Project:  This class examines processes that shape the landscape.  Examples of the features that we discuss in class can be found in and around Portland. You will explore the Portland area (including Mt. Hood and the coast) to find examples of features discussed in class (see list below). You may go by yourself or with others in a group (I strongly recommend going with others). You will need to take pictures documenting each of the features that you find (you may use duplicates of photos taken by a group member if you go out in a group, but you need to tell me the name of the photographer).  When you are done, you will put together a journal describing your explorations and illustrated with the pictures you have taken. 

What will you turn in?  A journal.  By this I mean that you will put together a journal describing in detail your explorations and illustrated with the pictures you have taken.  You should include information such as where you went, when your went (date), what the weather was like, what sort of food you had (I like restaurant recommendations), with whom you went.  If you go in a group, describe some of the group dynamics.  You should also include some personal reflection (this is a journal).  Again, while you may go exploring in a group, your journal must be your own individual work.  You may not turn in joint projects.  The journal must be typed with one inch margins all around, using a 10 or 12 pt legible font.  The journal should be a minimum of 5 pages of text (this does not include images or references). 

Your illustrations should be informative and well-documented (you need figure captions).  If you use digital images, be sure they are good quality images.  Small fuzzy pictures are not easy to interpret.  Your photographs should be large enough to show clearly whatever feature you are photographing.  With your photograph, you should include a figure caption stating what feature is being shown in the photograph and where the photograph was taken.

If you use outside references while writing your journal, you should indicate them in the main body of the text and a list of references should be given at the end of the journal. 

You will be graded on content (did you find an acceptable number of different features), quality (do your pictures do a good job of showing the reader the features you’ve seen; are your descriptions informative), and personal voice (do you have an interesting and readable narrative of your search for your features).You will be graded on

• content - Did you find six different features (three each in two different subject areas), do you provide enough information for me to know fairly well where, when and with whom you took your images.  Do you provide references if necessary
• quality - Do your pictures do a good job of showing the reader the features you've seen and are your descriptions of those features informative
• personal voice - Do you have an interesting and readable narrative of your search for your features

There are lots and lots of acceptable features.  I give a partial list below, but this is by no means everything.  If you have a question about what is acceptable, please ask me.  You need to document THREE features each from any TWO of the following four subject areas (note that the list of possibilities does not include all possible features):

I. Mass Movement (find 3 examples of mass movement features):
Possibilities include:
-evidence of creep
-scarp
-slump block
-earthflow
-a “toe” of a flow
-lahar deposit

II. Streams (find 3 examples of stream features):
Possibilities include:
-point bar
-cut-bank
-mid-channel bar
-meander
-oxbow lake
-stream terrace

III. Shorelines (find 3 examples of shore line features):
Possibilities include:
-marine terrace
-wave cut platform
-tombolo
-spit
-sea stack
-sea arch
-sea cave
-jetty or groin
-beach