GEO/OC 103
Exploring the Deep:
Geography of the World’s Oceans
Today’s Tune:
from the soundtrack of
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Lectures MWF
1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
Gilfillan Auditorium
4 credits
Oregon State Oceanography
• One of the best in the nation
– Research productivity
– National/international reputation
– COAS ranked as high as 5th nationally
• Biological, chemical, geological, physical,
geophysical, marine resource
management (MRM), atmospheric
sciences
• Climate Change Research Institute
OSU Oceanography cont.
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Hatfield Marine Science Center
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Consortium on Ocean Leadership
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Academy of Sciences Ocean
Studies Board
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration or NOAA!
www.coas.oregonstate.edu/marineportal
Required Books
“Invitation to Oceanography”
(4th edition)
by Paul Pinet
“Exploring the Deep:
GEO/OC 103 Lab Manual”
Both available in OSU Bookstore
Labs
( labs start NEXT week in Educ 126 )
• Teaching Assistants
– Evan Bing-Sawyer
– Tiffany Gregg
– Wendy Kelly
– Andrew McFadden
– Colleen Weiler
• Check course site or catalog for your lab time!
• Learn your TA’s name from schedule,
introduce yourself at first meeting
Key Locations
Gilfillan / Wilk
COAS Admin
Education 126
NO LABS THIS WEEK
in Lab . . .
Work with real oceanographic data
Work with a geographic
information system
(GIS), a hot technology!
Lab 9:
Required Field Trip to Oregon Coast
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Bookmark this site!!!
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/oceans
And please read your syllabus !!!
What Will I Learn?
• NOT very much about whales and fishes!
• Formation of the world’s oceans and
ocean basins
• Tsunamis and major earthquakes along
the Oregon coast
• Volcanic activity in the Cascades and just
off the Oregon coast
• Currents and ocean circulation
What Will I Learn?
• Chemistry of sea water and underwater
hot springs
• Waves and tides
• El Niño and La Niña
• Biology of the oceans, from one-celled
organisms to whales
• Protecting the oceans and coasts
• Climate change, global warming… and
more!
This class may NOT be for you if you can
answer YES to any of the following:
• “I don’t expect to attend class very often.”
• “Large, general education classes should not
require me to study very hard.”
• “I am a graduating senior, am really tired of
school, and need one last, easy science
requirement.”
• “Science is lame! I’m just doing this to satisfy a
requirement.”
• “I hate the computer and don’t think it’s worth
learning how to use. Professors should not
require students to use a computer.”
This class will be GREAT for you if you can
answer YES to many of the following:
• “I’m really interested in the Earth and am willing
to apply myself to learn about it.”
• “I‘m scared of math, but willing to try.”
• “I am willing to read the book, attend lectures,
and go to every lab section, because I know that
I will learn more if I do.”
• “I’m worried about the future of the environment
and would like to know how to interpret the
claims of scientists.”
• “I appreciate professors who use computer and
communications technology because it improves
the class.”
You should certainly take this class if you can
answer YES to any of the following:
• I’m really worried, concerned, or even angry about:
– marine pollution…
– global warming, hurricanes, tsunamis…
– over-fishing of important fish species…
– the Earth’s physical resources being overused…
A Good Learning Environment
• Class attendance is KEY!
• Class attendance for the ENTIRE class
period is KEY!
• Please don’t hold conversations or walk out
in the middle of class
• This class is not only about oceanography
– Training for life and work AFTER college
• Atmosphere of mutual respect
A Special Note to Athletes . . .
• “It’s from my father,” Manning says, “he
instilled a work ethic in me. I think he meant
it for academics, not football, because he
never pressured me in that direction. I just
translated it to football.”
ESPN.com, “The Son Also Rises”, article by Dave Goldberg, Associated
Press
Lecture Format
• *notes provided as text and as PPT
– text that appears on slides w/ SOME
supplements
• facility with web browser a plus
• curse & blessing
– info all there but don’t space out
– challenge yourself & us w/questions and
discussion
• Different learning styles
GEO/OC 103: “Da Rules”
 Attend class (on time) and stay the entire class period.
 Read assignments before they are to be discussed in
class and come prepared to lecture and to lab.
 Save eating for spaces outside the classroom (and clean
up).
 Participate. If you don’t understand something, ask. I can
guarantee…absolutely… that if you don’t understand
something, there are a dozen other people in the room, at
least, that share that confusion.
 Be respectful of the other people in the room..(no phones,
no newspapers, no conversations, careful with laptops!)
 Remember that while you paid tuition for this class, so did
the people around you.
 It’s a community.
GEO/OC 103: “Da Rules” (cont.)
• In-class work: only gets done that day, we don’t make it up.
• Labs: show up, ask questions, complete the work… if you have a
conflict and MUST attend another section, let your teaching assistant
know. Note only 8 of the 9 labs will count.
• Exams: We will schedule a make-up only if you make prior
arrangements with us. An email or voicemail saying you can’t make it
won’t do..you need an answer from us or need to talk to us directly.
• Honesty, ethics, cheating and plagiarism (do, do, don’t, don’t).
• Final exam is already scheduled. Plan for it. We will not be able to give
the exam early (unless you have the three exam conflict situation).
• Rules aside….if you struggle, if things are wrong, tell one of us or your
teaching assistants. We’ll work on solutions.
Exams & Grades
Exams & Grades (cont.)
Test 1 (W, Apr. 22) = 15%
Test 2 (M, May 18) = 15%
Final (Thurs, Jun. 11) = 30%
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Labs (inc. field trip) = 40%
GEO/OC 103 Grades
Weighted Percentage
95-100 = A
90-94 = A85-89 = B+
80-84 = B
75-79 = B70-74 = C+
65-69 = C
and so on…
Mandatory Field Trip to Oregon Coast
May 30th
All Exams take place HERE
Final Exam
June 11th
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Questions??
Dr. Dawn Wright
114 Wilkinson Hall
dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu
twitter.com/deepseadawn
Office Hours:
Mondays/Wednesdays
1:50 - 2:50 p.m.
or by appointment
Who Am I?
• B.S. in Geology
– Wheaton College in Illinois
• M.S. in Oceanography
– Texas A&M
• Ph.D. in Physical Geography & Marine
Geology
– UC-Santa Barbara
Who Am I? (cont.)
“Dr. Deepsea Dawn”
• Benthic terrain classification of coral
reefs
• Seafloor-spreading / subduction
– volcanic, tectonic, hydrothermal
processes
– analysis and interpretation of
bathymetric, towed camera,
&submersible data
Who Am I ? (cont.)
• Application and analytical issues in GIS for
oceanographic data
Other Interests
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Snoopy, Calvin and Hobbes comics
Building Legos®
Competitive cycling
Animation / “Art House” films
Pasta
Lydia (my dog)
Silversun Pickups, Arcade Fire, Dandy
Warhols, U2, Erasure, Moby, Celtic
music
Dr. Bob Duncan
COAS Admin Building (across the street)
rduncan@coas.oregonstate.edu
737-5189
Office Hours:
by appointment
Up until now….
• Undergraduate degree in Geology
(Princeton)
• Masters degree in Geophysics (Stanford)
• Ph.D. in Geochemistry (Australian
National)
• U.S. Geological Survey
• OSU faculty since 1977
Main research interests:
Plate
tectonics and ocean crustal rocks
Hotspots and flood basalts
Mass extinctions and catastrophic volcanism
Tectonics and climate change
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
Other interests:
Family
wife, Environmental Policy researcher
at OSU
son and daughter, both OSU graduates
Soccer coaching
old farts indoor soccer
Liverpool; USA in the World Cup 2010
A lot of science is observing
• A way of looking
at the world
using:
– Observations
– Hypotheses
(models)
– Repetition
– Prediction
There’s a lot you can tell by observing and a
lot that can be confusing
• Number of observations:
what would seeing these
two humans tell you about
the species?
• (would you guess they
were the same species?)
Why do you have to take a science course anyway?
The Ocean is central to understanding
Climate system (water, storms,
temperature)
Loss of species diversity
Feeding humanity
Our political system depends on informed citizens -that’s YOU!
Exploration of the oceans -Why go there?
John F Kennedy’s speech on space exploration
Questions??
Don’t Let This be You !!!
“I need to talk to you about my grade.”