Ze2BP_PBS6 Soilgeography and Biogeography - Excercises

Faculty of Education
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Timetable
Mon 18:00–18:45 učebna 5, Mon 18:55–19:40 učebna 5
Prerequisites
The theoretical knowledge about rocks, soils and vegetation, and practical ability to identify them in the terrain are preconditions for the participation in the education of this subject.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is an improvement of practical abilities necessary for identification, description and mapping of soils and biota. Students can get a capability to indicate many other environment parameters using soils and biota. They will be able to employ school pupils with soil and biogeography as subjects important for the life.
Syllabus
  • Subject contents:
  • 1. Main soil individuals of Czech Republic – principles of identification, soil profile drawing.
  • 2. Soil cover of the landscape – compilation of a soil map in the residence neighbourhood.
  • 3. Field work – soil profile dubbing, soil features identification.
  • 4. Vegetation vertical and horizontal zonality.
  • 5. Principles of biogeographic mapping – making biogeographic map of the residence neighbourhood.
  • 6. Field work – identification of vegetation communities and formations.
  • 7. Soil and vegetation supported indication of environmental features in terrain – „open book of the past and present landscape“.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka probíhá společnou prací v učebně a v terénu a také individuální činností mimo školu, kdy studenti zpracovávají kresby půdních profilů základních půdních typů z území ČR a půdní mapu okolí místa bydliště. Během terénních vycházek pořizují poznámky. Zápočet se uděluje na základě přijetí samostatně zpracovaných výše uvedených dokumentů.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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