Syllabus:

Poster Project Handouts:

In Class Assignments

 

Lab Handouts

Week 1- Introduction to Maps

Week 2- Plate Tectonics

Week-3-Ocean Basins (Spring 2010)

Week 4- Plankton & Ocean Sediments Part 1 & Part 2

Lab 5- Climate Part 1 (Hurricanes) & Part 2 (Climate Change)

Answers to Life in The Ocean - Part 1 & Part 2

 

Study  Guides

Study Guide Exam #1 - Winter 2011

 

Study Guide Exam #2 - Winter 2011

 

Study Guide Exam #3 - Winter 2011

 

Study Guide for Exam #4 - Spring 2011

 

Reading Guides:

 

Useful web links for Labs etc.

Video of Tsunami and other Damage from 8.9 Quake 3-11-2011

Summary of Damage known on 3/11/2011 (4 minutes)

Tsunami comes ashore near Sendai

A town on the coast of Miyagi Prefecture (Japan) is hit by the wave. Video from NHK by way of PBS.

Tsunami spills over seawall in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture

Fire at a Foundry set off by Earthquake

 

Tsunami damage in the USA

Santa Cruz Harbor 1 Santa Cruz Harbor 2 (CA)  Kona (HI)

 

Tides Handout:

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Tide Info

Weird water facts:

    Video - Water drops 

Lab #1 - Reading Maps:

     Latitude and Longitude Review

Latitude and Longitude Practice exercise

Lab #2 - Plate Tectonics:

Lab #3 - Feature of the Ocean Floor:

Lab # 4 Marine Plankton & Fisheries

Lab # 5 - Climate Change Lab: 

 

Hurricane Info:

 

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml

 

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/guides/mtr/hurr/hurtrack/index.html

 

Carbon Dioxide Levels 

 

CO2 levels & Antarctic Temperatures    

 

Burning of Fossil Fuels   

 

US Temperature Record

 

Global Temperature Record

 

Washington State Department of Ecology

 

Time series of CO2 in Atmopshere

 

Lab - Salinity of Sea Water:

            "Icicle of Death" video

 

 

 

Life in the Oceans Lab:

 

Part 1: UC Museum of Paleontology- History of Life Exhibit

Part 2: Coral Reefs