Homepage for the 2002 orientation adventure, the New Army Pass backpack, which took place August 25-28, 2002. Includes details on the participants and route taken, as well as a photographic diary of the trek.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Wilderness areas; Parks, National
Homepage for the 2006 Orientation Adventure, strenuous backpacking in Mineral King, which took place August 22-25, 2006. The page provides information on the participants and the route, with links to digital photographs from the first day.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Wilderness areas; Parks, National
Page providing details on the ID1, Critical Inquiry, Section 25 field trip to Joshua Tree National Park on November 15, 2008. If includes information on and maps for two possible destinations -the Desert Queen Mine and the Lost Horse Mine.
Page providing details on the ID1, Critical Inquiry, Section 25 field trip to the West Fork of Bear Creek on September 20, 2008. It describes the area and contains links to relevant maps and images.
Handout providing the UTM coordinates and trail profile of the route to West Fork of Bear Canyon (Mt. Baldy) via Bear Flat. The ID1, Critical Inquiry, Section 25 field trip involved hiking the trail. The images were created by the instructor.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Absorption spectra; Molecular spectroscopy; Thermodynamics; Statistical mechanics
Experiment involving an introduction to molecular spectroscopy and the extraction of molecular parameters and thermodynamic properties from an analysis of the vibrational fine structure of an electronic band spectrum of gaseous iodine.
Students of The Claremont Colleges have worked with Professor Steinmetz on numerous trail restoration projects in the San Gabriel River Ranger District of the Angeles National Forest, the oldest national forest in California and the fifth oldest in...
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Environmental chemistry; Chemistry, Analytic
Picture of the view west towards Tioga Pass en route to the high point of the day, taken as part of a survey of the area around the CMC cabin during the Environmental Analysis Study Tour of Lee Vining, CA and Gaylor Lakes.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Environmental chemistry; Chemistry, Analytic
Picture of the view west towards Tioga Pass en route to the high point of the day, taken as part of a survey of the area around the CMC cabin during the Environmental Analysis Study Tour of Lee Vining, CA and Gaylor Lakes.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Environmental chemistry; Chemistry, Analytic
Picture of the view to the northwest en route to the mine, taken on a hike from the cabin to the Log Cabin Mine during the Environmental Analysis Study Tour of Lee Vining, CA and Gaylor Lakes.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Environmental chemistry; Chemistry, Analytic
Picture of the view to the west of the road en route to the mine (note the stand of dead trees), taken on a hike from the cabin to the Log Cabin Mine during the Environmental Analysis Study Tour of Lee Vining, CA and Gaylor Lakes.
