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MUDDY WATERS: Chicago's
Environmental Geology
EARTH SCIENCE 109W |
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READING ASSIGNMENTS |
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Read
before Friday, September 10, 2010. |
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Read before Friday, September 17,
2010. |
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Read before Friday, September 24,
2010. |
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Read before Friday, October 1, 2010. |
| Before Friday,
October 8, 2010, please read the readings listed on the
Assignments page. |
| More assignments
will be added as the semester progresses. |
Read before
Friday, September 10, 2010:
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CSS (College Success Strategies):
Chapter 1: Now That You're Here
Chapter 4:
Interacting with Your Professors
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Readings on stream monitoring:
At this website
http://water.epa.gov/type/rsl/monitoring/stream_index.cfm ,
you will find the EPA's "methods manual" for volunteer stream
monitoring. You can either download the whole thing, or
just click on links to each section. Read the following
sections:
| Chapter 2 |
w Section 2.1: Basic Concepts
w Section
2.3: Safety Considerations |
| Chapter 5 |
w Task 2: Collecting
Samples
w Section 5.2: Dissolved Oxygen and
Biochemical Oxygen Demand. In this section, focus on
the following material:
4 What is dissolved oxygen
and why is it important?
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Meter and Probe
4 Using a DO meter
w Section 5.3:
Temperature
w Section 5.4: pH:
focus on measurements made in the field
w Section 5.9:
Conductivity |
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Read before
Friday, September 17:
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Read before Friday, September 24:
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CSS
Chapter 10:
Strategic Reading
Chapter 11:
Take Note! Lectures: A Different Kind of Text
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.Read before Friday, October 1:
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CSS
Chapter 16:
Preparing for Objective Exams
Chapter 17:
Preparing and Taking Essay and Specialty Exams=
Readings on Colorimetry
At this website,
http://www.lamotte.com/pages/common/pdf/instruct/1919test.pdf,
you'll find the procedures manual for the Smart2 Colorimeter.
Read the procedures for measurement of the following:
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Fluoride procedure: pages
101-103
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Nitrate procedure: pages 133
– 134
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Phosphate – Low Range
Procedure: pages 163 - 165
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| More
assignments will be added as the semester progresses.
Watch this page for updates! |
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Department of Earth Science
| Northeastern Illinois University
Copyright 2010 Laura L. Sanders. Last updated
October 4, 2010. |
Your Instructors:
Dr. Ken Voglesonger
Dr. Laura Sanders
Your Peer Mentors:
Brian Dix
Sarah Paulis |
