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Learning Objectives and Study Questions

The documents below include learning objectives and study questions for each week's lesson as well as any supporting documents for a given week. If you understand the facts and ideas that underlie the study questions you will be well prepared for our in-class activities and exams. Because these documents are PDF files you will need to have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) on your computer to view them.

Learning Objectives and Study Questions

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Supporting Documents
Chapter 2: Earth and its Waters 18-Jan  
Chapter 3: Plate Tectonics and the Origins of Ocean Basins 25-Jan  
Chapter 4: Seafloor Features and Marine Sediments 6-Feb  
Chapter 5: Physical Properties of Water

18-Feb

  
Chapter 6: Chemistry of Seawater: Salts, Gases and Nutrients 4-Mar Residence Time Exercise
Chapter 7: Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere 15-Mar  
Chapter 8: Ocean Circulation and Density Structure 22-Mar  
Chapters 9: Ocean Surface Currents 3-Apr  
Chapter 10: Waves: Swells to Tsunamis 12-Apr Wave/Tide Exercise
Chapter 11: Tides: "Waves" Raised by the Sun and Moon 22-Apr  
Chapter 12: Land and Sea: Coasts, Beaches and Estuaries 3-May Estuary Exercise
Chapter 13: Marine Environmental Issues 8-May  
Chapter 14: Oceanic Environments for Life 10-May  
Chapter 15: Oceanic Productivity 10-May  
Chapter 16: Planktonic Communities: Drifters 17-May  
Chapter 17: Nektonic Communities: Free Swimmers 17-May  
Chapter 18: Benthic Communities: Bottom Dwellers 17-May  

Online Exercises

The assignments below are available as either online exercises from Virtual Courseware or from the Hazard City CD on reserve in the library.

Computer Exercises

Date assigned

Date due
Exercise 1: Earthquake! (class code: xxxxxx) 28-Jan-2013 1-Feb-2013
Exercise 2: Global Warming—Energy Budget Model (class code: 80869) 8-Mar-2013 13-Mar-2013
Exercise 3: Tsunami/Storm Surge Exercise (submit answers in Etudes) 10-Apr-2013 18-Apr-2013

Writing Assignments

Each assignment below is linked to instructions for a part of the larger writing assignment. The instruction page includes examples, grading rubrics, and links to the articles themselves.

Writing Assignment

Date Assigned

Date Due
Assignment 1: Outline 18-Mar-2013 22-Mar-2013
Assignment 2: Preliminary Abstract 15-Apr-2013 19-Apr-2013
Assignment 4: Final Abstract 10-May-2013 17-May-2013