| Date |
Topic |
Assignment* |
| W
Jan 9 |
Course overview |
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| SOIL COMPOSITION & FORMATION |
| F
Jan 11 |
Soil
as a natural resource; soil and its components |
1-9; 15-21 |
| M Jan 14 |
The soil profile |
9-14;
52-56 |
| W
Jan 16 |
Soil formation -
processes and factors |
49-52;32-51 |
| F
Jan 18 |
Soil formation (continued) |
|
| M
Jan 21 |
HUMAN RIGHTS/MLK
DAY- no class |
|
| W
Jan 23 |
The 12 Soil Orders |
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| F
Jan 25 |
(continued) |
|
| M
Jan 28 |
Soil survey and
mapping |
87-94 |
| |
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|
| SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |
| W
Jan 30 |
Texture |
97-104 |
| F
Feb 1 |
Depth; structure; QUIZ 1 |
104-109 |
| M
Feb 4 |
Bulk density; porosity |
114-123 |
| W
Feb 6 |
Engineering
properties |
123-129 |
| F
Feb 8 |
Color; temperature |
97; 218-232 |
| M Feb 11 |
Managing physical properties |
110-114 |
| |
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|
| SOIL EROSION |
W
Feb 13 |
Erosion |
499-513 |
| F
Feb 15 |
Erosion (continued) |
524-528 |
| M Feb 18 |
PRESIDENTS' DAY
- no class |
|
| W
Feb 20 |
Controlling erosion; QUIZ 2 |
513-524;
528-532 |
| |
| SOIL WATER |
| F Feb 22 |
Water properties;
soil water content |
132-136;
143 |
| M Feb 25 |
Soil water energy; availability |
136-143 |
| W
Feb 27 |
(continued) |
154-162 |
| F
Mar 1 |
Soil
water movement; measurement |
144-154; 142-144 |
| M
Mar 4 |
Hydrologic
cycle; water movement in plants |
166-176 |
| W Mar 6 |
Soil-water balance; QUIZ 3 |
180-181 |
| F
Mar 8 |
Soil water management
|
176-180; 193-198 |
| Mar 11-15 |
SPRING BREAK - no
classes |
*QUIZ* |
| M
Mar 18 |
Soil aeration; wetlands |
185-189; 202-212 |
| W Mar 20 |
(continued) |
213-217 |
| |
| SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| F Mar 22 |
Mineral weathering,
colloids |
28-32;
235-240 |
| M Mar 25 |
Colloids (continued) |
240-250 |
| W Mar 27 |
Ion exchange; CEC; QUIZ 4 |
250-259 |
| F
Mar 29 |
Soil
pH |
269-275;
284-292 |
| M
Apr 1 |
Management of pH |
287-298
|
| W
Apr 3 |
Soil buffering
and acid rain |
279-291 |
| F
Apr 5 |
Saline
soils; sodic soils
|
301-315 |
| |
|
|
| SOIL BIOLOGY & ORGANIC MATTER |
| M Apr 8 |
Soil organisms |
323-358 |
| W
Apr 10 |
Soil organisms; QUIZ 5 |
|
| F Apr 12 |
Organic
matter |
361-362; 365-387 |
| M Apr 15 |
Composting |
391-394 |
| W
Apr 17 |
Soils and the global
C cycle, the greenhouse effect |
363-365; 387-390 |
| |
|
|
| SOIL FERTILITY |
| F Apr 19 |
Plant nutrients:
macronutrients |
21-23;
396-412 |
| M Apr 22 |
(continued) |
412-420;
420-442 |
| W Apr 24 |
Micronutrients; QUIZ 6 |
442-452 |
| F
Apr 26 |
Nutrient management |
455-465
|
| M
Apr 29 |
(continued) |
476-492 |
| W
May 1 |
Feeding the world |
|
| F May 3 |
Wrap-up |
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| Th
May 9 |
FINAL EXAM***
(10AM –
noon) |
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