Winter Quarter: Week 1: Introduction to Soils, Physical Properties- Lecture Notes: Introduction to Soil (Steve Tuesday), Study Questions (PDF), CH 1,2,3- Lecture Notes: Soil Architecture and Physical Properties (Steve Thurs), Study Questions, CH 4- Lab Notes for Soil Macrofauna (Martha) - Lab Exercise Questions: Soil Texture Lab (Soil Texture Mapped Results in Excel)- Seminar Notes: The Essential Agrarian Reader- Other Notes: Soil Sampling, Nancy Parks workshop, Liza Rognas Reference Librarian- Cover Crop ObservationsWeek 2: Soil Fauna, Organic Matter- Lecture Notes: Soil Organisms and Ecology (Martha Tues), Study Questions, CH 11- Lecture Notes: Soil Organic Matter (Martha Friday), Study Questions, CH 12- Lab Notes for Analysis of Berleze Baerman: Soil Macrofauna (Steve & Martha) - Excel Tutorial: Farm groups for Nutrient cycle- Video Notes: Life in the Soil- Seminar Notes: Agrarian Dreams- Cover Crop Observations- Library Research Topics Are Due Friday List of 59 Research Topic IdeasWeek 3: Eco-Farm, Research Project (In-depth) - Eco-Farm Notes Taken- Notes of research done and meeting notes with Liza Rognas at 1pm on Tues at the Ref Librarians Desk and arrange another time to meet with her. - Steve's Email week reminder on what to do!Week 4: Water and Acidity- Lecture Notes: Soil Water and the hydrologic cycle (Steve Tuesday) Study Question, BW 5.6 to end and CH 6- Lecture Notes: Soil Acidity and Chemistry Review (Martha and Steve) Study Question, CH 9- Lab Notes: Lab Soil pH and Lime Requirements - Seminar Notes: The Subsistence Perspective (first half)- Other Notes: Debrief of Eco-Farm, Intro to GIS for mapping soil properties, FarmInternships or Campus Sustainability Presentation- Summary of Independent Research Topic and Soil Texture Lab- Cover Crop ObservationsWeek 5: Nitrogen, Sulphur, Nitrogen-fix- Lecture Notes: Nitrogen and Sulfur Economy of Soils (Steve Tuesday) Study Questions, CH 13 - Lecture Notes: Nitrogen Fixation (Martha Tuesday) Study Questions - Lab Notes: Soil Microorganisms (Steve and Martha) - Seminar Notes: The Subsistence Perspective (second half)- Other Notes: Spreadsheet Workshop: Nitrogen release from compost and fertilizers (Steve)- PROGRAM JOURNAL DUE! Due: Notes, Study Questions, and all other work done to this point as mentioned above! Week 6: Compost Microorganisms, P, K- Lecture: Soil Microorganisms (Steve Tuesday) Study Questions, TBA- Lecture Soil P and K (Martha Friday) Study Questions, CH 14- Notes on Workshop: Compost Tea and Compost Quality (Steve Thursday)- Lab Notes: Continuation of week 5 Soil Microorganisms Observation and Drawing- Video Notes: Not to be Amish - Seminar Notes: Week 7: Field Trip, Mycorrhizae Policy- Field Trip Notes on Puyallup Compost Facility, WSU (Steve)- Seminar Notes: Farm as Natural Habitat- Lab Notes: Mycorrhizae - Other Notes: Nutrient Cycling on Farm Calculations, Mycorrhizae and P uptake (Martha), Agricultural Policy Workshop- Cover Crop Observations- Draft of Library Research Paper DueWeek 8: Heavy Metals and Micron Nutrients, Synergy- Lecture Notes: Micronutrients and Heavy Metals in Soils (Martha) Study Question- Seminar Notes: Eat Here, Fateful Harvest- Video Notes: Little Ice Age - Cover Crop Observations- Vision Paper DueWeek 9: Practical Management - Lecture Notes: Practical Nutrient Management (Martha) Study Questions - Lab Notes: Workshop on how to read a soil analysis report; Hands-on soil amendments with Gary Kline (Steve and Martha)- Seminar Notes: Gaviotas - Cover Crop Observations- Soils Final ExamWeek 10: Presentations- Presentation Notes: Student Research Presentations- Seminar Notes: Synthesis Discussion- Cover Crop Observations- Program Journal DUE with ALL