ONLINE LAB EXERCISES

Geography is at its core a field discipline, but lectures and labs are also commonly necessary.  Online laboratory experiences have become an unwelcome necessity in recent years.   I have developed a series of these for my classes.  Some work very well and some I wish worked better.  The links below will take you to materials you could use in your courses either directly or you can adapt for your own purposes.   Several are my adaptations of the lab exercises used elsewhere (Thanks Sacramento State!) 

INTRODUCTION TO GIS & MAP READING

Forthcoming: Introduction to Online GIS / Cloud Computing

Forthcoming: Projections, Scale and Coordinate Systems (GIS)

WEATHER AND CLIMATE

Lab:  Earth-Sun Relationships 

Forthcoming

Lab: Weather and Climate in Burbank

In this lab, students use weather data from Burbank Airport to analyze the temperature patterns from 2015-2017.   Students use spreadsheet data (Excel or Google Sheets) to calculate basic descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, etc.) and Z-scores, an inferential statistic to test a basic hypothesis about climate and weather in Burbank during these years.    Includes video tutorials, data, and a downloadable module in Canvas format.

Forthcoming: Graphing Temperature and Air Pressure (Spreadsheets)

Forthcoming: Koeppen Climate Classification

Forthcoming: Modeling California Rainfall 

GEOMORPHOLOGY

Forthcoming: Modeling Earthquake Risk in the San Fernando Valley (GIS)

Forthcoming: Analyzing Landslide Volume: Brown’s Canyon (GIS / Spreadsheets)

Forthcoming: Tectonic Landscapes / Reading Topographic Maps / Google Earth

Forthcoming: Fluvial Landscapes / Reading Topographic Maps

BIOGEOGRAPHY

Forthcoming: Habitat Analysis: Reintroducing Grizzly Bears to California

Forthcoming: Campus Tree Scavenger Hunt with GPS

Forthcoming: Analyzing Earthquake Risk in the San Fernando Valley

Forthcoming: Analyzing Earthquake Risk in the San Fernando Valley