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This is a one-week residential course which introduces a range of practical skills appropriate to the study of environmental science. You visit a variety of sites where you apply your knowledge of biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics to study interactions and feedback in the environment, including landforms, soils, water and vegetation. These field studies are supported by tutorials and laboratory sessions in which you analyze your observations and the data that you have gathered; the course includes an introduction to statistical analysis. This material is taken from The Open University course SXR216 Environmental Science in the Field.

Language: English

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Environmental Science in the Field
Duration: 00:00:45
Date: 13.04.2010

Environmental Science in the Field
A short introduction to this album.

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Introduction to Environmental Science field work
Duration: 00:02:09
Date: 28.05.2008

Introduction to Environmental Science field work
A lecturer explains what is involved in environmental field work; aims, objectives and the assessment of a field study.

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Conducting a field study
Duration: 00:08:17
Date: 28.05.2008

Conducting a field study
Carrying out a field study in a predominantly limestone-rich environment, identifying the depositional and erosional environments associated with a particular area and annotating to sketches.

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Habitat Study
Duration: 00:03:52
Date: 28.05.2008

Habitat Study
Habitat Study Phase One: indentifying the underlying geology using the vegetation cover, and describing the relationship between grass species and the underlying soils.

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Measuring the rate of Evapotranspiration
Duration: 00:03:39
Date: 28.05.2008

Measuring the rate of Evapotranspiration
Steps taken in calculating the amount of evapotranspiration between two points, and the instruments involved.

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Water quality and flow rates
Duration: 00:08:28
Date: 28.05.2008

Water quality and flow rates
Measuring the water-flow rate between a set of given points, assessing the water quality and estimating the water budget.

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An Introduction to Soil Studies
Duration: 00:12:46
Date: 28.05.2008

An Introduction to Soil Studies
Assessing the soil types from the vegetation cover and the nutrients gradient across a slope.

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An insight into grass species
Duration: 00:10:12
Date: 28.05.2008

An insight into grass species
Understanding and identifying different grass species from different soil backgrounds

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