| Course title | |||||
| 森林土壌学実験・実習 [Experiments and Practice on Forest Soil] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 1 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01rn3103 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 戸田 浩人, 崔 東寿, 吉田 智弘 [TODA Hiroto, CHOI Dongsu, YOSHIDA Tomohiro] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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Forest soil profile is condensation of the forest environment. Material and nutrients dynamics in forest soil systems are understood through physicochemical and biological analysis of them. The objective of this course is not only to train the field research and laboratory experimental methods of forest soil, but also to learn basic knowledge of writing way for scientific reports. First, students will train the research methods of soil fauna and soil profile, and collect some soils for physicochemical analysis in the field. And then you will train the laboratory experiment of forest soil. Finally, we will discuss the forest soils from the whole data. The practice of this course has the firsthand experiences on forestry administration and natural resources managements in local government etc. In this course, students will be trained in the forest soil analysis techniques for forestry and natural resources manager. |
| Expected Learning |
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Students need to gain ability to research method of forest soil profile and fauna, and to analyze into physicochemical properties of forest soil. And also you need to gain methods of writing of scientific report. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy:See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ ) |
| Course schedule |
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(Field practice) Attention! The field trip information will be shown the web notice in the first semester. We'll tell you the details later. Please do not overlook the web notice. 1.Research of soil profile and fauna, 2-3.Soil collection for laboratory analysis These reports will be assigned to each group. (Laboratory analysis) 4.General caution of laboratory analysis: consideration of safety and environment 5.Explain about the analysis: reading of text, items, precision and a significant figure 6.Preparation of the soil: soil sampling for chemical analysis, replication 7.Physical analysis: three phases of soil, bulk density, maximum water holding capacity 8-14.Chemical analysis: acidity, total carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous, available phosphorous, exchangeable cation and cation exchangeable capacity These reports will be assigned to each group. 15.Discussion from the whole data. This is a final report. This report will be assigned to each person. Note: Laboratory analysis menu might be changed because of laboratory condition. |
| Prerequisites |
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It is recommended that students have learned basic experiment on chemical analysis and completed the Practice on Silviculture. And each person needs to prepare a white frock, clean shoes and safety glasses for laboratory experiment. Associated classes: Forest Environment, Forest Ecology, Practice on Silviculture In completing this course, students will spend the standard amount of time as specified by the University. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| The handouts will be provided. |
| References |
| Please see the syllabus in Japanese version. |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Reports of soil profile and fauna 30%, Reports of laboratory experimental results 30%, Report of final discussion 40% Note: Students who attend less than 70% of this course can not get this credit. The past results 2021 S：18%, A：73%, B：9%, C：0%, D：0% 2020 S：23%, A：65%, B：6%, C：0%, D：6% 2019 S：21%, A：69%, B：5%, C：0%, D：5% |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| It is important skills that are learned from this course when you understand the forest environment. This course has some teaching assistants. They support students for safety and exactly practice. Moodle will be used in this course. |
| Course keywords |
| Research method of forest soil profile, Research method of forest soil fauna, Physical analysis of soil, Chemical analysis of soil |
| Office hours |
| Please make an appointment by email. |
| Remarks 1 |
| This is strongly recommended course of forest science program. |
| Remarks 2 |
| Information of the changes such as class schedules by covid-19, please confirm it in the Google Classroom of this subject. |
| Related URL |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 4/11/2022 11:08:11 AM |