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MAR 105 - Introduction to Oceanography

Dr. Anastasia

1Dr. Jean R. AnastasiaEmail: anastaj@sunysuffolk.eduHome page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj

1Attendance

• All students are expected to attend every class session of each course for which they are registered.

• Cannot miss lab

• Students are responsible for all that transpires in class whether or not they are in attendance.

1Textbook

•Essentials of Oceanography, 10th edition, Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2011.

•Options for e-book or rental

•Let me know if you have another text

•Lab Manual at Bookstore

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Grading Lecture:

3 lecture exams will be given Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY

IF all exams have been takenNo- make-up exams2 highest grades combine to make

up 45% of your course grade

 

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Grading

 Laboratory:

35% of your course grade   lab exercises

field trips

2 lab exams

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Grading

Final Exam:

–A cumulative final exam will constitute 20% of your course grade. It will be given on the last day of class

 

1Extra Credit

• 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an in-depth analysis/ summary of each article

• Due by May 8th– NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED

1Field Trips

• This course includes field trips that will take the place of lab periods.

• Attendance on these field trips is expected.

1MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULESpring 2013 Monday Topic Weekend Trips** These dates are tentative and subject to change**

Lab Schedule

1/28 Introduction/ Ice Breaker

2/4 Scientific method and Density

2/11 Plate Tectonics/ Ocean Contour I (complete the graph and coloring)AT HOME

2/18 NO CLASS- Presidents Day

2/25 Ocean Contour 1 continued& Ocean Contour II

3/4 Salinity, Temp & Density

3/11 Ocean Circulation

3/18 Lab Exam 1

3/25 NO CLASS- Spring Break

4/1 Waves

4/8 Beach Field Trip

4/15 Sediment

4/22 Plankton

4/29 NO LAB- weekend trip Atlantis Marine WorldSat 5/4 at 11:00

5/6 Marine Pollution

5/13 Lab Exam 2-

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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)

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Fig. 1-1b, p. 2

Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water

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Figure 1.3

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Figure 1.2

4 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World

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Local Saltwater…Water Bodies of Long Island

Peconic

Bay

Moriches Bay

Shinnecock Bay

• 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.

Oceanography: What Is It?

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