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Physical Geography Laboratory
3 hours per week, 1 unit
Text: Corbet, John Physical Geography Manual, 4th Edition
Recommended equipment and texts:
- metric ruler
- scientific calculator
- atlas of the world
- protractor
In the first hour the instructor will lecture on the experiment or exercise for that laboratory period. The lecture will include familiarization of the theory or a concept in geography, an explanation of the assignment in the laboratory, and the methods to be used in conducting the exercise.
The second and third hours are to be used to conduct the experiment and complete the assignment.
At the next laboratory period, the student is expected to have completed the previous assignment and to have any written results prepared for checking by the instructor, if requested. Do not tear out your assignments.
The grade for the laboratory will be determined by:
- First Lab. Exam. 50%
- Second Lab. Exam. 50%
- Tests not taken on time. - 10% (1/2 grade point penalty) Documented medical excuse excepted.
The student is expected to be in class each week, and must stay for at least the first hour to receive the assignment. In case of illness a laboratory may be made up, but it is the student's responsibility to obtain the assignment, first from another student or from a tape recording of the lecture (in the L.R.C.), finally, if there are still questions about the assignment, from the instructor.
COURSE OUTLINE |
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| Assign # | Chapter | Title | Starting Page # | Time Weeks | |
| 1 | Class | Geographic Features of the Earth | Provided | 1 | |
| 2 | Part 1, A | Geographic Grid | 3 | 1 | 1-6,8 |
| 3 | Part II, Q | Topographic Quadrangles | 233 | 1 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Part 1, B | Earth Motions | 11 | 1 | 1-7 |
| 5 | Part 1, C | Earth-Sun Relations | 25 | 1 | 2, 4,6,7 |
| 6 | Part 1, D | Time | 47 | 1 | 1, 3-6 |
| 7 | Part 1, E | Solar Radiation | 59 | 1 | All |
| 8 | Part 1, F | Temperature & Heat Budget | 69 | 1 | 1-2,5-7 |
First Laboratory
Examination on Exercises 1 - 7 |
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| 9 | Part 1, G | Pressure, Winds | 83 | 1 | 1-2,5-8 |
| 10 | Part 1, H | Clouds and Precipitation | 101 | 1 | 1-3,5,8 [Omit H-1 (e)] |
| 11 | Part 1, I | Extra-Tropical Cyclones | 123 | 1 | 1-2,5,9 |
| 12 | Part II, Z | Ground Water | 341 | 1 | 1-3 |
| 13 | Part II, V | Volcanic Landforms | 291 | 1 | 1-5 |
| 14 | Part II, W | Streams, and Fluvial Landforms | 299 | 1 | 1-3,5-7 |
Second
Laboratory Exam Exercises 8 - 14 |
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(Last meeting before Final
Exam Week) |
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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.
Final Grades: You may take this course for a CR/NCR grade. You will be asked to decide for this option before the end of the semester. A drop (W) cannot be given after 75% of the semester has passed. You will be dropped if you have not taken the first test by this date. A student may be dropped by the instructor if more than one week plus one hour of class is missed.
It is your responsibility to officially drop a course to avoid an F or NCR grade.
The following is a listing of relevant reading assignments from your text Physical Geography by Tom Mcknight, 5th Edition.
Laboratory Exercise References
from McKinght |
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| Number | ||
| 1 | Use your Atlas - or go to the Cabrillo Library Reference Room Atlas Collection | |
| 2 | Pp.12-19, 32 - 45 | |
| 3 | Appendix 1, 2 | |
| 4 | Pp. 19 - 24 | |
| 5 | Pp. 19 - 24 | |
| 6 | Pp. 24 - 29 | |
| 7 | Pp. 62-69, 82-87, 101, 148-150, 156-159 | |
| 8 | Pp. 86 - 104 | |
| 9 | Pp. 107 - 127 | |
| 10 | Pp. 140 - 162 | |
| 11 | Pp. 171 - 185 | |
| 12 | Pp. 260 - 266, 245 - 247 | |
| 13 | Pp. 398 - 408 | |
| 14 | Pp. 466 - 476 | |
David Balogh, Rm. 432B: Ph. (408) 479-6346: email dabalogh@cabrillo.edu