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Web Links!
Marine Biology Textbook
Castro Textbook - 8th Edition
Mater Dei High School Website
Discovery Education Website
Turn-it-in.com
Water Testing
Surfrider BWTF- Output page
MDHS Surfrider
iTouchMap.com
Surfrider Project
http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/MarineBio/syllabus/syllabus.html
Why Oceans Matter!
Introduction to Marine Biology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r25dZFgZ14c&feature=channel_video_title Why Oceans Matter
Crittercams: Tiger Sharks versus Turtles
http://www.climatechangeeducation.org/k-12/chemistry/index.html
http://www.science-house.org/nesdis/ (Investigating the oceans)
http://esciencenews.com/topics/earth.climate (Current News)
http://whyfiles.org/category/all/theme/environment-pollution/ (all topics)
http://teacherweb.com/GA/WhitewaterHighSchool/Graddy/apt7.aspx (great)
http://www.cbsd.org/sites/teachers/hs/jucollins/Pages/Oceanography.aspx
Week
Objective
Homework
Welcome to Marine Biology: Review course outline, guidelines, rules, textbook, class website,
Week 1
etc.
8/20-21
Flexbook for Earth Science - Click here iBooks
(Download the free iBooks from iTunes)
Critter Cam - New Scientific Tool
Read Text pages 4-8
Marine Biology TODAY Notes
Technology COS- Students will
Visit Oceanography Institute / Organization Websites
research the Oceanography
Institutes #
Week 2
8/228/24
1.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
2.
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
Reading will be provided from
Aquarius Underwater Marine Laboratory
the whoi.com site#
3.
Scripps Institute
4.
Dana Point Ocean Institute
5.
Aquarium of the Pacific
6.
Virgin Oceanic
Virgin Oceanic Promo Video
News video on Submarine
H/W if not completed in class:
Summarize the mission and scope of the six institutes above. What is their mission? Make
comments about their overall scope or size in ships, number of buildings, personnel, education
programs and degrees available from the institute. Any noteworthy historical findings or significance
of this institute or organization?
History of Marine biology
Chapter 1
Scientific Method Lab activity on "What makes ice melt fastest?" Students will create a data
Week 4
table and chart using NUMBERS and complete the lab write-up from scratch.
Click here for "What makes Ice Melt Fastest?" Lab Activity
Review and test on the history,
research institutes and the scientific
method.
Week 5-6
Marine Charting and Navigation
Grad Exam17-21
Ocean Navigation and Map Reading
Google Earth for Computers
1.
Earth Science Textbook on Maps
2.
Longitude and Latitude explained
3.
Nautical Know-How
4.
http://www.ttsd.k12.or.us/twality-middle-school/stacy-eto/social-studies-1/geography-unit1/assignments-handouts/latitude-longitude-worksheets/
5.
http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255w02/cs255students/JLAHR/P9/maps.html
6.
click here for
hhttp://petrimoulx.pbworks.com/f/C
hapter2skillbuilder.pdf
Marine Charts worksheet
7.
http://www.teachengineering.org/view_curricularunit.php?url=collection/duk_/curricular_units/duk_mari
ne_musc_unit/duk_marine_musc_unit.xml Marine Mapping
Notes on Plate Tectonics and the major geological provinces of the ocean. Chapter 2
click here for Chapter 2 student notes
Week 7
1.
Complete notes on Plate Tectonics and Continental margins.
Technology Project
2.
Click here for the Paleomap
http://www.scotese.com/
3.
Aquarium mini-lab
http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/P
4.
Review for Chapter 2 Test
ALEOMAP-Serf.html
Study all the key terms and questions from the textbook. The link is at the top left on this
screen!
Week 8-9
Introduction to Chapter 3: Chemical and Physical Properties of Seawater.
Water in this experiment can
do crazy things when its solute
Myth buster’s video segment on Coke and Mento's experiment
Mythbusters: Diet Coke and Mentos
comes out of the solvent at
nucleation sites! Check this
out!
Dangers of Drinking Diet Sodas
Check out this link: Diet Coke &
How does Aspartame HARM you?
Mentos Video
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/05/climate-acidification-idUSL6E8J537G20120805
Lab Properties of Ocean Water
PowerPoint- Properties of
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-impact-ocean-acidification-shellfish.html
Ocean Water
http://news.google.com/news/section?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=topic:ocean_acidification&ict
=clu_bl
Learn how Ocean Tsunamis form and transfer energy * Tsunami video
http://whyfiles.org/2012/classroom-activity-page-tsunamis/ (Great)
Unit on Tsunamis
Notes on Waves, Tides and Currents
Oceans in Motion Video
Text Book Questions - end of
chapter 3 -
Ocean in Motion - Naval Research Center
I think I have this one(a video)
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/tides/tides_main.html
Powerpoints and outline
Notes on Chapter 3 - Tides and Waves
Lab on Salt Water Aquariums
Click below to download the lab
Aquarium Lab Write -
Setting Up a Marine Aquarium Lab
Study for Chapter 3 Test
Hurricanes
Week 10
Hurricanes of the BayouVideo
Notes for the video
Week 11/12
The Mobile Bay
Characteristics of the Mobile Bay
History of the Mobile Bay
Mobile Bay Water Shed-Map Activity
Human Impact-Building Bulkheads
Oyster Recovery Program
Shoreline Conservation
Gas Wells
Economic Value
Estuaries Chapter 12
Click here for Estuary worksheet
Week 13
1.
Estuary Notes
2.
Click here for website for the estuary assignment
3.
Importance of the estuary
Powerpoint of the Bay
Notes on Ocean Oil
Week 14
click here for Ocean Oil notes
click here for Gulf Research Initiative
Gulf of Mexico-PowerPoint
Estuaries
Week 15
Mississippi River Watershed
Economic Value
Topography
Influence on weather
Start notes on Deep Sea Chapter 16
click here for Ocean Depths Notes
Ocean Depths Habitat Notes
Week 16/17
1.
DVD on Deep Sea Life
Volcanoes of the Deep Video
Click here-> What is a Black Smoker?
Click here-> Make a Black Smoker
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125069&org=NSF&from=news
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/08/06/umass.amherst.national.team.define.limits.microbial.l
ife.undersea.volcano
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/index.html
Second Semester
Week 19
Microbial World Chapter 5
Student Presentations of Keynotes on Extremophiles Extremophiles
Stephen Abedon lecture on extremophiles
Life in Extreme Environments
Extremophiles in your neighborhood
Wild Things: The most extreme creatures
Video Worksheet due in class I
HAVE THIS VIDEO
Week 20
Ocean Life Zones-Chapter 16
Day
Week 21
Objectives
Homework
Animal Behavior
Discover animal behavior
Happy Feet DVD
Twenty Years of the Dolphin
Week 21
1.
Rocky Shore Notes Chapter 11?
2.
Intertidal
3.
Sandy Beaches Chapter
4.
Coral Reefs-Chapter 14
Notes on Kelp and Seaweed
BROWN
RED
GREEN
Study for Chapter 6
Multi-cellular Algae and Kelp
Notes on Seaweeds click here for algae notes
Click here for their great link to Seaweeds
Finish Notes on chapter 6
DVD on Ocean Life
Week 24
Chapter 7 Animals with no backbone
Overview of Invertebrates
Invertebrate Survey LabClick here for Invertebrate survey lab
Notes on Invertebrates
Click here for Sponges Notes
Click here for Cnidarian Notes
Week 25
Notes on Cnidarians and Worms - "Oh My!"
Click here for Worms and Mollusk Notes
Notes on Echinoderms and Arthropods
Click here for Echinoderm and Arthropod Notes
Specimens
Quiz on Invertebrates
Fisheries Chapter 8
PowerPoint form DIP
Tragedy of the Commons
Shifting Baselines
Important timeline for commercial fisheries
Week 26/27
Sustainability
Types of fishing practices- long line, gillnets, purse seines
http://www.teachengineering.org/view_curricularunit.php?url=collection/duk_/curricular_units/duk_bycatchunit_musc_unit
/duk_bycatchunit_musc_unit.xml
Week 28/29
Sea Turtles (reptiles), Birds and Mammals-Chapter 9
Students will track turtles
http://seaturtlestatus.org/learn
/maps/all (track turtles)
http://seaturtlestatus.org/repor
Create a web quest
t/view
Alabama Sea Turtles http://www.alabamaseaturtles.com/
Turtle facts- http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/turtles/
http://www.seaworld.org/infob
ooks/seaturtle/home.html
PowerPoint (Mexico)
Click here for the Seafood Watch Assignment
Week 30/31
1.
Click here for Wild Seafood Issues
An Inconvenient Truth
2.
Click here for Aquaculture Issleues
Global Warming Issues
Click here for Seafood Recommendations
Click here for the Inconvenient
Resources from sea notes
Truth Worksheet
Dauphin Island Trip Set Date ASAP
1.
Otter Trawls
2.
Gas Wells
3.
Safety