Day

Time

Topic

Reading

Week 1: Arkansas Watershed & Water Resources
Hydrology & Stream Ecology

Mon.

AM

Class Introduction

Hydrologic Cycle (STELLA Model; Barnes PC Lab)

Flood Frequency (Excel Calculations; Barnes PC Lab)

HW1: Stream Hydrographs (Excel exercise; Data SS; Homework)

HL: Chs. 1-5 (skim)

PM

Homestake & CS Water Delivery Videos (lunch)

Activity 1: Fountain Creek GIS Introduction (Palmer 20)

Field Trip Equipment List

Tues.

AM

Arkansas River Field Trip

(Depart 8 AM)

HL Chs. 3, 7, 20, 21

Karr Paper

PM

Arkansas River Field Trip
Chalk Creek Stream Survey

Wed.

AM

Arkansas River Field Trip
Chalk Creek Stream Survey

HL Chs. 3, 7, 20, 21

Vannote Paper

PM

Thurs.

AM

Arkansas River Field Trip

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (9 AM)

HL Chs. 23, 25

PM

Arkansas River Field Trip

Pueblo Reservoir (SDS/Ftn Creek; 2 PM)

Southern Water Delivery System

Fri.

AM

Depart to PP Hiway (8 AM)
Longitudinal Sampling Project

PM

Longitudinal Sampling Project

Sample Prep: Anions by IC, Cations by IC, BOD, E. coli

Hydrology Project I (weekend: in groups)

Chalk Creek Survey Data

Project Description

Chalk Creek Gage Data

Week 2: Urban Impact Assessment: Chemistry, Ecology and Lab Analysis

Mon.

AM

Hydrology Project Due (9 AM)

Final Project Design: Stream Population & Community Ecology

Stream Ecology Links

HL Chs. 23, 25

PM

Lab Analysis: Alkalinity (5), TDS/TSS (4), E. coli (4)

Tues.

AM

What is Acid Rain?

Physical Properties of Water
Chemical Equilibrium Review

Long. HW (2) Problems: One-Way ANOVA; Physical Props of Snow

Aquatic Chem I

Aquatic Chem II

Jacob Ch.13 (PROWL)

Acid Rain Intro (Science)

PM

Lab Analysis: Alkalinity (5) , TDS/TSS (4), Metals by ICP (prep) (4)

Long Data Set 1

Snow Pit A Data

Wed.

AM

Acids and pH
Acid-Base Reactions

pH of normal rain

Long. HW (3) Problems: pH of snow samples, ion concentration; regression analysis. Use:  Long Data Set 2

Aquatic Chem III

PM

Lab Analysis: BOD (9), Metals by ICP (2),

Data Entry (2)

Thurs.

AM

Acid-Base Distribution Functions

PM

Activity 2: GIS: FC Watershed Samples (GIS lab)

Long. HW (4) Problems: Carbonate distribution; alkalinity calcs.

Carbonate Equilibria: Excel Assignment

Fri.

AM

PM

GIS Data Presentations

Final Project Brainstorm

Long. HW Problems: Summary Data

Final Project Proposals (guidelines)

Week 3: Urban Impact Assessment: Part II

Mon.

AM

Final Project Proposals (due 9 AM)

Wetland Diagenesis

N-P Cycles

Papers:

Wetland denitrification

Stream denitrification

(PROWL)

PM

Final Project Proposal Presentations

Tues.

AM

Final Project Sample Collection

PM

Final Project Sample Collection

Wed.

AM

Eutrophication & Dissolved Oxygen

Mitsch Gulf of Mexico Paper   (PROWL)

PM

Final Project Lab Analysis

Thurs.

AM

Poff Natural Flow Paper (PROWL)

PM

Fri.

AM

Human Impacts on Watersheds

PM

Final Exam (literature-based)

Week 4: Final Projects

Mon.

AM

PM

Tues.

AM

PM

Final Project Data Analysis

Wed.

AM