Textbook

• Chapters 1 and 2
• Appendices III and IV

PowerPoint

• Chapters 1 and 2
• NOTE: My course PowerPoints include required information that is not covered in the textbook. They are in PDF format (.pdf).

Required: None this week

Optional:
A: http://www.gesource.ac.uk/timeline_Oceanography.html
B: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/secrets.html
C: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanography
D: http://www.womenoceanographers.org

NOTE: The optional readings' letters (A, B, C, D) are live links to the respective webpages.

Textbook

• Chapters 3 and 4

PowerPoint

• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4

 

Required: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

Optional:
A: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/pltecan.html
B: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/pltec/pltec1.html
C: http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ oceanography_how_deep.html
D: http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Oct/hour1_102095.html
E: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/1999/vents.shtml

Textbook

• Chapters 5 and 11
• Waves and Coasts "Bonus Chapter" (.pdf)

PowerPoint

• Chapter 5
• Chapter 5-to-11 Transition
• Chapter 11--Part 1
• Chapter 11--Part 2
• Waves and Coasts (no PPT)

Required: http://www.marinebio.net/marinescience/02ocean/mgbottom.htm

 

 

 

 

Required: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/index.html

Required: http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/HurricaneKatrina.html (choose at least one linked article)

Optional:
A: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/coast/erosion/erosion.html
B: http://www.coastalatlas.net/learn/index.asp
C: http://www.surfrider.org/stateofthebeach/05-sr/state.asp?zone=WC&state=wa&cat=be

Extra credit: Find one or more additional good websites relating to coastal erosion. Share them with your classmates via this week's Q&A Discussion Board. Include your reasons for recommending each site. (Be sure your post's subject line is specific about what is included and that it is for extra credit.)

Textbook

• Chapter 6

PowerPoint

• Chapter 6--Part 1
• Chapter 6--Part 2
• Chapter 6--Part 3
• Chapter 6--Part 4

Required: None this week (there's plenty in my PowerPoints)

Extra credit: Find one or more good websites relating to Chapter 6 and share them with your classmates via this week's Q&A Discussion Board. Include your reasons for recommending each site. (Be sure your post's subject line is specific about what is included and that it is for extra credit.)

 

Textbook

• Chapters 7 and 8

PowerPoint

• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8

 

 

 

 

Required: http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_change/index.htm

Required: http://www.greenfacts.org/en/climate-change-ar4/index.htm

Optional:
Coriolis Effect merry-go-round movies:
A - http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/23jul_spin.html
B - http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/DVE/coriolis/coriolis.html
C - http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~pat/fun/movies3d.html (scroll down to "Noninertial Forces")
El Nino links:
A - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino
B - http://www.elnino.noaa.gov
C - http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml

Textbook

• Chapters 9 and 10
• Tsunami "Bonus Chapter" (.pdf)

PowerPoint

• Chapter 9--Part 1
• Chapter 9--Part 2
• Chapter 10
• Tsunami (no PPT)

Required: http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/tsunamiresources.html

Optional:
Related to tsunamis:
A - BigQuake Listserv
B - TsunamiWatcher Listserv
C - EERI Talking Points (nice succinct summary about earthquakes, FYI)

Local tides links (interactive):
A - http://www.dairiki.org/tides/daily.php
B - http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/geographic.html

Textbook

• Chapter 15

PowerPoint

• Chapter 15--Environmental
• Chapter 15--Resources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required: None this week (but the optional links are highly recommended)

Highly recommended:
A - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/sound
B - http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp
C - http://www.psp.wa.gov/puget_sound/sos.htm

"What can I do?" - Local community organizations:
A - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/envirotips/tips_main.htm
B - http://www.pugetsoundkeeper.org
C - http://www.pugetsound.org
D - http://www.duwamishcleanup.org
E - http://www.psat.wa.gov
F - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/pubs/0401011.pdf
G - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/pubs/0307017.pdf
H - Please report pollution to Washington Dept of Ecology -- Website: http://www.ecy.wa.gov ; 24-hour hotline: (360) 407-6300; Oil or hazmat (hazardous materials): (800) OILS-911
I - Surf Your Watershed (EPA; you can search by zip code) -- And specific watershed planning efforts (WA ECY) -- And Safe Water (EPA; all about your local drinking water and groundwater!)
J - http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/CastroMarineBiol-CoralReefs.pdf
K - http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/AAAS-MangrovesEstuaries.pdf
L - http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/AAAS-StateOfMajorEcosyst.pdf
M - http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/Miller-SpringPhytoplBloom.pdf
N - (1) http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/PSATConservRecovery.pdf or (2) http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/pscrp_05-07_final-web.pdf

Extra credit: Please recommend other sites and organizations, via this week's Q&A Discussion Board!

Textbook

• Chapters 12 and 13 and 14

PowerPoint

• Marine Biology--Part 1
• Marine Biology--Part 2
• Marine Biology--Part 3 - Pelagic
• Marine Biology--Part 4 - Benthic

Required: Select at least one major segment/chapter from one of these options:
A - http://www.wsg.washington.edu/pubs/fjord/fjord.html
B - http://www.bigelow.org/bacteria/index.html
C - http://evolution.berkeley.edu
D - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution

Extra credit: Please recommend other websites, via this week's Q&A Discussion Board!

Required: Select one (or more) of these options:
A - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet
B - http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/CastroMarineBiol-CoralReefs.pdf
C - http://www.seattleaquarium.org
D - http://www.mbayaq.org
E - http://www.aqua.org

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