Autumn 2007 Gwyneth Jones Visiting Assistant Professor (2007-08) Geology and Environmental Studies University of Puget Sound For my SPRING 2008 webpage, please click here. For my FALL 2008 webpage, please click here. Email: gjones@ups.edu Office: Portable D, Office 10 Phone: (253) 879-2458 MSN Messenger: gwjones@bcc.ctc.edu This page was most recently updated on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.

Autumn 2007 GEOLOGY 101 LAB (Fridays, 1:00-2:50pm):

September 28 - Tombstone Weathering Field Trip! :)

October 12 - Finish ID'ing the minerals and rocks in the 6 trays. Practice mineral/rock ID tests will be available. Also please do the Campus Rock Scavenger Hunt exercise (due next week in lab, which is also when your Mineral and Rock ID Exam will be).

October 19 - The Mineral & Rock Exam will occur during lab time. The Campus Rock Scavenger Hunt is due at the start of lab.

October 26 - Topographic Maps Lab
November 2 - Garfield Gulch Field Trip
             How to make your own clinometer (for example, to estimate the height of a tree or outcrop):
                       http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Clinometer
                       http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/skills/fieldwork/fluvial/grad.html
November 9 - Garfield Gulch Sediment Analysis Lab
November 16 - Geologic Maps Lab
November 30 - Stream Table Lab
December 7 - Groundwater Lab

Some lab-related links (from Monroe/Wicander/Hazlett):

Micas in your life: Link
Sculpture out of stone: Link
Weathering of Egyptian obelisks in NYC and London: Link
Gravestones and weathering: Link
Fossils and fossilization: Link
The many uses of slate: Link
Supplementary mineral ID tables: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
Supplementary topographic maps appendix: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Autumn 2007 Environmental Science:

"To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves." --Ghandi

* Course Blackboard site - My Au'07 ES students must self-register (email me at gjones@ups.edu for the password)
* Syllabus (.pdf)
* Preliminary Schedule (.pdf) - And Itinerary for remainder of semester (.pdf) --> Posted 11/17/07
* Student information form (.pdf) - Due at end of first class period (W, 9/5/07)
* Introductory Homework: Scientific Method & Math Practice (.pdf) - Due at start of class on Friday of Week 2 (F, 9/14/07)
           Usefulness of the Scientific Method
           Need a little extra help? -- See Math for Life (.pdf) and Study Survival Skills (.pdf), both from http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire
* Pop Quiz #1 (.pdf)
* Exam #1 (.pdf) - Multiple-choice section due by the start of class on Friday 10/26/07. The essay may be submitted by start of class Monday 10/29.
* Exam #2 (.pdf) - Due by Friday 12/21/07 (no exceptions!) - 5% bonus if submitted by Tuesday 12/18.

* Discussions:

Seeking Solutions (.pdf) - Chapter 9 Q#6, Chapter 10 Q#5
Staying Healthy in a Chemical World (.pdf) - Environmental Health --> In class M 11/5
Water Chapters "5-Minute Write" - See our Blackboard site for detailed instructions --> Part A due Saturday 11/10/07, Part B due Tuesday 11/13/07

* Team Projects for UPS Campus Assessment:

Project Teams List (.pdf) - Here is the list of the project teams (water, waste, energy). Please send me updates and post to the Blackboard discussion forums as tasks evolve and as you find data relevant to your own team or the other teams!
Project Progress Report (PPR) #1 - Due Friday 10/19 - Include information about your and your team's goals, strategies, tasks, individual/team accomplishments, timelines, next steps - 1-2 full single-spaced pages with narrow margins.
Project Progress Report (PPR) #2 - One writeup per project team sub-group (for example, there are at least 2 "energy" sub-groups). Collaborate, then post the writeup to your team's discussion forum in Blackboard. Equivalent of ~2 full single-spaced pages with narrow margins. See Blackboard for details. --> Due Wednesday 11/14/07
      * What are the goals of your larger team (Energy, Water, Waste)? That is, what do you want to accomplish by the end of the semester?
      * What are the goals of your sub-group?
      * What strategies are you using? That is, how will you accomplish those goals?
      * How are tasks divided up? That is, who's working on what aspects? (You may find it convenient to put this on the timeline--See below.)
      * How are you coordinating with the other sub-groups? How do you plan to coordinate as the end of the semester nears?
      * What have you accomplished so far?
      * What are your "next steps"?
      * Include a timeline for completing the remaining tasks, given that your project presentations & reports will be due M 12/10 and W 12/12.
      * Include a list of references and contacts. That is, compile your resources, and share them with the rest of us.
      * What can I do to assist you? What can your classmates do to assist you?

* DIRT: THE EROSION OF CIVILIZATIONS (Dave Montgomery, UW-Seattle) - 7:00 pm Wednesday 11/7/07 in Thompson 175

* PowerPoint Files:

Chapter 1 - F 9/7/07 - PDF (.pdf) or PowerPoint Show (.pps) format
Chapter 2 - M 9/10 & W 9/12 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 3 - F 9/14 & M 9/17 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 4 - W 9/19 & F 9/21 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 5 - M 9/24 & W 9/26 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 6 - F 9/28 & M 10/1 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 7 - W 10/3 & M 10/8 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 8 - Read on your own -- No classtime lecture - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 9 - W 10/10 & F 10/12 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 10 - W 10/10 & F 10/12 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 11 - M 10/15 & W 10/17 - Guest lectures by Barry Goldstein - .pdf or .pps (Gwyn's)
Chapter 12 - W 10/24 & F 10/26 - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 13 - Discussion but no lecture - .pdf or .pps
Chapter 14 - W 10/31 & F 11/2 - Adapted from Steven Gilbert's "A Small Dose of Toxicology" PPTs (.pdf)
                       http://www.asmalldoseof.org
                       http://www.toxedfoundation.org
Chapter 15 - W 11/7 & TBD - Textbook PPT (.pdf) and Non-textbook PPTs (.pdf for Part 1)
SEVERAL OCEAN-RELATED PPTs:
                        Fresh and Salt Water
                                   http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/gj/Ocean101-Ch06-Part1.pdf
                                   http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/gj/Ocean101-Ch06-Part2.pdf
                                   http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/gj/Ocean101-Ch06-Part3.pdf
                                   http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/gj/Ocean101-Ch06-Part4.pdf
                       Ocean Environmental Issues & Ocean Resources
                                   http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/gj/Ocean101-Ch15-Envir.pdf
                                   http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/gj/Ocean101-Ch15-Resources.pdf
CLIMATE PROXIES (.pdf) - F 11/16 - Also see Nic's and Garrett's Current Events PPTs (in Blackboard)
Chapter 19 - M 11/26 & W 11/28 - Part A: Intro & Coal (.pdf), Part B: Oil, Gas, Etc (.pdf), Part C: Environmental Impacts (.pdf)
                        Fire in the Hole: Raging in mines from Pennsylvania to China, coal fires threaten towns,
                                                    poison air and water, and add to global warming (Smithsonian, May 2005)
                                                    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/10013541.html

* Lab and Field Assignments:

Lab 1 (.pdf) - UPS Campus Assessment: Part 1 (Methods) - M 9/10 & W 9/12 - On campus
Lab 2 (.pdf) - Puget Creek Field Trip - M 9/17 & W 9/19 - Here are directions to Puget Creek (.pdf)
Lab 3 (.pdf) - Stream Survey: Part 1 (Fieldwork) - M 9/24 & W 9/26 - At Puget Creek
      * Living in Water (.pdf), Insect Orders (.pdf), Insects Key (.pdf)
Lab 4 (.pdf) - Stream Survey: Part 2 (Labwork) - M 10/1 & W 10/3 - On campus
      * Sieving Instructions (.pdf), Sieving Figures (.pdf), Mineral & Rock ID charts (.pdf), Macroinvertebrates Table (.doc)
      * Recommended by Carly: 1) Phosphate and nitrogen levels: http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Mi-Oc/Nutrients-in-Lakes-and-Streams.html , 2) A study done on streams in the Puget Sound area (.pdf).
Lab 5 (.pdf) - Soils Field Trip/Lab - http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu - M 10/8 & W 10/10 - In Puyallup
Lab 6 (.pdf) - Organic/Sustainable Farm Field Trip - http://www.zestfulgardens.org - M 10/15 & W 10/17 - In Puyallup -- CANCELLED :-(
Lab 7 (.pdf) - Point Defiance Ecosystems Field Trip - W 10/24 & M 10/29; W 10/31 & M 11/5/07- In Tacoma
"Lab 8 " - UPS Campus Assessment: Part 2 - W 11/7 & M 11/12/07 - On campus - Meet in your project teams.
       * Let Carly or me know whether or not your team would like access to the lab room.
       * See our Blackboard site for more information.
Lab 9 (.pdf) - "An Inconvenient Truth" - Viewing and discussion - W 11/14 & M 11/19/07 - On campus
Lab 10 (.pdf) - Insulation Lab - M 11/26 & W 11/28/07 - On campus - Here are the edits from Monday 11/26 pm (.pdf)
Lab 11 (.pdf) - Waste Field Trips - M 12/3 (Solid Waste & EnviroHouse - Gary Kato) & W 12/5/07 (Wastewater Treatment - Mike Patrick) - In Tacoma
"Lab 12" - Group Project Presentations - M 12/10 & W 12/12/07 - On campus