College Geography
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WEDNESDAY CLASS ONLY.
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CLASS OUTLINE/MEETING SCHEDULE
GEOGRAPHY 5 Instructor: Prof. Konovnitzine
Physical Geography Lab Spring, 2012
Wednesdays 5-6:50 pm Office hours: see below
PS-100
PREREQUISITE: Geography 4 (May be taken concurrently.)
TEXT: Introducing Physical Geography, Strahler
Goode's World Atlas
FIELD TRIP DAYS/DATES ARE TENTATIVE AND ARE SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.
1. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 5pm, orientation and lecture.
2. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 5pm, lecture and map study.
3. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 5pm, lecture and map study.
4. Wednesday, Feb. 22, 5pm, lecture and map study.
5. Wednesday, Mar. 7, 5pm, MIDTERM EXAM.
MUST pass with a minimum score of 70/100
Students arriving late will not be able to take the midterm.
6. SATURDAY, Mar. 10, 9:00 am sharp. Leaving from Science complex east parking lot, returning around 7 pm.
FIELD TRIP: MOJAVE DESERT- S. OWENS VALLEY
A. Cajon Pass-Mormon Rocks
B. Mojave desert
C. Fossil Falls volcanic area
D. Indian Petroglyphs
7. Wednesday, April 4, 5pm, lecture and map study.
8. FRIDAY, May. 4, 11:30 am. Returning SUNDAY, May 6, at approximately 5:00pm. Leaving from science complex east parking lot.
FIELD TRIP: EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA-N. OWENS VALLEY
A. Mono Lake
B. Panum Crater
C. Mammoth volcanic area-Hot Creek
D. Bishop (Motel 6-make your room reservations early! Max. Four persons/room). I need a copy of your room confirmation.
Go online to “motel6.com
Bishop #4094 1005 North Main Street
US 395/North Main Street, Bishop, California, 93514
Phone: (760) 873-8426, Fax: (760) 873-8060
9. Wednesday, May 16, 7:00PM sharp! Photo Journals/Field
Questions (flash drives) due in room PS-102.
Sorry, no late journals/questions accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS.
(You may collect your graded journals/flash drives during the first TWO
weeks of the next semester in my office. (After two weeks they may be
discarded/reused).
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Attendance at ALL class meetings and field trips.
2. Turning in all assignments on time.
3. Passing the mid-term with at least a score of 70/100.
4. CLASS PARTICIPATION.
5. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED.
6. Maintaining and turning in a Photo journal.
7. The class will be staying at Motel 6 in Bishop, CA.
If you do not have reservations at Motel 6, you will not be able to go on the field trip.
8. This class requires strenuous physical activity. If you have any medical/physical conditions which may impair your full participation check with your physician.
ALSO, if you are under 18 years of age, you need WRITTEN PERMISSION from your parent/guardian to go on the field trip. SEE ME TODAY or you will not be able to go on the field trip.
GRADING POLICY:
Grading Scale:
Field questions: 20% 90 - 100 = A
Photo Journal: 30% 80 - 89 = B
Class exercise: 10% 70 - 79 = C
Midterm Exam 40% 60 - 69 = D
100% 0 - 59 = F
COURSE POLICY:
1. CLASS ATTENDANCE:
Attendance is VITAL and will be taken and recorded. ONCE YOU
REGISTER and attend your first class, YOU MUST ATTEND ALL CLASS
SESSIONS OR YOU WILL BE DROPPED.
2. DROP POLICY:
If you decide to drop the class, YOU must do so formally.
Failure to drop in a timely manner (see Class Schedule for important dates)
will result in a non-passing grade (FW).
3. Academic Honesty: Please refer to the academic policy in the College
Catalog. There are severe penalties for violation of this policy. It is your
responsibility to be familiar with all provisions of this important policy.
Any plagiarized work will be reported to the Dean. This includes
photographs. If you are caught cheating that assignment or exam will get
zero points.
4. Success Strategy: In order to relate to the lecture, read the textbook
assignment prior to that week’s lecture. Also, you must turn in all
assignments on time. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED.
5. Recording Equipment: No electronic recording equipment is allowed
without my WRITTEN permission. Please turn off your pagers, beepers,
and cell phones. NO TEXTING IN CLASS.
6. Classroom Etiquette: Please do not arrive late to the lecture. Also do not
leave the lecture except in an emergency situation. Walking out of the
classroom, talking during a lecture, arriving late, leaving early is
disruptive to the classroom, is impolite and will not be tolerated.
Please be considerate of your academic environment and your fellow
students. NO TEXTING IN CLASS.
E. OFFICE
ROOM PS-103. Days/Hours: T 12:30-2PM, Wed. 4-5PM, Th 12:30-2PM, and Fri. 12-1PM or as mutually convenient. My office is in the SW corner of the Physical Science bldg. (around the corner).
I strongly urge you to make an appointment with me.
E-mail address: prof@college-geography.com
This is the BEST way to contact me.
You may also leave a message for me by dialing my office telephone at: (909) 652-6428.
I check my telephone messages several times a week.
Speak clearly and leave a working telephone number.
This is a tentative outline and is subject to change/alteration as deemed necessary and/or appropriate.
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CLASS OUTLINE/MEETING SCHEDULE
Geo. 5 Instructor: Prof. Konovnitzine
Physical Geography Lab Spring, 2012
Fridays 1-2:50 pm Office hours: see below
PS-100
PREREQUISITE: Geography 4 (May be taken concurrently.)
TEXT: Introducing Physical Geography, Strahler
Goode's World Atlas
FIELD TRIP DAYS/DATES ARE TENTATIVE AND ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.
1. Friday, Jan. 20, 1pm, orientation and lecture.
2. Friday, Jan. 27, 1pm, lecture and map study.
3. Friday, Feb. 10, 1pm, lecture and map study.
4. Friday, Feb. 24, 1pm , lecture and map study.
5. Friday, Mar. 9, 1pm, MIDTERM EXAM.
MUST pass with a minimum score of 70/100
Students arriving late will not be allowed to take the midterm.
6. SATURDAY, Mar. 31, 9:00 am sharp. Leaving from Science complex east parking lot, returning around 7 pm.
FIELD TRIP: MOJAVE DESERT- S. OWENS VALLEY
A. Cajon Pass-Mormon Rocks
B. Mojave desert
C. Fossil Falls volcanic area
D. Indian Petroglyphs
7. Friday, April 13, 1pm , lecture and map study.
8. FRIDAY, April. 27, 11:30 am. Returning SUNDAY, April. 29, at approximately 5:00pm. Leaving from Science complex east parking lot.
FIELD TRIP: EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA-N. OWENS VALLEY
A. Mono Lake
B. Panum Crater
C. Mammoth volcanic area-Hot Creek
D. Bishop (Motel 6-make your room reservations early! Max. Four persons/room). I need a copy of your room confirmation.
Go online to “motel6.com”
Bishop #4094 1005 North Main Street
US 395/North Main Street, Bishop, California, 93514
Phone: (760) 873-8426, Fax: (760) 873-8060
9. Friday, May 11, 9:00am sharp! Photo Journals/Field
Questions due in room VSS-201.
Sorry, no late journals/questions accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS.
(You may collect your journals/flash drives during the first TWO weeks of
the next semester in my office. (After two weeks they may be discarded/reused).
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Attendance at ALL class meetings and field trips.
2. Turning in all assignments on time.
3. Passing the mid-term with at least a score of 70/100.
4. CLASS PARTICIPATION.
5. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED.
6. Maintaining and turning in a Photo journal.
7. The class will be staying at Motel 6 in Bishop, CA.
If you do not have reservations at Motel 6, you will not be able to go on the field trip.
8. This class requires strenuous physical activity. If you have any medical/physical conditions which may impair your full participation check with your physician.
ALSO, if you are under 18 years of age, you need WRITTEN PERMISSION from your parent/guardian to go on the field trip. SEE ME TODAY or you will not be able to go on the field trip.
GRADING POLICY:
Grading Scale:
Field questions: 20% 90 - 100 = A
Photo Journal: 30% 80 - 89 = B
Class exercise: 10% 70 - 79 = C
Midterm Exam 40% 60 - 69 = D
100% O - 59 = F
COURSE POLICY:
1. CLASS ATTENDANCE:
Attendance is VITAL and will be taken and recorded. ONCE YOU
REGISTER and attend your first class, YOU MUST ATTEND ALL CLASS
SESSIONS OR YOU WILL BE DROPPED.
2. DROP POLICY:
If you decide to drop the class, YOU must do so formally.
Failure to drop in a timely manner (see Class Schedule for important dates)
will result in a non-passing grade (FW).
3. Academic Honesty: Please refer to the academic policy in the College
Catalog. There are severe penalties for violation of this policy. It is your
responsibility to be familiar with all provisions of this important policy.
Any plagiarized work will be reported to the Dean. This includes
photographs. If you are caught cheating that assignment or exam will get
zero points.
4. Success Strategy: In order to relate to the lecture, read the textbook
assignment prior to that week’s lecture. Also, you must turn in all
assignments on time. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED.
5. Recording Equipment: No electronic recording equipment is allowed
without my WRITTEN permission. Please turn off your pagers, beepers,
and cell phones. NO TEXTING IN CLASS.
6. Classroom Etiquette: Please do not arrive late to the lecture. Also do not
leave the lecture except in an emergency situation. Walking out of the
classroom, talking during a lecture, arriving late, leaving early is
disruptive to the classroom, is impolite and will not be tolerated.
Please be considerate of your academic environment and your fellow
students. NO TEXTING IN CLASS.
E. OFFICE
ROOM PS--103. Days/Hours: T 12:30-2PM, Wed. 4-5PM, Th 12:30-2PM, and Fri. 12-1PM or as mutually convenient. My office is in the SW corner of the Physical Science bldg. (around the corner).
I strongly urge you to make an appointment with me.
E-mail address: prof@college-geography.com
This is the BEST way to contact me.
You may also leave a message for me by dialing my office telephone at (909) 652-6428.
I check my telephone messages at least several times a week.
Speak clearly and leave a working telephone number.
This is a tentative outline and is subject to change/alteration as deemed necessary and/or appropriate.
GEOGRAPHY 5
GEOGRAPHY LAB
PHOTO JOURNAL/CLASS REQUIREMENTS
Make a copy of this:
In order to complete this class, you need to keep a photographic journal/log
of the field trip. This requires taking a digital camera and photographing each site as instructed on this handout.
At the end of the class, you must:
1. Turn in your Photo Journal and Field Questions on a flash drive with 2 GB or higher only. It must be a dedicated drive with ONLY your journal/field questions on it. NO other files/doc. are allowed on the flash drive. If you have any other files/docs/programs. on the flash drive, it will NOT be accepted/graded.
2. You must use Microsoft Power Point (2003 or newer) to create your Journal.
Place two photos per Power Point slide and each photo must be clearly identified by
describing it and its importance/significance. (One to three sentences is
fine). DO NOT PLACE MORE THAN TWO PHOTOS PER PAGE.
3. Each stop must have a separate entry in your Photo Journal. If we make
twelve stops, then you must have at least twelve Power Point pages- one for each
stop.
4. CIRCLE EACH LANDFORM ON YOUR PHOTO using a BLACK PEN/Marker.
5. Each photo must be clearly identified. The date, time, SIGNIFICANCE and location MUST be clearly marked under each photograph.
DO NOT SHARE PHOTOGRAPHS. This is plagiarism and will be reported to the dean.
I recommend taking TWO or more shots to ensure you have all the photographs
you will need.
It’s better to take several photos of each site in case one photograph turns
out poorly.
I will grade you on neatness, clarity and to an extent photocomposition. You
want to make sure that the geographic landform you will be photographing is
in the CENTER of the photograph and is clearly seen.
I REQUIRE that you HIGHLIGHT (CIRCLE) the feature on your photograph by circling
using a BLACK PEN/marker. This will enable me to see your work more clearly.
5. When you have completed your Photo Journal, place the pages in date/stop
order. You will also include the Field Questions on your flash drive.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INTSRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A LOWERING OF YOUR GRADE OR MAY LEAD TO IT NOT BEING GRADED AT ALL.
Extra Info:
1. Limited to class participants only.
2. Transportation, motel lodging and food are the responsibility of the student.
3. Students must be on time.
DO NOT WANDER OFF BY YOURSELF AT ANY TIME.
GEOGRAPHY 5-make a copy of this.
HANDOUT-List of photographs/sites
NOTE: CIRCLE ALL FEATURES ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS.
USE BLACK PEN/MARKER feature in Word. CIRCLE EACH FEATURE.
IN TRANSIT- (Optional)
1) Cucamonga alluvial fan-with Chaffey College. CIRCLE on photo.
(Try taking this photo at the corner of Base Line and Spruce (just east of
Haven looking towards the mountains)
STOP #1
Mormon Rocks
1) Photograph the Mormon Rocks formation. (Overview) CIRCLE on photo
2) Photograph the granular structure of the rocks showing sandstone. CIRCLE on photo
3) Photograph the stream bed. CIRCLE on photo.
4) Photograph the San Andreas Rift Zone area. CIRCLE on photo.
IN TRANSIT-
1) Photograph a playa. Name it. Look it up on your map. CIRCLE IT.
2) Photograph the solar power plant. NAME IT.
3) Photograph mine tailings (near Red Mountain). CIRCLE on your photo.
4) Photograph the Garlock Fault. CIRCLE on your photo.
5) Photograph Joshua tree, creosote bush. (Desert vegetation).
(You will be able to see this at the Mt. Whitney Center). CIRCLE IT.
6) Photograph the California Aqueduct. CIRLCE on photo
STOP #2
Red Hill
1) Photograph an alluvial fan. CIRCLE on your photo.
2) Photograph Red Hill (cinder cone). CIRCLE it.
3) Photograph the TWO lava flows. CIRCLE on your photo.
STOP #3
Fossil Falls
1) Photograph stream bed. Name it. CIRCLE on photo.
2) Photograph Indian house rings. CIRCLE on your photo.
3) Photograph Fossil Falls and metate holes. CIRCLE on photo.
4) Photograph petroglyph and obsidian points (arrowheads). CIRCLE on photo.
IN TRANSIT-(optional)
1) Photograph Owens Lake. CIRCLE on photo
2) Photograph old shorelines of receding Owens Lake. CIRCLE on photo.
3) Photograph Diaz Lake, Alabama Hills, Lone Pine Fault. CIRCLE on photo.
STOP #4
Mt. Whitney Interagency Center
1) Photograph Mt. Whitney. CIRCLE on photo.
2) Photograph orographic effect if present. Identify location.
CIRCLE on photo.
3) Photograph Inyo-White Mountains. CIRCLE on photo.
STOP #5
Manzanar
1) Photograph general area, plaques. CIRCLE on photo.
2) Photograph museum building. CIRCLE on photo.
3) Photograph guard tower. CIRCLE on photo.
IN TRANSIT- (Optional)
1) Photograph Palisades Glacier (Big Pine). CIRCLE on photo.
2) Photograph Radio Telescopes. (Big Pine). CIRCLE on photo.
3) Photograph Rovana moraine. (North of Bishop). CIRCLE on photo.
4) Photograph McGee Creek moraine. (W. of Crowley Lake). CIRCLE on photo.
5) Photograph Crowley Lake. CIRCLE on photo.
STOP #6
Mammoth Area
1) Photograph dead forest zone. CIRCLE on photo.
2) Photograph Horseshoe Lake. CIRCLE on photo.
3) “Earthquake Fault”-cooling fissure. CIRCLE on photo.
4) Photograph Devil’s Postpile, Rainbow Falls.
Striation markings on top of postpile. CIRCLE on photo. (Fall semester
classes only if we go).
IN TRANSIT-
1) Mono Lake Visitor’s Center (Lee Vining) Or Mono Lake Committee building
in Lee Vining. CIRCLE on photo.
STOP #7
Mono Lake
1) Photograph lake, identify two islands. CIRCLE on your photo.
2) Photograph and identify former shorelines. CIRCLE on photo.
3) Photograph tufa formations. CIRCLE on photo.
4) Photograph at least three markers showing shrinking lake levels. CIRCLE on photo.
STOP #8
Panum Crater
1) Photograph burn area. CIRCLE on photo.
2) Photograph crater. CIRCLE on photo.
3) Photograph and identify a glaciated valley and a moraine. CIRCLE on photo.
STOP #9
Hot Creek Geologic Area
1) Photograph Hot Creek. CIRCLE on photo.
2) Photograph plaque at Hot Creek. CIRCLE on photo.
STOP #10
Convict Lake
1) Photograph lake. CIRCLE on photo.
2) Photograph the lateral and terminal moraine (2 photos).
CIRCLE on photo.
3) Photograph the oldest rock formations in the Sierras. CIRCLE on photo.
STOP #11
ANY UNUSUAL EVENTS, SIGHTINGS OF WILDLIFE OR WEATHER RELATED PHENOMENA.
STOP #12
ANY ADDED STOP TO THE FIELD TRIP.
Materials/Requirements for Photo Journal:
1) Digital camera
2) Geo. 5 dedicated flash drive. No other materials/files/docs allowed on flash drive.
Have two docs on your flash drive. One is Field Questions, the other is Power Point slides.
3) Use Microsoft Power Point program-2003 or newer.
4) Place TWO photos per Power point slide. Clearly identify date, time, location, significance.
5) Use black marker/pen function to CIRCLE each feature on each photo.
6) Clearly mark the outside of your flash drive with your name. Then, insert flash drive inside a zip lock plastic clear bag. Also place an index card with your name, date and phone number printed on it.
7) If you do not follow these steps, I will not accept/grade your Journal and/or Field Questions.
Field trip equipment:
1) Hat
2) Sun block
3) Jacket
4) digital camera
5) Sunglasses
6) Food snacks-water, etc.,
7) Magnetic compass
8) Road map of CA.
9) First aid kit
10) Lodging at Motel 6 in Bishop, CA
11) Approximately $75-$85 for field trip food expenses
12 Misc. other items as needed-medicines, etc.
Common Sense Rules/Regulations:
1. Do not wander off by yourself-at any time. ALWAYS stay with the group.
2. I will need volunteers to drive the van and later for clean up duty. YOU
MUST HAVE A CDL IN GOOD STANDING TO DRIVE THE VAN. I WILL
NEED A COPY OF YOUR CDL. I will make a Xerox copy of it today.
3. Motel room may be shared with fellow students-contact Motel 6 for
further information.
4.PER COLLEGE POLICY NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED.
NO PARTIES ALLOWED IN MOTEL ROOMS.
Maintain room QUIET from 9 PM-7 AM. NO LOUD RADIO/TV noise.
Do NOT slam doors or run up staircases. Be aware of other guests
If I receive any complaint from the motel staff about any student or group of students, I will automatically lower your overall class grade by one letter grade per complaint. In addition, I will submit a Student Behavior Code Violation Form to the Dean of Discipline.
5. Provide your instructor with emergency contact information.
Print name, telephone number.
6. Notify someone in the group if you have any medical or medical emergency needs(bee/wasp sting allergies, insulin shots, etc.).
7. Please DO NOT use cell phones while riding in vans.
Be aware that you are on a Chaffey College field trip and all rules and regulations written in the College Catalog apply along with all District policies.
GEOGRAPHY LAB
PARTIAL MID TERM STUDY GUIDE
TERMS: MAP ID:
US Congressional Township
Los Angeles, Chaffey College
Metes and Bounds Cajon Pass
River long lots Hwy 395
Longitude/Latitude Transverse Range
Baseline/Principal Meridian San Gabriel Mtns.
Contour lines San Bernardino Mtns.
Topographical sheets Sierra Nevada Mtns.
Faults/escarpments Cascades
Drainage basin Central Valley of CA
Stream load (3) Great Basin
Alluvial fans/alluvium San Andreas Fault Zone
Lake bed/playa Owens Valley
Los Angeles aqueduct Inyo-White Mtns.
Tilted fault block Mono Lake
Batholith/pluton Long Valley caldera
Orographic effect McGee Creek/Lake Crowley
Volcanism (3 types, etc.) Mammoth Mtn.
Glacier (3 zones) Yosemite
Ice cap Mojave desert
Moraines/till/ firn Garlock Fault
Plucking/abrasion Owens Lake
Glacier formation (4 factors, 2 conditions)
Analemma
Boundaries of the Sierra Nevadas Mammoth
Three clues of glaciation Lee Vining,
Three aqueducts in S. CA Bishop, Lone Pine, Big Pine
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