THE
SEA AROUND US (GEOSC. 040) Spring, 2016
Class
Meetings: T R 1:00 – 2:15 100 Thomas Building
Use
Angel for
course email and questions. On Line Assignments (OLA) and Homework (HW)
are on Angel
Office
Hours: Tue. 10-11, Wed. 2-3, Room 313 Deike
Building
Visit the course web page at www.geosc.psu.edu/courses/geosc040
LECTURE SCHEDULE: Subject (due dates for Home Work and On Line
Assignments) |
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PART I: Water &
Heat --the Key Ingredients |
Jan 12 |
1.
Introduction to the Course,
The Water Planet |
Jan 14 |
2.
Scientific Inquiry and the
Origin of Water |
Jan 19 |
3.
Properties of Seawater, The
Wonder Substance! (OLA 1) |
Jan 21 |
4.
Properties of Seawater, Why
the Sea is Salt (OLA 2) |
Jan 26 |
5.
Properties of Seawater, Residence
time, A Whiff of Gas, Density, Salinity & Temperature |
Jan 28 |
6.
Atmospheric Circulation
& Heating, Here Comes the Sun! (HW 1) |
Feb 1 |
Quiz
1. Sign up online to take it at the e-testing center. |
Feb 2 |
7.
Atmospheric Circulation
& Heating, Global Circulation (OLA 3) |
Feb 4 |
8.
Atmospheric & Ocean
Circulation, Wind and Currents |
Feb 9 |
9.
Ocean Circulation, Surface
Currents & Gyres (OLA 4) |
Feb 11 |
10.
Ocean Circulation, Stirring
Up The Deep (OLA 5) |
Feb 16 |
11.
Ocean-Atmosphere-Climate
Connection (OLA 6) |
Feb 18 |
12.
Life in the Ocean: Primary
Production, Trophic levels and Deep Water as Ocean’s Fertilizer! |
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PART II: Life Goes On |
Feb 23 |
13.
Life in the Ocean: Empty
Oceans and Empty Nets? (HW 2) |
Feb 25 |
14.
No class meeting, Study
class notes and prepare for the mid-term (OLA 7)
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Mar 1 |
15.
The Ocean’s Foodchain; Producers and Consumers |
Mar 3 |
MID-TERM EXAM, IN CLASS, Covers material from 1/12
through 3/1 |
Mar 6-12 |
Spring Break! A great time to visit the beach |
Mar 15 |
16. Life in the Ocean –Aquaculture and Marine Fisheries (OLA 8) |
Mar 17 |
17.
Coral Reefs and Atolls.
Beauty and Diversity |
Mar 22 |
18.
Coastal Environments in
Peril: Chesapeake Bay Story I (OLA 9) |
Mar 24 |
19.
Coastal Environments in
Peril: Chesapeake Bay Story II |
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PART III: The
Changing Coastline |
Mar 29 |
20.
Dynamic Seas: Waves,
Particle Motion, Deep Water Waves (HW 3) |
Mar 31 |
21. Dynamic Seas: Shallow
Water Waves, Surfs Up ! (Extra
Credit Letter Due 6 April) |
Apr 5 |
22. Dynamic Seas: Equilibrium
Theory of Tides (OLA 10) |
Apr 7 |
23.
Dynamic Seas: Dynamic Theory of Tides, Amphidromic
Circulation (OLA 11) |
Apr 12 |
24.
Beaches under Siege, The
Beaches are Moving |
Apr 13 |
Quiz
2. Sign up online to take it at the e-testing center. |
Apr 14 |
25.
Beaches under Siege, Where is the beach? |
Apr 19 |
26.
Origin of Ocean Basins:
Plate Tectonics, Ridges, Transform Faults, Subduction (HW 4) |
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PART IV: The Dynamic
Ocean Basins |
Apr 21 |
27.
No class meeting, Study
class notes and prepare for the Optional Final Exam (OLA 12) |
Apr 26 |
28.
No class meeting, Study
class notes and prepare for the Optional Final Exam |
Apr 28 |
29.
Ocean Basin Morphology and Continental
Margins |
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Final Exam is Optional (Scheduled by the registrar). Covers
material from 3/15 - 4/28 |
REQUIRED
CLASSROOM PRS CLICKER:
We will use the iClicker. Register your clicker here |
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GRADING: see http://www.geosc.psu.edu/courses/geosc040/gradecalc.htm |
In-class activities are worth
15% of your course grade and will be completed with the iClicker.
By
attending lecture you will benefit from discussion
of review questions, some of which will be test
questions. Lecture
outlines and additional information will appear on the course web site. |
The final course grade will be compiled as
follows: |
15% - In-Class Exercises (using
iclicker. Lowest
4 scores dropped. Using a clicker for another person is cheating) |
15% - Homework. Complete
via Angel. 4 homework exercises, all
scores count |
15% - On-line Assignments. Complete
via Angel. 12 on-line assignments, Lowest
2 scores dropped. |
10% - Quiz 1, e-testing center 10% - Quiz 2, e-testing center |
20% - Mid-Term Exam Covers
material in the first half of the course. |
15% - Final Exam, Optional. You may take
your average score from Quiz 1, Quiz 2, and the Mid-Term Exam. Extra Credit Letter: Writing and
research activity, up to 5% of course grade.
Due Apr. 6th |
Note that 15%
of your grade is based on IN-CLASS exercises. Attend lecture! |
Using a clicker for another person is
considered cheating and will be handled as such. Do not bring your friend’s clicker to class.
"MAKEUP"
POLICY: Quizzes
and Exams can only be made up by prior arrangement
and/or with proof of an excusable absence. In-class
exercises must be completed during the lecture and
cannot be made up. Homework
must be completed when assigned. |
Extra
Credit Letter: (see http://www.geosc.psu.edu/geosc040/letter.html
) Compose a
letter to an individual or organization in which you intelligently and
rationally argue a point and express your opinion on an issue of significance
to oceanography. |
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Cheating will not be tolerated under any
circumstances. Cheating is unfair to
your classmates and is an insult to curiosity and intellectual inquiry. In the context of this class, cheating
includes using a clicker for another person, copying from another student’s exam or assignments,
plagiarism, and other activities. Students caught cheating will be reported
to University officials and receive an automatic failing grade on the
activity. General guidelines are
covered here and
in the Senate
Policy 49-20 on Academic Integrity. This course follows the guidelines set out
for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences for offenses and appropriate
punishments --please read these at http://www.ems.psu.edu/current_undergrad_students/academics/integrity_policy. Plagiarism is cheating. This
includes cutting and pasting material from sources on the web. All work and wording of assignments should
be your own. Limited quotation of
sources is acceptable and should be referenced accordingly. All written work
will be subject to electronic
plagiarism checking see:
http://www.turnitin.com/ |
Note to students
with disabilities: The Office of Disability Services (http://equity.psu.edu/ods/) requests
and maintains disability-related documents; certifies eligibility for
services; determines academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and/or services;
and develops plans for the provision of academic adjustments, auxiliary aids,
and/or services as mandated under Title II of the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA)
of 2008 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. A list of these services is provided at http://equity.psu.edu/ods/student-information. |