| Course title | Practicals in Environmental Monitoring |
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| Course code | KGE/FPEM |
| Organizational form of instruction | Exercise |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional, Optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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The students will learn to work with instruments and utensils for direct monitoring of the environment (gamma-spectrometer, hand-held X-ray fluorescence analyzer), proper techniques of sampling of waters, soils and sediments, and basic laboratory procedures of sample treatment (drying, quartering, sieving, crushing, leaching) and basic laboratory analyses of these materials (measurement of pH, conductivity of water, measurement of soil pH, analysis using ion-selective electrodes, analysis by X-ray fluorescence, measurement of magnetic susceptibility, photometry, measurement with laboratory gamma-spectrometer.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Laboratory Work |
| Learning outcomes |
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The students will through lab and field work learn to work with instruments for environmental monitoring.
The students will be able to sample properly waters, soils and sediments, perform in the fields measurement of basic indicators of the quality of environment, treat the samples taken in the field and analyze them. |
| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Analysis of Activities ( Technical works)
Attendance at 90% practicals, protocols from sampling and measurements. |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Geology and Environmental Protection for Education (2019) | Category: Geology courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Environmental Geology (2019) | Category: Geology courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Environmental Hazards and Climate Change (2021) | Category: Geography courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |