OCN 201 Schedule Spring 2013

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

 

Instructors: Eric De Carlo, Course Coordinator (Geology),

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



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Date

Week

Lecture

Instructor

Links

7-Jan

1

Introduction

De Carlo


9-Jan


The Scientific Method - slides

De Carlo

Deep-space Timeline (PBS) 

11-Jan


The Origin of the Universe/Earth & Oceans - Ch 1 slides

De Carlo


14-Jan

2

History of Oceanography – Ch 2 slides

Traditional/Polynesian Navigation

De Carlo

Polynesian Voyaging Society

16-Jan


Earth Structure - Ch 3 slides

De Carlo

Earth's Early Ocean (UCAR)

18-Jan

 

Ocean Floor Physiography - Ch 4 slides

De Carlo

Oceanic Features (COAST)

21-Jan

3

Holiday – Martin Luther King Day

-


23-Jan

 

Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics - Ch 3 slides

De Carlo

The PaleoMap Project (C.R. Scotese)

25-Jan


Plate Tectonics I - Ch 3 slides

De Carlo

This Dynamic Earth (USGS)

28-Jan

4

Plate Tectonics II - Ch 3 slides

De Carlo


30-Jan

 

Mantle Plumes and Hawaiian Volcanoes slides

De Carlo

Hotspots (USGS)

1-Feb


Hawaiian Volcanoes

De Carlo


4-Feb

5

Hawaii Born of Fire

De Carlo


6-Feb


Coastal Processes – Ch 12 slides

De Carlo

Coastal Erosion (EPA)

8-Feb


Coastal Erosion in Hawaii

De Carlo


11-Feb

6

Deep-Sea Sediments - Ch 5 slides

De Carlo


13-Feb

 

Shelf Sediments - Ch 5 slides

De Carlo


15-Feb


MID-TERM EXAM I

Team


18-Feb

7

Holiday – President's Day

-


20-Feb


Salinity - Ch 2 slides

Carter

Salinity

Water (UH)

Deep-sea Vents (BBC)

22-Feb


Nutrients and Tracers– slides

Carter


25-Feb

8

Atmospheric Circulation - Ch 8 slides

Carter

Atmospheric circulation (EIU, USA)

27-Feb

 

Surface Circulation - Ch 9 slides

Carter

The Major Ocean Currents (UCAR)

1-Mar


Thermohaline Circulation – Ch 6, 9 slides

Carter

Thermohaline circulation (UEA, UK)

4-Mar

9

Waves I - Ch 10 slides

Carter

The Physics of Waves (Zona Land)

6-Mar

 

Waves II – Ch 10 slides

Carter


8-Mar


Tides - Ch 11 slides

Carter

The Physics of Tides (IIT) 

11-Mar

10

Light and Sound - Ch 7 slides

Carter


13-Mar


El Niño - Ch 9 slides

Carter


15-Mar


Global Climate Change I - slides

Carter


18-Mar

11

Global Climate Change II - slides

Carter


20-Mar


Turbulence and Instrumentation - slides

Carter


22-Mar


MID-TERM EXAM II 

Team


1-Apr

12

The Origin of Life - Ch 1, 13 slides

Goetze

Exploring Life's Origins

3-Apr


Evolution of Life in the Sea - Ch 13 slides

Goetze

Evolution (PBS)

5-Apr

 

Marine Habitats – Ch 13 slides

Goetze


8-Apr

13

Marine Primary Producers - Ch 14 slides

Goetze

The Ocean's Green Machines (NASA)

10-Apr


Marine Consumers – Ch 14, 15 slides

Goetze




12-Apr


Marine Invertebrates – Ch 15 slides

Goetze


15-Apr

14

Marine Vertebrates – Ch 15 slides

Goetze


17-Apr


Nutrients and Productivity – Ch 14 slides

Goetze


19-Apr


Marine Food Webs & Fisheries – Ch 14 s1ides

Goetze

National Marine Fisheries

22-Apr

 15

Marine Community Ecology – Ch 16 slides

Goetze




24-Apr


Deep Sea - Ch 16 slides

Goetze

The Deep Sea

26-Apr


Coral Reefs – Ch. 16 slides

Goetze

Coral Reefs (NOAA)

29-Apr

16

Marine Biological Resources – Ch 17 slides

Goetze




1-May


Climate Change & Human Impacts– Ch 18 slides

Goetze


8-May


FINAL EXAM 2:15 – 4:15 pm

Team



Last modified: January 2013
Department of Oceanography