Geography 304 - Introduction to Geomorphology
Date W Lecture/Lab Content Assignment/Reading
 

 
Tentative Schedule - Subject to Change
(Last Updated November 21, 2007)
Field Notebook - Suggestions
Field Trip Reports Guidelines
Self Editing - Suggestions
Notes on Writing Papers and Theses 

September 5
1
Introduction/Overview/Nature of Geomorphology
Pre Assessment
Read Chapters 1 & 2
Scheduling Grid
Assignment1
Assignment2
Assignment3
September 6
 
Field Trip # 1 - Eagle's View Challenge Ropes Course
Team Work
Upper Campus - Behind Crest Wellness Center
September 10
2
Process Geomorphology - An Introduction
Assignment #2 Due
p. 1 - 19
September 12
 
Nature and Scope of Geomorphology
Intro - Fluvial Processes and Landforms

Video: Fluvial Landforms (Earth Revealed)
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 1 - 19
p. 134 - 270
September 13

Lab # 1 - Introduction to Orienteering (Map and Compass Training)
Field Trip # 2 - Chippewa River Point Bar/Cut Bank - Field Notebooks
Field Notebook - Suggestions
Field Trip Reports Guidelines
September 17
3
Fluvial Processes and Landforms
Video: Drops of Water, Grains of Sand
p. 134 - 270
September 19

Fluvial Processes and Landfroms
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 134 - 270
September 20

Field Trip # 3 Little Niagara/Chippewa River/Putnam Park/Hendrickson Hill
References
Plagarism
September 24
4
Fluvial Processes and Landforms
p. 134 - 270
September 26

Fluvial Processes and Landforms
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 134 - 270
September 27
 
Field Trip # 4 Orienteering Course (Map, Compasss, GPS Training)
Chippewa River (Fluvial)
Field Trip Report #3 and Field Notebooks Due

October 1
5
Fluvial Processes and Landforms
p. 134 - 270
October 3

Fluvial Processes and Landforms
Video: Fluvial Landforms (Earth Revealed)
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 134 - 270
October 4

Field Trip # 5 Chippewa Moraine Ice Age Unit

October 8
6
Exam - Fluvial Processes and Landforms

October 10

Karst Processes and Landforms
Video: Chemical/Mechanical Weathering Segment (Earth Revealed)
Video: Discover Timpangoos Cave Segment
9 am Before Class Group (P268 Note: Room Change)
p. 406 - 432
October 11

Lab/Field Session
Ground Penetrating Radar Intro - Lecture
Laser Leveling Intro and Field Session/Assignment #4
Discussion - Expectations for Poster of Field Trip #5

Meetings with Project members (anotated bibliography, applied research)
Team members meet to prepare for Crystal Cave Web Site
ESRI Courses
Poster Advice 1
Poster Advice 2
Poster Advice 3
Images & Illustrator
Images & Powerpoint
October 15
7
Exam - Karst Processes and Landforms
p. 406 - 432
October 17

Karst Processes and Landforms
Intro - Coastal Processes and Landforms
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 406 - 432
p. 433 - 490
October 18
 
Field Trip # 7 Crystal Cave
Assignment #4 (Laser Leveling) Due

October 22
8
Field Trip # 8 (all day) - leave at 5:45 am (meet at Phillips Hall Garage)
Lake Superior - Duluth - Proposed Stops
Large Lakes Observatory Lecture, Tour and Ship Visit
Park Point - Coastal and Aeolian
Canal Park - Coastal Development
US Corps of Engineers Canal Park Museum
Geomorphic Tour of Duluth Area
Letter to Instructors
October 24

Coastal Processes and Landforms
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
Field Trip #5 Due (Poster)
p. 433 - 490
October 25

Field Trip # 6 Eau Claire River - Canoe - Fluvial Features

October 29
9
Crystal Cave - Website - Team
Lake Superior - Website - Team
p. 433 - 490
October 31

Crystal Cave - Website - Team
Lake Superior - Website - Team
p. 433 - 490
November 1

Lab/Field Session
Coastal Processes and Landforms Revierw
Earth Revealed: Coastal
Introuction Aerial Photo Interpretation
Ground Penetrating Radar
Laser Leveling
Half Moon Lake


November 2
Field Trip # 9 (all day)
University of Minnesota & Minnesota Science Museum
7:45 Bus Loading (corner of Park and Roosevelt Avenue)
8:00 Bus Departure
9:30-11:30 National Lacustrine Core DepositoryTour
Talk by Dr. Carrie Jennings - Minnesota Geological Survey
11:30-12:30 Travel along Mississippi River by Bus (eat lunch that you brought with you)
12:30 - 6:30 Minnesota Science Museum
12:30 - 1:30 Check-in, Orientation, Mississippi River Exhibits

1:30 Introductory Talk to Floor Graphics/Maps
2:00 - Talk/Tour by David Wiggins - Mississippi National River (NPS)
3:00 Omnitheater: Greece Secrets from the Past
4:00 Pompeii Exhibit (timed entrance)
5:30 Science on the Sphere, Exhibits
6:30 Load up Bus
8:00 Planned arrival back in Eau Claire
Letter to Instructors
November 5
10
Exam - Coastal Processes and Landforms
p. 433 - 490
November 7

Guest Speaker: Erin M. Brown, Assistant Manager
Potawatomi State Park, WI Department of Natural Resources
Coastal Processes and Landforms
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 433 - 490
  November 8

Crystal Cave - Website - Team
Lake Superior - Website - Team

November 12
11
Glacial Process and Landforms
Earth Revealed: Glaciers
p. 296 - 357
November 14

Glacial Process and Landforms
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 296 - 357
November 15

Field Trip # 10 Flight Red Cedar River
Aerial Photos - Geomorphic Inerpretation I
Assignment #6 Due
Assignment #7 Due

November 19
12
Exam - Glacial Process and Landforms
p. 296 - 357
November 21

Lake Superior - Website - Team
Assignment #8 Due
Assignment #9 Due
Crystal Cave Team Website (Field Trip #7) Due
Reflective Paper (Field Trip #9) Due
p. 271 - 295
November 22

Thanksgiving - no lab
November 26
13
Lake Superior - Website - Team
p. 271 - 295
November 28

Aeolian Processes and Landforms
Earth Revealed: Wind, Dust & Deserts
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
Photo Essay (Field Trip #6) Due
p. 271 - 295
November 29

Field Trip # 10 Flight Red Cedar River/GPR Demo
Aerial Photos - Geomorphic Inerpretation I

December 3
14
Exam - Aeolian Processes and Landforms
p. 271 - 295
December 5

Aeolian Processes and Landforms
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 271 - 295
December 6

Aerial Photos - Geomorphic Inerpretation II

December 10
15
Aeolian Processes and Landforms
Guest Presentation - Dr. Paul Thomas
Aeolian Processes and Features on Mars
p. 271 -295
December 12

Aeolian Processes and Landforms
Presentation: Imaging Sand Dunes of Antarctica
Video: Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes
Review/Evaluation
Assignment #3 Due
Assignment #5 Due
9 am Before Class Group (P266B)
p. 271 -295
December 13

Lab Session - 1-3 Practical Lab/Field Exam
3-5 Class Debrief/Evaluation

December 18

Exam Period - 10:00 am - 12:00 in P281
Lake Superior - Website - Team Presentations
Individual Projects Due (ESRI, Applied Research, Anotated Bibliography)
Before Class Group Evaluation