OCN 201 Schedule Spring 2012

MWF: 10:30 am (Physical Science 217) and 12:30 pm (Spalding 155)

 

Instructors: Professor Mottl, Course Coordinator (Geology)

Professor Carter (Chemistry and Physics), Professor Steward (Biology)



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Date

Week

Lecture

Instructor

Links

9-Jan

1

Introduction - slides

Mottl


11-Jan


The Scientific Method and the Origin of the Universe - Ch 1 slides

Mottl

Deep-space Timeline (PBS) 

13-Jan


History of Oceanography - Ch 2 slides

Mottl

Polynesian Voyaging Society

16-Jan

2

Holiday – Martin Luther King Day

-


18-Jan


Origin of Earth and Oceans - Ch 1 slides

Mottl


20-Jan

 

Earth Structure - Ch 3 slides

Mottl

Earth's Early Ocean (UCAR)

23-Jan

3

Ocean Floor Physiography - Ch 4 slides

Mottl

Oceanic Features (COAST)

25-Jan

 

Continental Drift - Ch 3 slides

Mottl

The PaleoMap Project (C.R. Scotese)

27-Jan


 Seafloor spreading - Ch 3 slides

Mottl


30-Jan

4

Plate Tectonics I - Ch 3 slides

Mottl


1-Feb

 

 Plate Tectonics II - Ch 3 slides

Mottl

This Dynamic Earth (USGS)

3-Feb


Mantle Plumes and Hawaiian Volcanoes - Ch 3 slides

Mottl

Hotspots (USGS)

6-Feb

5

Nova video – Hawaii Born of Fire

Mottl


8-Feb


Deep-Sea Sediments - Ch 5 slides

Mottl


10-Feb


Shelf Sediments - Ch 5 slides

Mottl


13-Feb

6

Coastal Processes incl. Beach Erosion - Ch 12 slides

Mottl

Coastal Erosion (EPA)

15-Feb

 

Physical Resources from the Sea - Ch 17 slides

Mottl


17-Feb


MID-TERM EXAM I 

Team


20-Feb

7

Holiday – President's Day



22-Feb


Salinity (with hydrothermal vents) - Ch 2 slides

Carter

Water (UH)

24-Feb


Nutrients – slides

Carter


27-Feb

8

Atmospheric Circulation - Ch 8 slides

Carter

Atmospheric circulation (EIU, USA)

29-Feb

 

Surface Circulation - Ch 9 slides

Carter

The Major Ocean Currents (UCAR)

2-Mar


Thermohaline Circulation – Ch 9 slides

Carter

Thermohaline circulation (UEA, UK)

5-Mar

9

Waves I - Ch 10 slides

Carter

The Physics of Waves (Zona Land)

7-Mar

 

Waves II and Surf – Ch 10 & 11 slides

Carter


9-Mar


Tides - Ch 11 slides

Carter

The Physics of Tides (IIT) 

12-Mar

10

Light and Sound in the Sea - Ch 7 slides

Carter


14-Mar


El Niño - Ch 9 slides

Carter


16-Mar


Climate I – Ch 20 slides

Carter


19-Mar

11

Climate II - Slides

Carter


21-Mar


Mixing and ocean engineering (including at-sea) - slides

Carter


23-Mar


MID-TERM EXAM II 

Team


2-Apr

12

The Nature and Origin of Life - Ch. 13 handout; slides

Steward

Exploring Life's Origins

4-Apr


Evolution of Life in the Sea - Ch. 13 handout; slides

Steward

Evolution (PBS)

6-Apr

 

Holiday – Good Friday

-


9-Apr

13

Marine Habitats and Lifestyles – Ch 13 handout; slides

Steward


11-Apr


Marine Primary Producers - Ch 14 slides

Steward

The Ocean's Green Machines (NASA)

Radiolab

13-Apr


Marine Consumers – Ch 14 handout; slides

Steward


16-Apr

14

Marine Invertebrate Animals – Ch. 15 handout; slides

Steward


18-Apr


Marine Vertebrates – Ch 15 (same handout as above); slides

Steward


20-Apr


Patterns of Productivity- Ch. 14 handout; slides

Steward


23-Apr

 15

Food webs and Fisheries – Ch 13 &17 handout; slides; article: 1 & 2

Steward

National Marine Fisheries

Seafood Watch (Monterey Bay Aquarium)

25-Apr


Adaptations for Survival - Ch 16 handout; slides

Steward


27-Apr


Coral Reef Communities– Ch. 16 handout; slides

Steward

Coral Reefs (NOAA)

30-Apr

16

Life in the Deep Sea – Ch 16 handout; slides

Steward

The Deep Sea

Deep Sea Creatures

2-May


Environmental Issues – Ch 18 handout; slides; video

Steward


9-May


FINAL EXAM 9:45 – 11:45 am

Section 1: Bilger 150

Section 2: Bilger 152

Team


 

 


Last modified: April 2012
Department of Oceanography