Plant-Soil Practical

3 EC

Semester 1, period 1

5132PLSP3Y

Owner Bachelor Future Planet Studies
Coordinator dr. E.R. Burdfield Steel
Part of Bachelor Bèta-gamma, major Aardwetenschappen, year 2Bachelor Future Planet Studies, major Future Earth, year 2

Course manual 2020/2021

Objectives

  • Formulate scientific hypothesis and design experiments to test them
  • Test hypothesis with appropriate statistical analysis in R
  • Write a scientific report with appropriate structure and language
  • Demonstrate practical skills to investigate soil and plant composition in the field and laboratory
  • Interpret information from their own experiments and measurements using the content and concepts covered in the Plant-soil interactions course

Teaching methods

  • Lecture
  • Laptop seminar
  • Fieldwork/excursion
  • Self-study
  • Working independently on e.g. a project or thesis

Learning activities

Activity

Hours

Excursie

32

Hoorcollege

6

Practicum

9

Vragenuur

2

Werkcollege

8

Self study

27

Total

84

(3 EC x 28 uur)

Attendance

Programme's requirements concerning attendance (OER-B):

  • In case of practical sessions, the student is obliged to attend at least of 90% of the sessions and to prepare himself adequately, unless indicated otherwise in the course manual. In case the student attends less than 90%, the practical sessions should be redone entirely.
  • In case of tutorials/seminars with assignments, the student is obliged to attend at least 90% of the tutorials/seminars and to prepare himself adequately, unless indicated otherwise in the course manual. In case the student attends less than 90%, the course cannot be finished

Additional requirements for this course:

All students must attend at least one laboratory practical. Attendance at the online workshops is mandatory. 

Assessment

Item and weight Details

Final grade

0.1 (10%)

Experimental diary

0.3 (30%)

Excursion group report

0.6 (60%)

Experimental Report

0%

Roll Call Attendance

Mandatory

Assessment diagram

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Assignments

There are three assignments during this course, the excursion group report (which will be a presentation in the field), the experimental report and the experimental diary. All are group assignments. 

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Timetable

The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.

Last year's course evaluation

In order to provide students some insight how we use the feedback of student evaluations to enhance the quality of education, we decided to include the table below in all course guides.

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Contact information

Coordinator

  • dr. E.R. Burdfield Steel