Syllabus ES 105 Lab Winter 2006 Western Oregon University I General information A Karen Brown Instructor of Earth Science and Mathematics 1 Office Natural Science 213 a Office hours 1 Monday Wednesday 2 00 3 00 2 Tuesday Thursday 12 30 3 30 3 Or by appointment b Office phone 503 838 8265 2 Other contact information a Email address brownk wou edu b Website http www wou edu brownk B ES 105 lab is a two hour period part of the 5 credits for ES 105 1 We will usually meet in NS 017 but lab 3 is in NS 116 2 Class meetings are Monday or Wednesday 3 Class time is 9 00 10 50 AM or 3 00 4 50 PM or 5 00 6 50 PM 4 The lab portion will be 25 of your ES 105 grade a I will give your percentage score to your lecture instructor b You must pass the lab with at least 60 to pass ES 105 II Grading No late papers accepted A Prelabs will be due at the beginning of class 1 I will start class when all the prelabs are turned in If yours is not complete at the beginning of class your lab partners may help you get it done or we can begin class and you will not get points for the prelab 2 The purpose of these questions is to introduce the topic to you before coming to class 3 No late prelabs will be accepted 4 Each prelab will be worth 5 points each B Labs are due at the end of the class period 1 Answer all the parts of the lab assigned even if you do not need to turn in that page Questions on the practical quizzes may come from any part of the lab so make sure it is complete 2 You are encouraged to work in lab groups on the lab exercises You may learn more by helping your lab partners If you are the recipient of help be sure you understand the problem and the solution answer so you can do similar problems on the practical quizzes 3 Keys for the labs will be posted on my website www wou edu brownk on the Thursday after it is turned in 4 5 You may need extra time to answer post lab questions With approval you may turn those in at the beginning of your next lab class period Be sure they are turned in on time because no late papers will be accepted If you turn the post lab at the beginning of the next class it will be returned to you at the next class meeting Lab exercises will be worth 10 points each C Practical quizzes will have questions similar to lab exercise questions 1 There will be three practical quizzes throughout the term The dates are shown on the schedule Each quiz will include material from the labs completed since the last quiz They will not be comprehensive The purpose of these is to allow me to gauge how well you are learning the lab material 2 These quizzes will be open book and open note You may bring any written material you feel necessary for support for these quizzes The quiz problems will be like questions and activities done on the lab exercises so bring your graded and corrected labs to class on the quiz days 3 Be sure you go to the web page for my ES 105 lab to correct your labs with the right responses to the questions You may use those corrected labs but no printed copies of keys will be allowed for use on the quizzes 4 The practical quizzes will be individual efforts without the assistance of your lab partners 5 If you know in advance that you will miss a quiz please contact me in advance as soon as is convenient so we can make arrangements for you to take a quiz If you miss one due to unforeseen circumstances contact me as soon as possible With written confirmation of your situation I can make accommodations for missing the quiz 6 Each practical quiz will be worth 25 to 30 points III Schedule Lab Schedule 23 Jan 25 Jan Lab 1 30 Jan 1 Feb Lab 2 Radioactivity and Numerical Age Determination 6 Feb 8 Feb Lab 3 Physical and Chemical Changes Chemical Reactions 13 Feb 15 Feb Lab 4 20 Feb 27 Feb 22 Feb Lab 5 1 Mar Lab 6 6 Mar 13 Mar 8 Mar Lab 7 15 Mar Lab 8 Relative Dating and Fossils QUIZ AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS Study of Sedimentary Rocks Energy and Energy Transformation QUIZ AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS Gravity and Physics of Landslides Introduction to Topographic Maps QUIZ AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS Stream Table Experiments and Fluvial Landscapes
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