ESRM 210: Introduction to Soils, Fall 2006
College Of Forest Resources
University of Washington, Seattle, USA

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Darlene Zabowski, 204 Bloedel Hall, phone 685-9550
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 11:30am - 1:30pm, and by appointment
Email: zabow@u.washington.edu

Teaching assistant: Samantha Sprenger, 340 Bloedel Hall, phone 616-1879
Office hours: Monday 1-4 and Thursday 10:00 am - 1:00pm and by appointment
Email: spreng@u.washington.edu

Hourly assistant:  Reed Wendel, 340 Bloedel Hall, 616-1879
Email:  reedy@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.

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12/1/06

12/4-Poster 1

12/6-Poster 2

12/8/06

FINAL EXAM 8:30am Tuesday 12/12/06

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, Tuesday, December 12th


Links to Other Soil Sites

Singer and Munns Chapter 9 Mineral Nutrients in Soils and Plants


Titles of some soil projects:

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Examples of Poster Titles

1

An analysis of soil formation in Elwha riparian landforms

2

Natural vs. constructed wetland; Differences in soil properties and implications for management

3

Ueland Tree Farm soils assesment

4

Changes in soil profile characteristics on a transect from a river bank, throught a flood plain, and up an adjacent hillside

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Description, formation, and variation in wetland soils from Northwest Washington

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P-patch comparison

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A 17-acre plot in Kingston...Soil comparison

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Serpentine soils

9

Tokul soils - contrasting the state soil

10

Comparison of soil characteristics of a deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forest stand

11

Parks of Seattle

12

Plants affecting soils in the University of Washington Union Bay Natural Area

13

Ecological restoration

14

Comparing two urban wetland soils: Marsh and Foster Islands, Union Bay

15

The effects of worms on soils



Disability Accommodations:
To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, (206)543-8924 (V/TTY). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services indicating that you have a disability which requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to the instructor so we can discuss the accommodations needed for this class.