Field Teaching Activities
Throughout the field course, the various teaching activities are scaffolded and organized for first- and second-year students to practice key skills while developing content knowledge in geoscience, hydrology, ecology, and geomorphology. The field course syllabus demonstrates the ways in which the field activities build on each other to allow students to get the necessary skills practice to
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Poleta Stratigraphy
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco; Becca Walker, Mt San Antonio College
Based on field observations at Little Poleta, students identify and describe sedimentary rock units and measure the thicknesses of 5 different stratigraphic units. They then establish the field site's major ...
Poleta Bedrock Geologic Mapping
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco; Becca Walker, Mt San Antonio College
Students produce a bedrock geologic map of the Little Poleta field area from which they write a short interpretation of the paleoenvironment and geologic history of the region.
Groundwater Potentiometric Surface Mapping
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco; Becca Walker, Mt San Antonio College
In this exercise, students map the elevation of the water table in the Mammoth Groundwater Basin using water levels measured in Mammoth County Water District monitoring wells.
Botany Field Observations
Sarah R. Hall, College of the Atlantic
Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco
John Paul, University of San Francisco
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
Plants form the link between the abiotic features of landscape (rock, soils, water, etc.) and the biotic world. California has a very rich and complex flora, making species identification sometimes very difficult. ...
Botanical Transect Mapping
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco; Becca Walker, Mt San Antonio College
Students gain experience "reading" landscapes using geologic, hydrological, and botanical/ecological techniques. They learn two simple and widely used methods for quantitatively measuring the density of ...
Field Presentation
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco; Becca Walker, Mt San Antonio College
During the E-STEM Field Course, each student was responsible for a field presentation related to a geology, geomorphology, hydrology, and/or ecology topic specific to the Sierras or Owens Valley. Depending on the ...
Career Portfolio
Becca Walker, Mt San Antonio College
This activity is an opportunity for students to document their interaction with environmental professionals with whom they interact during and after their environmental field course. Each career portfolio entry ...
Panum Crater Geomorphic Mapping
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco; Becca Walker, Mt San Antonio College
Based upon field observations and aerial imagery, students generate a geomorphic map of Panum Crater and use their field data to make an interpretation of the eruptive history of Panum Crater.
Mono Lake North Synthesis Project
Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco
The Mono North site allowed for activities in all four content areas (Geomorphology, Geology, Hydrology, and Ecology). of the E-STEM field course. In working through the Mono North Synthesis Project, students ...
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Soil, Vegetation, and Bedrock Mapping
Becca Walker, Mt San Antonio College; Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco
In this half-day field exercise, students hike the Discovery Trail at the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (USDA Forest Service) to observe the relationships between geologic (rock and soil), geomorphic (aspect), ...