Final lab update to round out the semester

Hi everyone,

Just a few reminders. On May 3, we will be taking an extended field trip to Coweeta hydrological station. We will leave promptly at 12:45 from the student services parking lot and return sometime around 6:00. This will be our last lab meeting, so by May 3, before we leave for the trip, you will need to have submitted to me three outstanding assignments:
1. a completed lab report (typical format)for the self directed site truthing exercise from earlier in the semester. This should include your state soil test results and you should briefly discuss the results.
2. a completed lab report for today's biological stream assessment exercise. For those of you who have chain saw training today, a link to the document we will use is posted below. The last three pages apply to the biological portion of the assessment. There is also a link to a document outlining the procedure you should use to accomplish this exercise.You may complete this exercise on your own and submit a lab report based on your activities. You need to identify the creek you assessed and describe where it is. You will need a fine net and a basin to catch and count aquatic invertebrates. You will have to stir up the bottom of the creek holding the next downstream to catch anything that is present. Place in a shallow basin with a small amount of water and identify and count what you have found. You should collect and count about 5 samples for a 50 ft. stretch (1 collection every 10 ft.) and pool the results. Please take care to return anything you catch to the waterway.

Biological stream assessment document-

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-v7kZfpcP6GN2NhMGJjOTctY2U4NS00OWI0LTg0YzktMDYwMTQ0MmZhMDYw&hl=en&authkey=CPHVvNMB

Kicknetting procedure-

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-v7kZfpcP6GYzA3ZTUzZDMtZTFhNy00NDNiLWFiZjgtZDEyMjk4YTZjZGNj&hl=en&authkey=CPmys_QO

3. a completed lab practical exam. Also due at the beginning of the class period before we leave for Coweeta on May 3. Below is a link to a digital copy of the lab practical in case you prefer to type in your answers.

Lab Practical Exam-

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q3KXQrp4D2EhjrBNKwE8bXh3L6wiLt3FW9Gr1t7X4lc/edit?hl=en&authkey=CJnejbIG

Please let me know if anyone has any questions as we finish up a great semester!

Richard

Hydrology: Wetlands

Lab Schedule update

Last week, (4-12) lab was canceled due to the mandatory awards ceremony at 1:00. The Haywood waterways tour has been rescheduled to this week (4-19). Your Lab practical will still be distributed this week (4-19). On Apr. 26, we have lab to make up for the 12th and return to Harmon Den for the biological portion of the stream assessment. May 3 will still be the trip to Coweeta hydrological station. We will leave promptly from the student services parking lot at 12:45. Both lab sections will attend and we will return no later that 6:00. This will be our last lab meeting and your lab practical will be due before we depart for Coweeta on May 3.

Quick note on the lab practical, you will have two weeks to complete it and you can expect at least one question from each lab exercise. You will be expected to do your own work and demonstrate that you have gained practical knowledge from the exercises. You will have two weeks and you can use any notes, handouts etc. from the labs or other available resources, so be prepared for questions related to anything we did in lab. The lab practical will be worth 100 of your 300 "Final Exam" points.

Almost there guys, keep up the good work!