Assignments due on...
January
26, 2005 7:45 am
FINAL EXAM TODAY
In the event of a
delay/snowday(woohoo!),
You will be pulled out of
class (again, woohoo!)
and take the final MONDAY MORNING!!
(aw, shucks)
January 20, 2005
Oceans 12 1/2 Travel Guide Project
January 18, 2005
Page 248 in text; Critical Thinking questions 1 and 2
January 11, 2005
Working on
Oceans 12 1/2 Travel Guide Project
January 5, 2005
Page 224 in text; Critical Thinking questions 1 and 2
December 21, 2004
Endangered Paper Project
Final draft!!
AND
EXAM TODAY!
Marine Chordates
December 20, 2004
Whales On The Run questions and graph
Need graph paper?
December 16, 2004
Second intermediate assignment for
Endangered Paper Project
(Intro paragraph and a DETAILED outline)
December 10, 2004
First intermediate assignment for
Endangered Paper Project
(pick a species and do some background research. I expect a short
written paragraph describing your species and why you picked it. )
AND
Marine Reptiles
Wanna see the PowerPoint slides
from class again?
December 3, 2004
Pick one species of marine fish and describe it’s adaptations
for each of the categories we did today:
feeding, mating, hiding, floating, swimming/chasing and/or *living in salt/fresh
water (osmotic issues).
Answers can be dropped into my class folder or written out (by hand but I like
pictures).
December 1, 2004
Fish Basics
Wanna see the PowerPoint slides
from class again?
November 19, 2004
Research a marine fishing regulation, commercial or recreational.
Answer the following questions:
1. What types of fish (or other species) does it protect?
2. What part of the ocean does it cover?
3. What is meant by the term bycatch?
November 17, 2004
Identification of Major Marine Invertebrate
Specimans
November 10, 2004
"Spineless" projects ready for
presentation
November 8, 2004
List three characteristics and one example organism for each of the
eight major marine phyla.
(Echinoderma, mollusca, porifera, cnidaria, arthropoda, nematodes, annelids and
platyhelminthes)
AND
Major Marine Invertebrates
November 4, 2004
Pick one of the invertebrate phyla we covered in class.
Do some research and find a specific animal from that phylum.
Make an advertisement to sell that organism as a pet (regardless of how
realistic
it would be to have one as a pet i.e. a giant clam would be
an impossible pet but you could still try to sell it!).
Your ad should include:
-A picture
-name of organism (Genus and species would be most impressive)
-where it comes from
-special care instructions
October 28, 2004
EXAMLET TODAY!
Ocean Drifters
Get
review sheet here
October 20, 2004
Do some research and find as many compounds (food, drug or industry)
that are derived from algae as you can.
Find as many products in your home that contain algal derivatives.
Make a list of those products and the algal derivatives they contain.
There are some helpful links here.
AND
October 18, 2004
Finish gathering information for your plankton PowerPoint slide(s)
October 7, 2004
EXAM TODAY!
The Physical Ocean
Get
review sheet here
NOTE:
You may make a one-sided, 8.5"X11" cheat sheet.
However, using it during the exam will cost you a few points.
Making it and not using it during the exam will
earn you bonus points!
October 5, 2004
Define "spring tide" and "neap tide".
See if you can find when the next spring tide and neap tide
on the Hudson River will be
October 1, 2004
September 27, 2004
Finish Nike Shoe Investigation
(Get a copy here)
September 27, 2004
Research a piece of oceanographic equipment/instrument and create a one page magazine/newspaper
advertisement
designed to sell that instrument. Ads should not take up more than one page
(8.5" x 11")
and contain the following information:
1. What is it for?
2. a picture /diagram of the equipment
3. the price
4. sales pitch? (remember, you're trying to sell the item!)
September 23, 2004
September 21, 2004
Develop and write up an experimental procedure for testing the
relationship between:
density and salinity AND temperature and density.
You will be carrying out one or both of your procedures in class.
(Get
another lab sheet here)
ALSO
Write up corrections from last quiz.
Do them in complete sentences and on a separate sheet of paper.
September 17, 2004
Finish the
Oceanography Scavenger Hunt.
I fixed the dead links so you should be able to do it.
September 14, 2004
Find a gross picture from your new textbook.
What is it and why is it so gross?
AND
September 10, 2004
Find a current events article that has to do with oceanography or
marine biology.
Write a short summary of the article and be ready to share in class.
Also, be sure to include the bibliographic information.