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CSS 205. Soils: Sustainable Ecosystems

Tentative Lecture Schedule

For previous powerpoint presentations, please visit the blackboard.

Course Syllabus
			Required readings
Week/Date		Lecture Topic	Lecture	Lab
1	9/25/04	Soil function in the ecosystem	Sulz. Chapter 1	Theme: Field trip – pits! Landscapes Dress for the weather babe.
	9/27/04	What is soil? - components	Sulz. Chapter 1
	9/29/04	Soil formation – extra credit ops already? You bet!	Sulz. Chapter 1
2	10/2/04	Soil Genesis - horizonation	Sulz. Chapter 2	Theme: Field trip – Pits! Read Soil physical properties, compost experiment - start
	10/4/04	Soil Genesis – weathering of minerals and decomposition of organic matter	Sulz. Chapter 2
	10/6/04	The miracle of clay – CLORPT!!!	Sulz. Chapter 7 P. 190-192
3	10/9/04	Soil types – 12 soil orders	Sulz. Chapter 3	Theme: Bulk density, Porosity, moisture LAB QUIZ 1
	10/11/04	Formative events in OR history	p. 44-46 p. 58-84
	10/13/04	Soil physical properties	Sulz. Chapter 4
4	10/16/06	Soil physical properties	Sulz. Chapter 4	Theme: Bulk density, soil moisture, finish it up already.
	10/18/06	Color, texture, structure, porosity, aggregate stability, compaction, bulk density, and much, much more!!!	Sulz. Chapter 4
	10/20/06		Sulz. Chapter 4
5	10/23/04	EXAM 1		Soil/Water Physics Saturated flow, Darcy’s law
	10/25/04	Soil water – miracle substance !	Sulz. Chapter 5
	10/27/04	Irrigation, infiltration, indoctrination	Sulz. Chapter 5
6	10/30/04	Erosion	Sulz. Chapter 13	Theme: Water Chemistry LAB QUIZ 2
	11/1/04	Soil biology – the large and the very, very small.	Sulz. Chapter 10
	11/3/04	Microbes, earthworms, arthropods
7	11/6/04	Voles!!!	Sulz. Chapter 8	Theme: Soil Testing
	11/8/04	Nutrient exchange
	11/10/04	Nitrogen Cycle
8	11/13/04	Decomposition	Sulz. Chapter 11	Theme: Soil Biology
	11/15/04	EXAM 2
	11/17/04	Decomposition
9	11/20/04	Composting	Sulz. Chapter 11	Theme: Theme: Riparian field trip Hot chocolate? LAB QUIZ 3
	11/22/04	Organic Agriculture
	11/24/04	HOLIDAY
10	11/27/04	US Agricultural History		Theme: Soil Survey
	11/29/04	Soil survey ,urban soils, wrap-up
	12/1/04	Soils and humans through time
FINAL EXAM Monsday 12/4/2004, 9:30 AM MLM 123

Required Learning Resources:

Sulz. = Introduction to Soil. Elizabeth Sulzman, Pearson Custom Publishing - Available at the OSU Book store now
BB = Links to some materials will be posted on Blackboard for downloading.
Lab = Soils: Sustainable Ecosystems Laboratory Manual. L.J. Brewer and J. Baham. OSU Printing
and Mailing Services. This lab manual will be handed out in sections the week previous to your lab

Instructor: James Cassidy