38:170 Laboratory
Hello, my name is Wenonah van Heyst and I am the lab instructor for the 38:170 course How Earth Works. Our lab classroom is on the 3rd floor of the Brodie Building, room BB 3-47. This is different from the room where the course lectures with Dr. Wiseman are held.
Students in 38:170 will have registered for a lab section on Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon from 1:40 to 4:30 PM. Please come to the section for which you have registered. You first lab will begin on September 11, 12, or 13.
At the beginning of the first lab period, each student will receive a lab manual consisting of preprinted assignment worksheets plus a topographic map for individual use in lab. There will be one lab assignment due each week, and two lab quizzes during the term. The weekly lab periods start with an “introduction to today’s lab topic” followed by time to work on the current assignment. Lab assignments are due by the end of that lab period.
You will need the course TEXTBOOK (digital or hardcopy) for most lab assignments & should bring it to the labs. In addition, you will need to provide your own CALCULATOR (a basic calculator is fine), a 30-cm RULER with millimetre divisions, and on occasion, COLOURED PENCILS (or coloured pens). You will write directly on the lab’s assignment worksheets, so bring a pencil or pen to record your answers.
TENTATIVE LAB SCHEDULE
| Week of: | Lab # | Topic(s) | Textbook (Arbogast) |
| Sept 11 | 1 | Topographic Maps – Geographic & Projected Coordinates | Chapter 2 (pages 13-19); map sheet 62G/13 |
| Sept 18 | 2 | Topographic Maps – Scale, Distance, Area & Direction; Dominion Land Survey | Chapter 2 (pages 19-33); map sheet 62G/13 |
| Sept 25 | 3 | Field Mapping Techniques & GPS; Rural Addresses in Manitoba |
Chapter 2 (pages 40-41); map sheet 62G/13 |
| Oct 2 | 4 | Elevation – Isolines & Vertical Profiles; Time Zones |
Chapter 2 (pages 20-24); Chapter 3 (pages 51-54,) |
| Oct 9 | — | No 38:170 LABS this week (Thanksgiving) | |
| Oct 16 | QUIZ | LAB QUIZ #1 (Labs 1 to 4) | [bring protractor, ruler & calculator] |
| Oct 23 | 5 | Earth-Sun Relationships, Insolation & Seasons; Climographs | Chapter 3 (pages 47-60) & Chapter 4 (pages 83-84); Chapter 9 (pages 213-229) |
| Oct 30 | 6 | Flood Rating and Frequency;
[Soil Properties – tentative/pending] |
Chapter 16 (pages 433-437)
[Soils: Chapter 11 (pages 286-289)] |
| Nov 6 | 7 | Water Balance (Soil-Water Budget) | Chapter 7 (pages 147-148), Chapter 11 (pages 279-280) |
| Nov 13 | — | No 38:170 Labs this week (Fall Study Break & Remembrance Day) | |
| Nov 20 | QUIZ | LAB QUIZ #2 (Labs 5 to 7, primarily) [Lab #9 (Google Earth) introduced] | |
| Nov 27 | 8 | Glacial Landforms | Chapter 17 (pages 463-479) |
| Dec 4 | 9 | VIRTUAL LAB (Google Earth) due by LAST DAY OF CLASSES (December 8, 2023) | Chapters 14, 15, 16 & 17 |