Welcome to SOIL 3600 Fall 2020 Term. Lectures and Laboratories are mandatory. You will not understand the laboratory material without attending lectures. Attendance will be taken every lecture and lab. Lectures will be held as Zoom meetings at regularly scheduled lecture times. Labs will be a mix of online at regularly scheduled lab times and self-directed labs. There is a Question Forum. You must be currently enrolled in SOIL 3600 and can register for the forum here.
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Lectures
Labs
Field Trip
Movies
Links
Course Syllabus & Midterm
Lectures (Pass codes have been emailed to registered students; recordings only available up to 10 days after lecture)
- Lecture 1: Introduction Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording1 / Recording2 / Recording3
- Lecture 2: Colour, Texture & Structure Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording1 / Recording2 / Recording 3
- Lecture 3: Density and Porosity Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording1 / Recording2 /
- Lecture 4: Origins of Manitoba Soils Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2
- Lecture 5: Classification of Canadian Soils Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2 / Recording 3 / Recording 4 / Recording 5 / Recording 6 / Recording 7
- Lecture 6: World Soils Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2
- Lecture 7: Colloids Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2 / Recording 3
- Lecture 8: Soil Water Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2 / Recording 3 / Recording 4
- Lecture 9: Soil Ecology Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2 / Recording 3
- Lecture 10: Soil Organic Matter I Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2 /
- Lecture 11: Soil Organic Matter II Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2
- Lecture 12: Soil Nutrient Cycling Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording 1 / Recording 2 / Recording 3
- Lecture 13: Soils and Civilizations Click Here / Printer Friendly / Recording
- Lecture 14: Course Review Click Here / Recording 1 / Recording 2
Labs
- Laboratory 1 Click Me
- Laboratory 1 Answers Click Me
- Munsell Colour Chart Click Me
- Laboratory 2 Click Me
- Laboratory 2 Answers Click Me
- Field Guide to Describing Soil Click Me
- Africa Soil Atlas Descriptions Click Me
- Ethiopia Soil Maps Click Me
- Laboratory 3 Click Me / Recording
- Laboratory 3 Answers Click Me
- Description of the Soil Series in Manitoba Click Me
- Laboratory 4 Click Me
- Laboratory 4 Answers Click Me
- Laboratory 5 Click Me
- Laboratory 5 Answers Click Me
- Laboratory 6 Click Me
- Laboratory 6 Answers Click Me
- Laboratory 7 Click Me / Recording
- Laboratory 7 Answers Click Me
SOIL 3600 Field Trip
Movies
- Soil Ecology Laboratory YouTube Channel click here
- Soil Forming Processes click here
- Soil Water Movement click here
- Soil Mineralogy click here
- Soil Cation Exchange Capacity click here
- Soil Ecology YouTube Channel click here
- Soil Salinity click here
- Soil Erosion Benefit of Roots click here
- Nitrogen Cycle and Fertilizers click here
- Soil pH click here
- Soil Nematodes click here
- Soil Health and Organic Farming click here
Links
- Soils of Canada click here
- Canadian Soil Information Service click here
- Canadian System of Soil Classification (on-line) click here
- Canadian System of Soil Classification- Orders (pdf) click here
- Canadian System of Soil Classification- Remainder (pdf) click
- Soil Orders of Canada click here
- SoilWeb200 click here
- Soil Conservation click here
- Soil Salinity click here
- Soil Health click here
- Soil Biodiversity click here
- Soil Ecology YouTube Channel click here
- Soil Ecology Twitter click here
- Soil Water Holding Capacity click here
- Geography of Manitoba- Physical Background (pdf) click here
- Geography of Manitoba- Ecoclimatic (pdf) click here
- Manitoba Soil Fertility click here
- 4R Nutrient Stewardship click here
- Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba click here
- Manitoba Soil Science Society click here
- Canadian Society of Soil Science click here
Course Syllabus & Midterm
- 2020 Mid-term Click Here
- 2020 Mid-term Answers Click Here
- 2018 Mid-term Click Here
- 2018 Mid-term Crib Sheet Click Here
- 2018 Final Exam Click Here
- SOIL 3600 2020 Fall Syllabus Click here
- SOIL 3600 2020 Mid-term Answers
- SOIL 3600 2020 Final Exam PDF Click Here