Cheryl Nail
Geography Professor

Bakersfield College - Fall 2017

Physical Geography - Lab

Course Schedule (The following is approximate and may be subject to change)

Date

Assignments

Assessments

Week 1 / Aug 22

L1: Lat/Long

L2: Geographic Grid/Time

 

Week 2 / Aug 29

Review - L1: Lat/Long

Review – L2: Geographic Grid/Time
L3: Directions/Compass Readings

 

Week 3 / Sept 5

L4: Map Reading/Intrepretations

Lab Quiz 1

Week 4 / Sept 12

L5: Earth/Sun Relationships - Daylength

L6: Seasons

 

Week 5/ Sept 19

L7: Temp Concepts (Sect 1)

L8: Temp Patterns (Sect 1)

Lab Exam 1

Week 6 / Sept 26

L9: Temp Maps (Sect 1)

L10: Temp/Pressure Profiles (Sect 1&2)

Lab Quiz 2

Week 7 / Oct 3

L11: Atmos.  Pressure/Wind Patterns (Sect 1&2)
L12: Atmospheric Humidity

 

Week 8 / Oct 10

L13: Stability and Adiabatic Processes
L14: Weather Maps

 

Week 9 / Oct 17

 

Lab Exam 2

Week 10 / Oct 24

L23: Contours/Topo Maps

L24-25: Topo Analysis

Lab Quiz 3

Week 11 / Oct 31

L 26 – 27: Topo Analysis

Lab Quiz 4

Week 12 / Nov 7

L21: Rock Cycle

Lab Exam 3

Week 13 / Nov 14

L19: Plate Tect: Global Patterns

L20: Plate Tect: Faulting/Volcanism

Lab Quiz 5

Week 14 / Nov 21

Topography Review

 

Week 15 / Nov 29

L29: Biomes

L30: Intro to GIS

Lab Quiz 6

Week 16 / Dec 5

 

Final Exam