UMKC Geosciences Department

Welcome to WEB-LAB the internet-based companion to the Environmental Science 110 laboratory. It consists of 13 modules that are designed to accompany and expound upon the topics discussed by the professor in lecture and by the teaching assistants in the laboratory. WEB-LAB is designed to be user friendly, but if you encounter any problems please contact your teaching assistant.

Please select the appropriate module below

Note: Access will be provided on a weekly basis for the particular module being discussed in the laboratory,
and access will build during the semester to incorporate all previous modules.
LAB MODULE
LABORATORY TOPIC
Environmental Issue
1
Maps and computers
Investigating the environment
2
Earth-Sun Relations and Global Heat Balance
The Greenhouse Effect 
3
Earth-Materials Lab
Soil & rock properties 
4
Earth materials - field trip
Field trip
5
Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics
El Nino 
6
Global climate change
Global warming
7
Atmospheric Composition
Ozone Depletion
8
Air Pollution & Modeling
Air Pollution
9
Maps & Watersheds
Watersheds
10
Brush Creek Virtual Field Trip
Urban environments
11
Brush Creek Field Sampling
Water Quality
12
Biological testing at Brush Creek
Water Quality/Human Impact
13
Summary of Brush Creek
  
     

WEB-LAB FAQs and suggestions

Weblab was developed under a grant from the University of Missouri Institute of Instructional Development.

Project Director: Assistant Professor Tina M. Niemi

Co-Principal Director: Assistant Professor Doug Faulkner

This site was designed by Chris Tabor.