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
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
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