Welcome to marine and aquatic science. This semester we will discuss various topics from the ocean environment, different aquatic organisms, aquatic ecosystems, and pollution issues.



Test: 65%

Daily: 35%



*Students will also get a class participation grade based on the following:



1. Having their notebook every class period

2. Class behavior (following class rules and procedures)

* This grade will count as a test grade at the end of each 9wks.



LESSON PLANS:



Aug. 7 and 8:

-Introductions

-Syllabus

-Student Information

HW: Bring $10 lab fee and Notebook



Aug. 11 and 12:

Obj. 1 - Determine the amount of water available on EArth

Obj. 2 - Who, what, when, where and why of marine science

1. A Drop of water

2. Exploring the oceans

HW: None



Aug. 13 and 14:

1. Fundamentals of ecology

-answer questions and go over

2. Video:  Oceans

Aug. 15 and 18:

1.  Go over fundamentals of ecology questions

2.  The water planet

HW:  QUiz on the water planet 8/19 and 8/20

Aug 19 and 20:

1.  Quiz on the water planet

2.  Video:  Living Together - list 5 symbiotic relationships

3.  Freshwater

Aug. 21 and 22:

1.  Finish freshwater

2.  Activity:  Color me a watershed

-Recognize that population growth and settlement cause changes in land use

-analyze how land use variations in a watershed can affect the runoff of water

HW:  Study for Quiz on freshwater

Aug. 25 and 26:

1.  Quiz - freshwater

2.  Finish color me a watershed

 3.  Ch. 3 vocabulary

Aug. 27 and 28:

1.  Ocean floor

2.  Geography of the ocean

HW:  Study for quiz on the ocean floor

Aug. 29 and Sept. 2:

1.  Quiz on ocean floor

2.  Video:  Air Jaws

Sept. 3 and 4:

1.  Review for test on all information covered

HW:  Study for test

Sept. 5 and 8:

1.  Test

2.  Ch. 5 and 6 vocabulary

Sept. 9 and 10:

1.  Evolution and Classification

2.  Video: Galapagos

Sept. 11 and 12:

1.  Kingdom characteristics

2.  Life in a drop of water

3.  Plankton and Sponges

HW:  Study for quiz on kingdom characteristics

 Sept 15 and 16:

1.  Quiz on kingdom characteristics

2.  Plankton and sponges

3.  Video:  Ocean Drifters

Sept. 17 and 18:

1.  Cnidarians

2.  Video:  Jellyfish

Sept. 19 and 22:

1.  Molluscs, Arthropods, and Echinoderms

2.  Video:  Horseshoe crab

3.  Review for classification and invertebrates

HW:  study for test

Sept. 23 and 24:

1.  Test on Classification and Invertebrates

2.  Anatomy of a typical fish

Sept. 25 and 26:

1.  Three classes of fishes

2.  Fish anatomy

3.  Video:  Shark

HW:  Study for quiz on fish anatomy

Sept. 29 and 30:

1.  Quiz on anatomy

2.  Fish adaptations

3.  Video;  Fish

HW;  Study for quiz on adaptations

Oct. 1 and 2:

1.  Quiz:  fish adaptations

2.  Mammals

3.  Video:  Dolphins

4.  9wks review

 Oct. 13 and 14:

1.  Energy in the Ocean:  Waves

2.  Video:  Tsunami-The Wave That Shook The World

HW:  Study for wave quiz

Oct. 15 and 16:

1.  Quiz:  Wave characteristics

2.  Tides - answer questions and go over

3.   Video:  Seashore

Oct. 17 and 20:

1.  Tide graph activity

HW:  Study for quiz on tides

Oct. 23 and 28:

1.  The Idea of pH:  Measuring pH lab

Oct. 29 and 30:

1.  Finish Katrina video

2.  Ocean currents

Oct. 31 and Nov. 3

1.  El Nino/La Nina

Nov. 4 and 5:

1.  Hurricanes - use laptops to research information on hurricanes

Nov. 6 and 7:

1.  El Nino/La Nina

2.  Color and El Nino

HW;  Study for quiz on El Nino/Hurricanes

Nov. 10 and 11:

1.  Quiz:  El Nino/Hurricanes

2.  Ocean Temperature

3.  Review Game

HW:  Study for TEST (tides, waves, currents, el nino/La nina, hurricanes, ocean temps. water as a solvent)

Nov. 12 and 13:

1.  TEST

Nov. 14 and 17:

1.  Coastal seas, Continental shelves, and the deep

2.  Video:  The deep

Nov. 18 and 19:

1.  Wetlands

2.  Wetland habitats

3.  Video:  Bill Nye- wetlands

HW;  Study for quiz on marine life zones

Nov. 20 and 21:

1.  Quiz on marine life zones

2.  Coral Reefs

Dec. 1 and 2:

1.  Freshwater ecosystems

2.  Video:  Bill Nye- lakes and Ponds

3.  Water and Groundwater pollution - take notes and answer questions

HW:  Bring notebook to class next time

Dec. 3 and 4:

1.  Open notebook test on ecosystems

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