Wk Dates Lecture Lab topic Tests assignment 1 Aug 27-31 Introduction Nautical charts and Intro, Ch 1, Appendix navigation III 2 Sept 5-7 Plate Tectonics Bathymetric charts Mon Ch 2 navigation Holiday 3 Sept Plate Margins Plate tectonics and 14 Ch 2 bathymetry of the sea floor 4 Sept Features of the Seafloor Finish Tectonic Lab Wed Sept 19 Ch 3 Test 1 150 pts 5 Sept Marine sediments Rocks and sediments of the 28 Ch 4 ocean floor Saturday Sept 29, Tour of the Central CA Coast (by Bus) 8:00 am 4 pm – 6 Oct 1-5 Marine sediments Beach profiles Ch 4 7 Oct 8-12 Coasts CoastalErosion.pdf Ch 10, 11 8 Oct 15-19 Properties of Seawater Water density Ch 5 Saturday October 20: Monterey Bay Cruise: 7:00 am -12 noon 9 Oct 22-26 Atmosphere-Ocean Global Ocean Water Masses Wed Oct 24 Connection Test 2 Ch 6 150 pts 10 Oct Ocean Circulation I Atmospheric Circulation Nov 2 Ch 7 11 5-9 Ocean Circulation II Ocean Circulation Ch 7 12 Nov 12-16 Fisheries and Aquarium Conservation Field Trip Ch 13 Wed Nov 13 Nov 19-21 Catchup Marine Protected Fri Holiday 14 Nov 26-30 Waves and tides Wed Nov Ch 8, 9 Test 3 150 pts 15 Dec 3-7 Waves and tides Drifter in a tsunami Ch 8, 9 16 Dec 10-14 Catch-up and Review Project presentation Project Presentations 125 pts Final Exam* Mon Dec 17 10:30 am OR Wed Dec 19 3:30 pm 175 pts *The final is cumulative; it covers all the material in the class. Grading A = 850-1000 points Labs: 250 points B = 700-849 points
Wk Dates Lecture assignment Lab topic Tests 1 Aug 27-31 Introduction Intro, Ch 1, Appendix III Nautical charts and navigation 2 Sept 5-7 Mon Holiday Plate Tectonics Ch 2 Bathymetric charts navigation 3 Sept Plate Margins Ch 2 Plate tectonics and bathymetry of the sea floor 4 Sept Features of the Seafloor Ch 3 Finish Tectonic Lab Wed Sept 19 Test 1 150 pts 5 Sept Marine sediments Ch 4 Rocks and sediments of the ocean floor Saturday Sept 29, Tour of the Central CA Coast (by Bus) 8:00 am – 4 pm 6 Oct 1-5 Marine sediments Ch 4 Beach profiles 7 Oct 8-12 Coasts Ch 10, 11 CoastalErosion.pdf 8 Oct 15-19 Properties of Seawater Ch 5 Water density Saturday October 20: Monterey Bay Cruise: 7:00 am -12 noon 9 Oct 22-26 Atmosphere-Ocean Connection Ch 6 Global Ocean Water Masses Wed Oct 24 Test 2 150 pts 10 Oct 2 Ocean Circulation I Ch 7 Atmospheric Circulation 11 Nov 5-9 Ocean Circulation II Ch 7 Ocean Circulation 12 Nov 12-16 Fisheries and Conservation Ch 13 Aquarium Field Trip Wed Nov 14 13 Nov 19-21 Fri Holiday Catchup Marine Protected 14 Nov 26-30 Waves and tides Ch 8, 9 Wed Nov 28 Test 3 150 pts 15 Dec 3-7 Waves and tides Ch 8, 9 Drifter in a tsunami 16 Dec 10-14 Catch-up and Review Project presentation Project Presentations 125 pts Final Exam* Mon Dec 17 10:30 am OR Wed Dec 19 3:30 pm 175 pts *The final is cumulative; it covers all the material in the class. Grading Labs: 250 points A = 850-1000 points B = 700-849 points
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