| Date |
Topic |
Assignment* |
| W
Jan 11 |
Course overview |
|
| |
| SOIL COMPOSITION & FORMATION |
| F
Jan 13 |
Soil
as a natural resource; soil and its components |
1-9; 15-21 |
| M Jan 16 |
HUMAN RIGHTS/MLK
DAY- no class |
|
| W
Jan 18 |
The soil profile |
9-14;
52-56 |
| F
Jan 20 |
Soil formation -
processes and factors |
49-52;32-51 |
| M
Jan 23 |
Soil formation (continued) |
|
| W
Jan 25 |
The 12 Soil Orders |
|
| F
Jan 27 |
(continued) |
|
| M
Jan 30 |
Soil survey and
mapping |
87-94 |
| |
|
|
| SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |
| W
Feb 1 |
Texture; QUIZ 1 |
97-104 |
| F
Feb 3 |
Texture; depth; structure |
104-109 |
| M
Feb 6 |
Bulk density; porosity |
114-123 |
| W
Feb 8 |
Engineering
properties |
123-129 |
| F
Feb 10 |
Color; temperature |
97; 218-232 |
| M Feb 13 |
Managing physical properties |
110-114 |
| |
|
|
| SOIL EROSION |
W
Feb 15 |
Erosion; QUIZ 2 |
499-513 |
| F
Feb 17 |
Erosion (continued) |
524-528 |
| M Feb 20 |
PRESIDENTS' DAY
- no class |
|
| W
Feb 22 |
Controlling erosion |
513-524;
528-532 |
| |
| SOIL WATER |
| F Feb 24 |
Water properties;
soil water content |
132-136;
143 |
| M Feb 27 |
Soil water energy; availability |
136-143 |
| W
Feb 29 |
(continued) |
154-162 |
| F
Mar 2 |
Soil
water movement; measurement; QUIZ 3 |
144-154; 142-144 |
| M
Mar 5 |
Hydrologic
cycle; water movement in plants |
166-176 |
| W Mar 7 |
Soil-water balance |
180-181 |
| F
Mar 9 |
Soil water management
|
176-180; 193-198 |
| Mar 12-16 |
SPRING BREAK - no
classes |
*QUIZ* |
| M
Mar 19 |
Soil aeration; wetlands |
185-189; 202-212 |
| W Mar 21 |
(continued); QUIZ 4 |
213-217 |
| |
| SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| F Mar 23 |
Mineral weathering,
colloids |
28-32;
235-240 |
| M Mar 26 |
Colloids (continued) |
240-250 |
| W Mar 28 |
Ion exchange; CEC |
250-259 |
| F
Mar 30 |
Soil
pH |
269-275;
284-292 |
| M
Apr 2 |
Soil buffering
and acid rain; |
279-291
|
| W
Apr 4 |
Management of pH; QUIZ 5 |
287-298 |
| F
Apr 6 |
Saline
soils; sodic soils
|
301-315 |
| |
|
|
| SOIL ORGANIC MATTER & BIOLOGY |
| M Apr 9 |
Soil organisms |
323-358 |
| W
Apr 11 |
Soil organisms |
|
| F Apr 13 |
Organic
matter |
361-362; 365-387 |
| M Apr 16 |
Composting; QUIZ 6 |
391-394 |
| W
Apr 18 |
Soils and the global
C cycle, the greenhouse effect |
363-365; 387-390 |
| |
|
|
| SOIL FERTILITY |
| F Apr 20 |
Plant nutrients:
macronutrients |
21-23;
396-412 |
| M Apr 23 |
(continued) |
412-420;
420-442 |
| W Apr 25 |
Micronutrients |
442-452 |
| F
Apr 27 |
Nutrient management; QUIZ 7 |
455-465
|
| M
Apr 30 |
(continued) |
476-492 |
| W
May 2 |
Feeding the world |
|
| F May 4 |
Wrap-up |
|
| |
|
|
| T
May 8 |
FINAL EXAM***
(10AM –
noon) |
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