Selected Laboratory Exercises for Environmental Science

-- The Metric System and Measurement

-- Blank Answer Sheet

-- Reading- Descriptive Statistics and Graphing

-- Laboratory Exercise- Descriptive Statistics and Graphing

-- Blank answer sheet

-- Statistical Analysis- The t-test

-- Some Examples of Statistical Analysis Using a t-test

-- Laboratory Exercise- Statistical Analysis

-- Blank answer sheet.

-- Research Project

-- Statistical Analysis and Initial Preparation

Using Probes

-- pH Probe

-- Conductivity Probe  

-- Dissolved Oxygen Probe

Environmental Sampling

5

-- Plot Sampling

-- Blank Answer Sheet

6

-- Mark-Recapture Sampling

-- Blank answer sheet

-- Lincoln.xls (for calculations, requires Excel)

7

-- Dispersion Analysis

-- Blank Answer Sheet (requires Word or Word Viewer)

-- Excel Spreadsheet for Calculations

The Carbon Cycle

9

-- The Role of Trees in the Carbon Cycle

10

-- Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration

The software listed below can be downloaded for free.

-- OpenOffice - Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and database software. OpenOffice also enables you to read and save Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) files.

-- Internet Explorer

-- Adobe Reader (for PDF files)

-- PowerPoint Viewer (enables you to view Powerpoint files on your computer if you do not have Powerpoint or Office installed)

-- Word Viewer (enables you to view Word files on your computer if you do not have Word or Office installed)

-- Compatibility Pack (enables you to use Office 2007 files on computers that have earlier versions of office)

-- VLC Media Player plays most media files