13
& Make-up (for labs 9-13 where possible)
April 8 Arid-Climate Landscape Chpt. 14
April
15
Structural Geology (lab report will be
required)
Chpts 17
Come with a pair of scissors, colored
pencils/pens, and scotch tape for this lab
Measuring
Strike/Dip
Virtual Geologic
Tour of New Mexico.
April 22 April 15 Field Trip to Fox
Island ( NO MAKE UP)
(One-page Report of trip required)
April
29
Reflections & Make-up (for labs 14 & 17 where
possible )
questions, notes, reports, etc,
E-mail me
Check out this site: http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/jonesnw/problem.html
Updated January 14, 2004
Class Power Point Slides
posted April, 29, 2004.
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