Laboratory: All laboratories will meet in Mudd 66.

Lab # Date Activity Location Reading
Lab 1 Week 1 Rocks and Minerals Mudd 66 Chapter 3, 4, 5, and 6
Lab 2 Week 2 Rocks, Minerals and Fossils continued Mudd 66 Chapter 3, 4, 5, and 6
Lab 3 Week 3 Geology of Southwestern Minnesota 1, 2 Sogn1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and Wangs Corner Chapter 3, 4, 5, 6 and handout
Lab 4 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the term Geology of Southwestern Minnesota Taylors Falls, 1, 2, 3, 4 Chapter 3, 4, 5, 6 and handout
Lab 5 Week 4 Geology of Southern Minnesota Cannon River Wilderness Park 1, 2, 3, 4 Chapter 3, 4, 5, 6 and handout
Lab 6 Week 5 Geology of Southwestern Minnesota Red Wing 1 Chapter 5, 6, 7 and handout
Lab 7 Week 6 Midterm Break Geology Dept Field Trip Field Trip
Lab 8 Week 7 Pedology (Formaion, chemistry, morphology and classification of soil) 1, 2, 3, Chpater 16 and Handout
Lab 9 Week 8 Quaternary Geology Little Chicago Handout
Lab 10 Week 9 Final projects
Mudd 66 Handout
Lab 11 Week 10 Final projects
Mudd 66  

2nd or 3rd Sunday of the term there will be a field trip to Taylors Falls, breakfast @7:30 AM and Leave @ 8:00 Am return to Northfield on Sunday at 4:30 PM.

 

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