The First Field Trip: An introduction to sedimentation and stratigraphy part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
An example set of tasks and questions for the first field trip of a 300-level Sedimentology and Stratigraphy course.

Making a Soil Monolith part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
This extended exercise engages soils students in both field and laboratory work through the collection and preservation of a soil monolith.

Using Field Labs part of Library:Field Labs
Written by Mary Savina of Carleton College Students love field labs! They enjoy being outside and they appreciate the fact that geoscience field labs are unusually tactile and bring them into contact with real, ...

Building-Stone Geology part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Students in an area remote from igneous and metamorphic rocks wrote papers on the properties of locally used building stones and gave a walking tour in which they presented their results.

Developing a local stratigraphy part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Students use field lab periods to construct a composite stratigraphic section of the area surrounding their campus.

Geologic Mapping I part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Students complete a geologic map of a small area.

Floodplains in the field part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
In this lab, students measure a topographic and geologic cross-section across a floodplain by simple surveying and auguring techniques.

Soils are the Pits! part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
describing soils in natural exposures

Assembling a Geologic History part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Assemble a regional geologic history by compiling observations made a several sites.

Procedure for measuring flow rate (discharge) in a channel, river, creek or stream part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Explains a detailed procedure for measuring flow rate (discharge) in a small (wadable) channel, river, creek or stream using a propeller-type current meter as wells as surface floats. It includes instructions for ...

Groundwater Pump Test part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Students run a pump test and interpret the results as drawdown curves and hydraulic conductivity measurements.

Cemetery Geology part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Studying rock types, weathering processes and human history in a cemetery.

Cloud Observation part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
In this serial basic meteorology lab, students identify different cloud types and estimate cover over several days.

Rocks and weathered rocks part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
In this lab, students compare fresh rocks with their weathered equivalents.

Comparing Rain-Gauge Data with Radar-Derived Precipitation Estimates part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Student teams collect rain-gauge data and compared it with radar-derived precipitation estimates. They use GIS to analyze discrepancies between the two datasets.

"Adopt an Outcrop" part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Describing rock outcrops and hand specimens

Studying Aquifers in Outcrop part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Students describe the hydrogeologic properties of different sedimentary and volcanic rocks.

Post-Settlement Erosion and Deposition part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Use valley and slope deposits to reconstruct recent landscape erosion and sedimentation history.

Glacial Geology in the Field part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Students describe and interpret glacial features exposed in gravel pits and outcrops.

Petrology in the Gravel Pit part of Library:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Gravel pits exposing glacial deposits provide a wonderful variety of gravel to boulder sized igneous and metamorphic rocks, helpful to instructors in hard-rock-challenged regions.