A portion of the USGS Tenaya Lake 7.5-Minute Topographic Quadrangle, 1997 (https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=a13937f045f0e16e064149d04c93df1a).

Important Notes

• The reading assignments are in the required laboratory manual (textbook) listed near the bottom of this document.
• You must submit [1] the original paper lab-activity sheets on which you have recorded your answers (stapled together in order), and [2] a PDF file containing scans of the completed laboratory activities to your laboratory instructor before the end of your lab meeting.
• The end-of-lab quiz must be completed via the Canvas LMS within 6 hours after your laboratory meeting ends.

Lab Assignment

1. View the video "Topographic Maps and Orthoimages" introducing the material in Chapter 9 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://goo.gl/ymsX24.
2. View the video "Measuring Distance Using a Bar Scale" at https://youtu.be/e62xi7IaBrU.
3. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, the cover page and everything from the Introduction section through the Public Land Survey System sections, Pages 231-244.
4. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, Activity 9.2 Map Locations, Distances, Directions, and Symbols — ONLY parts A through F — on page 255. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
5. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section What Are Topographic Maps?, Pages 244-246.
6. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, Activity 9.3 Topographic Map Construction on page 257. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
7. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Interpreting Topographic Maps, Pages 246-247.
8. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, Activity 9.4 Topographic Map and Orthoimage Interpretation on pages 258-260. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
9. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Relief and Gradient (Slope), Pages 247-251.
10. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, Activity 9.5 Relief and Gradient (Slope) Analysis on pages 261-262 If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
11. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Topographic Profiles and Vertical Exaggeration, Pages 250-251.
12. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, Activity 9.6 Topographic Profile Construction on page 263 If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.

Summary of Assigned Lab Activities for This Week: Activities 9.2 (parts A through F, inclusive), 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6

Required Textbook And Online Resources

AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 12th edition (paper copy) Print Lab Manual ISBN: 9780135836972

Contacting Your Teachers

How To Contact Professor Cronin

Professor Cronin is available to facilitate understanding of course material that you have been studying and to help you navigate around any temporary barriers to your learning.

email: Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu

mobile, for text or voice: listed on the "lecture"-course homepage on Canvas.
Only contact him on his mobile device between 8 AM and 8 PM Central Time, and only if it is an important question/issue related to this course.

How To Contact Your Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Lab Section B (Tues 2:40-4:35 PM): Sanjukta Dhar — email Sanjukta_Dhar1@baylor.edu
• Lab Section C (Tues 4:40-6:35 PM): Sanjukta Dhar — email Sanjukta_Dhar1@baylor.edu
• Lab Section D (Wed 12:20-2:15 PM): Toluwaleke Ajayi (AJ) — email toluwaleke_ajayi1@baylor.edu
• Lab Section E (Wed 2:30-4:25 PM): Toluwaleke Ajayi (AJ) — email toluwaleke_ajayi1@baylor.edu
• Lab Section J (Thurs 2:40-4:35 PM): Vinothan Sivapalan — email vinothan_sivapalan1@baylor.edu

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