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MAR 105 Introduction to Oceanography Honors

MAR 105 Introduction to Oceanography Honors. Dr. Jean Anastasia. Dr. Jean R. Anastasia Email: anastaj@sunysuffolk.edu Home page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj Office Hours: Monday online 3:00-4:00 Tues 10:30-12:30 Wed 1:45-2:45 Thursday 1:45-2:45. Attendance.

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MAR 105 Introduction to Oceanography Honors

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  1. MAR 105Introduction to OceanographyHonors Dr. Jean Anastasia

  2. Dr. Jean R. Anastasia Email: anastaj@sunysuffolk.edu Home page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj Office Hours: Monday online 3:00-4:00 Tues 10:30-12:30 Wed 1:45-2:45 Thursday 1:45-2:45

  3. Attendance • All students are expected to attend every class session of each course for which they are registered. Students are responsible for all that transpires in class whether or not they are in attendance. • Attendance at laboratory meetings is required. Students who miss more than one (1) lab session may be dropped from the course. • The last official date to withdraw from the course is March 25, 2014. Students wishing to withdraw from class after this date must contact me and complete a withdraw slip from the registrar’s office, which I must sign. All students who go AWOL without completing a withdraw form will automatically receive a grade of “F”.

  4. Books • Essentials of Oceanography, 11th edition, Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2014. • Options for e-book or rental • Let me know if you have another text • Lab Manual at Bookstore • Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Seafood by Paul Greenberg

  5. Grading  Lecture: 3 lecture exams will be given Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY IF all exams have been taken No- make-up exams 2 highest grades combine to make up 35% of your course grade

  6. Grading Honors Projects: • Four Fish Presentation 5% • Individual Project: Field Trip Paper 5%

  7. Grading Laboratory: 30% of your course grade   pop quizzes prelabs/ homework lab questions/ graphs field trips 2 lab exams

  8. Grading Final Exam: • A cumulative final exam will constitute 25% of your course grade. It will be given on the last day of class

  9. Extra Credit • 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an in-depth analysis/ summary of each article • Due by May 2nd– NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED

  10. Field Trips • This course includes field trips that will take the place of lab periods. • Attendance on these field trips is expected.

  11. Lab Schedule MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULE Fall 2013 Friday Topic Weekend Trips ** These dates are tentative and subject to change**

  12. General Policies • No cheating/ plagiarism • No leaving the room during exams/ no cell phone during exams • No late work • No unexcused make-ups- contact me the day of the exam!! • No texting or disruptive behavior • Write your own notes, study each week; come to extra help

  13. Lecture Schedule

  14. The Ocean Ocean Facts: • Covers 71% of the earth’s surface • Accounts for 97% of the water on earth (rest in land ice, groundwater, lakes & rivers) • Average depth = 3,796 meters (12,451 feet) (deepest = Mariana trench 11,022 m or 36,163 ft) • Average temp = 3.9oC (only 39oF)

  15. Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water Fig. 1-1b, p. 2

  16. 4 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World

  17. Walsh and Piccard took the Trieste to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960: 10,912 meters or 35,800ft)

  18. In March of 2012, James Cameron set the record for the deepest solo dive by going to the bottom on the Mariana Trench http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tm40uMhDI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8cTtOEEyI

  19. Local Saltwater…Water Bodies of Long Island Peconic Bay Shinnecock Bay Moriches Bay

  20. Oceanography: What Is It? • Oceanography is the scientific study of the ocean by applying traditional sciences, such as physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and engineering, to all aspects of the ocean.

  21. Subdisciplines of Oceanography • Geological Oceanography- • Composition of ocean floor and the earth • Physical oceanography- • Movement of water (waves, currents…) • Chemical Oceanography- • Ocean’s dissolved solids and gases • Marine biology (Biological Oceanography)- • marine organisms, the impact of human activities on these organisms

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