ESC 210: Introduction to Soils, Fall 2004
Ecosystems Sciences Division,
College Of Forest Resources
University of Washington, Seattle, USA

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Darlene Zabowski, 204 Bloedel Hall, phone 685-9550
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 10am to noon and by appointment
Email: zabow@u.washington.edu

Teaching assistant: Ellen Mussman, 340 Bloedel Hall, phone 616-1879
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 am and by appointment
Email: ellenh2@u.washington.edu,

Teaching assistant: Amanda Ogden, 340 Bloedel Hall, phone 616-1879
Office hours: Monday and Friday, 11:30 – 1:30 and by appointment
Email: aogden@u.washington.edu

This website contains all lecture overheads for graphs, diagrams and tables shown in class according to lecture dates. The overheads from each lecture will be added after the lecture is completed. The titles of the soils projects will also be listed below. If you would like to set up a link to your project when it is completed, let us know.

Click here to see the course syllabus and schedule.

 Select the lecture date from which you would like to see the overheads.


Monday

Wednesday

Friday

 

9/29/04

10/1/04

10/4/04

10/6/04

10/8/04

10/11/04

10/13/04

10/15/04

10/18/04

10/20/04

10/22/04

10/25/04

10/27/04

10/29/04

11/1/04

EXAM

NO CLASS

11/8/04

11/10/04

11/12/04

11/15/04

11/17/04

11/19/04

11/22/04

11/24/04

HOLIDAY

11/29/04

12/1/04

12/3/04

12/6/04

12/8/04

12/10/04

FINAL EXAM Tuesday 12/14/04

A Forest Soil from Washington State


A companion website to the textbook with a self quiz is also available to help you study. This quiz works for any edition of the book.

Textbook Self-Quiz Website

Final Exam: In Room 132 Hitchcock, 8:30 to 10:20, Monday, December 15th

Have a question?

Links to Other Soil Sites

 

Titles of the soil projects and group presentation photos will be listed below after you have turned in your titles:

Titles of Soil Projects:

Sample Poster Titles:

Comparison of soil horizons in four different microclimates with respect to topography and vegetation

Effects of land use on three (or four) Alderwood series soils, Snohomish County, WA

Comparing Seattle P-Patch Soils

An organic approach for soil sustainability

A comparison of soil substrates in constructed and natural wetland systems

Soil composition in high and low traffic areas

Bioremediation of soils and soilwater

Soil health comparison between organic and conventional farming methods

Mycorrhizae: Understanding and applying soil ecology and organisms to manipulated/designed landscapes

Soil qualities of unstable slopes in the Northwest

Landslides in the Seattle area

Landslides

Forest soils of Whidbey Island

The effects of logging roads on soil composition, structure, and function

Effects of organic matter added to surface profile of native soils vs. native soils without the addition of organic matter

Agricultural soils

Effects of worms on soils

Wetland ecology in a post-agricultural environment

Effects of elevation change on the soils of coniferous forests

The effects of fire on forest soils

Comparison of soils in Schmitz Preserve Park

Fall 2003 Introduction to Soil Poster Presentations