Geography 1L - Physical Geography Laboratory - Course Outline


Instructor: Sean Booth
Phone: (916) 781-0437



The student is expected to be in class each week and must stay for at least the first hour to receive the assignment and lecture instructions. In case of illness, a lab exercise may be made up, but it is the student's responsibility to obtain the assignment, first from another student or from other sources, such as the web; if there are still questions about the assignment, ask your instructor.

Course Outline

Week
Exercise & numbers
Title
1
Map Exercise
Geographic Features of the Earth
2
Exercise A-1 to 6, 8
Geographic Grid
3
Exercise B-1 to 7
Earth Motions
4
Exercise Q-1 to 4
Topographic Quadrangles
5
Exercise C-2, 4 to 7
Earth-Sun Relations
6
Exercise D-1, 3 to 6
Time (local time, time zones, etc.)
7
Exercise E - All exer.
Solar Radiation
8
First Laboratory Exam
Exercises # 1-7 (A to E)
9
Exercise F-1 to 2, and 5 to 7

Temperature & Heat Budget

10
Exercise G - 1 to 2, 5 to 8
Pressure and Winds
11
Exercise H-1 to 3
[omit H-1 (e)]
Humidity
12
Exercise H-5, 9 and Map Exercise Clouds and Precipitation
13
Exercise R-3 to 6 & GPS Course
Compass & Directions / GPS
14
Exercise V-1 to 5
Volcanic Landforms
15
Exercise W-1, 2, and 5
Streams and Fluvial Landforms
16
Second Laboratory Exam
Exercises # 9 - 15 (F to W)
17

Finals Week - no final

 

 

Note: Some assignments may take more than one lab session, and the assignments may be subject to change or deletion depending upon the number of school holidays. Also refer to the web notes for update and corresponding (McKnight)) textbook chapters to read.

Web notes: http://geography.sierracollege.edu/booth/notes.html