Week 3

Topics:	Theme C - Sediments, Coasts, and Beaches, begins
Required Readings:	Textbook Chapters 5 and 11 and Waves/Coasts PowerPoints Chapter 5 (.pdf) Chapter 5-to-11 Transition (.pdf) Chapter 11--Part 1 (.pdf) Chapter 11--Part 2 (.pdf) Waves & Coasts Chapter (no PPT) Other Readings Required: http://www.marinebio.net/marinescience/02ocean/mgbottom.htm
Lab Due:	Lab #3: Materials of the Seafloor Due this Saturday Lab #3 Handout: Background & Questions (.pdf) Microscope Observations Data Table (.pdf) Microscope Sediment Sample Photographs (.pdf) Lab #3 Hints (.html) Here is how to do the math for Lab #3 Q#9 (and similar lab/exam questions). Lab #3 Submission Form (.html)
Quiz/Exam Due:	Quiz #3 Due this Saturday Chapters 5 and 11 and Waves/Coasts - and related material
Other Assignments Due:	Week 3 Q&A Discussion Assignment (.html) Part A - Due this Saturday Extra credit - Virtual Dating - Attach your Certificate of Completion to your Part A post Part B - Due next Wednesday Download this Marine Sediments Classification Chart and this Minerals & Rocks ID Handout for your reference throughout the course and for Lab #3. The figures at the back of the Dash Point Field Trip Worksheet may also be useful for the microscopy section of Lab #3.