GEOLOGY AND PLANT LIFE
ENV3GPL
2021
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Before any other influences began to fashion life and its lavish diversity, geological events created the initial environments - both physical and chemical - for the evolutionary drama that followed. This field course will draw on the role of landforms and rock types in producing the unique geographical distributions of plants. Using the landforms and vegetation of Snowy River region, East Gippsland, this field course will examine how the dramatic variations of topography, the undulating ground and crevices of limestone karst, and the subtle realm of sand dunes affect plant life. It will illustrate the ongoing evolutionary consequences of the geology-plant interface. Geology and Plant Life will answer the question of why certain plants grow on certain soils and certain terrain structures, and what happens when this relationship is disrupted by human agents. It will be useful to a wide spectrum of students in the natural sciences: plant ecologists, paleobiologists, climatologists, soil scientists, geologists, geographers, and conservation scientists.
SchoolLife Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorJohn Morgan
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Available as ElectiveNo
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Capstone subjectYes
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Quota Management StrategyEnrolment accepted until quota reached
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Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2021, LTU Term 6, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment size40
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorJohn Morgan
Class requirements
Field TripWeek: 51 - 51
One 6.00 days field trip other recurrence on any day including weekend during the day from week 51 to week 51 and delivered via face-to-face.
This field intensive course will run at Buchan for 6 days
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 50 - 50
Two 2.00 hours lecture/workshop other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 50 to week 50 and delivered via face-to-face.
Pre-field trip discipline-specific
TutorialWeek: 50 - 50
One 1.00 hour tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 50 to week 50 and delivered via online.
On-line tutorial and multiple classes
Assessments
Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
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Field Trip Major Research Report (2000 words) | Report | Individual | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO4 |
Field Trip Group Presentation of Research Results (PPT presentation; 15 mins) (equiv. 750 words) | Oral presentation | Group | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3 |
Online quiz (30 questions, multiple choice) (equiv. 500 words) | Quizzes | Individual | No | 15 | SILO1, SILO2 |
Field trip landscape model (Diagram of model with brief - 500 words - interpretation of patterns) | Other | Individual | No | 10 | SILO5 |