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- To simplify the complex nature of soils
and present it to students at a steady pace
in an understandable manner
- To present students with multiple opportunities
to verify their understanding and mastery of
course objectives
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Description - Agronomy 154 |
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| Fundamentals
of soil science examines the basic physical,
chemical, and biological properties of soils,
their formation, classification, and
distribution. The course has a laboratory
component that uses soil survey and computer
databank information in balancing agronomic,
economic, and environmental concerns in soil
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Description - Agronomy 155 |
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| Examines
the basic physical, chemical and biological
properties of natural and manufactured
soils. Course deals with the use of soil
information when producing plants on natural and
manufactured soils. |
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Description - Agronomy 156 |
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| Examines
fundamental properties of soils and their
application to urban settings. The site
lab involves the development of a site plan for
an area of land using information from soil
survey and digital information. |
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- The course information is stored on our
server that students can access and control
using an interactive computer-tutorial
format.
 This can be studied in the
Soils Learning Center in room 1102 Agronomy
Hall or from the students dorm room if their
computer is hardwired to the ISU computer
network.
- Students are assisted with recitation
sessions where they are introduced to the
concepts and expectations of the two units
of the week.
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| The
system permits students to be in control by
studying at their own pace. The study menu
part of each unit presents the important
concepts of the unit in a digitized audio-visual
format. This is integrated with a
workbook, displays, experiments and other
hands-on experiences. |
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Students
progress in mastering course objectives is assessed
through weekly quizzes. Each quiz contains
12 multiple-choice questions. If students
answer 8 or more questions correctly, they have
reached a satisfactory level of achievement and
will earn 12 points toward their course
grade. If they score 7 or less, they
may after further study, repeat that
week's quiz.
Each student has two
opportunities to achieve a score of 8. If
the best performance on two quizzes is less than
8 correct, the grade for that week will equal
the total number of questions answered correctly
on the better of the two quizzes. |
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