Undergraduate Program - SYGN 101: Earth and Environmental Systems

Week 1: 1/5

No Lab session first week

Week 2: 1/12

Introduction to topographic mapping Download lab

Week 3: 1/19

Minerals and their properties Download lab
Topographic map quiz (10% of grade)

Week 4: 1/26

Rocks lab Download lab
Geology museum (5% of grade)
Independent site locations, soil sample collection field assignment Download soil worksheet

Week 5: 2/2

Soil lab Download lab
(mineral & rock quiz, 10% of grade)

Week 6: 2/9

GPS/Orienteering geology tour (5% of grade) Download lab
Geology report material begins with this exercise. Download report instructions

Week 7: 2/16

(labs 1,2) Red Rocks field trip Download lab
(labs 3,4) North Table Mountain field trip Download lab

Week 8: 2/23

(labs 1,2) North Table Mountain field trip Download lab
(labs 3,4) Red Rocks field trip Download lab

Week 9: 3/2

Groundwater Exercise (5% of grade) Download lab

Week 10 : 3/9

SPING BREAK - NO LABS

Week 11: 3/16

(labs 1,2) Hydrology of Clear Creek exercise (10% of grade) Download lab
(lab 3,4) Chemistry and Ecology of Clear Creek Download lab
(all labs) Golden Geological History materials and reports due (20% of grade).

Week 12 : 3/23

(labs 1,2) Chemistry and Ecology of Clear Creek (10% of grade) Download lab
(lab 3,4) Hydrology of Clear Creek exercise Download lab    
Clear Creek Chemistry Results

Week 13 : 3/30

NO LABS - Prepare for E-days and 2nd annual Shorey Challenge

Week 14: 4/6

Natural Hazards Exercise - prepare overlays, data analysis, plot soil sample results Download lab
 Print four copies of this map and bring it with you to lab 
 Natural Hazard Soil Site and Flood Map, Soil Swelling potential key 
 Map overlay for hazards report

Week 15: 4/13

 Global Change exercise (5% of grade) Download lab

Week 16: 4/20

Golden Hazard Assessment Reports due (20% of grade)