ZeC012 Field practice in physical geography

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radek Durna (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Completion of analytical disciplines of physical geography: Relief and structure of the Earth. Soils and biota of the Earth.
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 course is to demonstrate and in practice the knowledge gained in lectures and seminars from partial physical-geographic disciplines. Students will be acquainted with the natural conditions of the model area, its economic use and settlement conditions. Students will understand the situation in the visited region. Their tasks will consist in the purpose assessment of the territory and mapping of examples of selected phenomena in individual natural components in the territory with respect to human activities (harmful natural processes, inappropriate use, threatened by human activities). Students will elaborate a text part of the map part and defend it in discussion.
Learning outcomes
Students will be acquainted with the natural conditions of the model territory, its economic use and settlement conditions. Students will thus understand the situation in the visited region. Their tasks will consist in the purposeful assessment of the territory and the mapping of examples of selected phenomena in the various nature areas in the area with regard to human activities (harmful natural processes, inappropriate use, threats to human activities). Students draw up a text part for the compiled map and defend it in the discussion.
Syllabus
  • 1) Collection of background material for terrain practice area - text, table and map material, route route design. 2) Processing of supporting materials - finding, division of topics, processing and presentation. 3) Division of tasks and territory of field practice. 4) Fieldwork. 5) Writing individual reports from field practice. 6) Creating a joint presentation and publishing it.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Geologická mapa ČR, měřítko 1:50 000, Ústřední ústav geologický, Praha
  • Základní mapa ČR, měřítko 1:10 000, 1:25 000, 1:50 000, ČÚZK, Praha
  • Typologická (lesnická) mapa, měřítko 1:10 000, ÚHUL, Brandýs nad Labem
  • Půdní mapa ČR, měřítko 1:50 000, Výzkumný ústav meliorací a ochrany půdy, Praha-Zbraslav
Teaching methods
Explanation in the field. Independent student work. Separate laboratory data processing from the field.
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 16 hod.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2020, recent)
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