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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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.
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
Sarah R. Hall, College of the Atlantic
Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Measuring Stream Discharge and Base Flow in the Field
Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco
Sarah R. Hall, College of the Atlantic
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
In this exercise, students will measure stream geometry and velocity in the field at multiple locations. They will use the velocity-area method to calculate discharge and use their calculations to determine if a ...
Sediment Transport
Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco
Sarah R. Hall, College of the Atlantic
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
In this exercise, students gain experience observing streams. They practice measuring stream discharge, sediment sampling, and channel surveying, and using their field data, they make predictions about bed mobility.
Intro to Quantifying Stream Discharge and Base Flow
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco; Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
In this exercise, students calculate stream discharge from sample field data using the velocity-area method. They compare multiple measurements of discharge to determine base flow in a sample river reach.
Total Maximum Daily Load
Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco
Sarah R. Hall, College of the Atlantic
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
In this exercise, students measure water quality parameters and determine if the water quality objectives of State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB) are being met. They also determine the total load of total ...
Mono Lake Paleoshoreline Mapping
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco; Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
Students complete a series of geology, geomorphology, hydrology, and botany field exercises at a field site near the north shore of Mono Lake to generate interpretations of the lake through time. The Mono Lake ...