Introduction to Oceanography
Week Day and
date Subject Lab Assignments
due 1 Tues, 3/30
Wed, 3/31, 6.30om Fri, 4/2
Video: Blue Planet
1 & 2, LH "Pulling the Plug"
GreatHead/Goreham Mountain, Cadillac Cliffs 2 Tues,
4/6 Wed, 4/7, 6.30pm
Fri,
4/9 Video:
Blue Planet 3 & 4, LH Oceanographic
measurements - CTDs, tows etc. Meet @1300hrs, COA
dock, Boat trip 3 Tues,
4/13 Weds, 4/14,
6.30pm Fri, 4/16 (SKT
away) Video:
Blue Planet 5 & 6, LH TA mini-lecture;
Oceanog. @ COA Using GIS in
Oceanog., Tora Johnson in GIS Lab problem set 1
due 4 Tues,
4/20 Tues, 4/21,
6.30pm Fri,
4/23 Video:
Blue Planet 7 & 8, LH Lab deferred until
Saturday 4/24 Saturday
4/24 SIGN UP SHEET:
Daytrip to Saint John, New Brunswick to Reversing Falls.
Stay tuned for departure times 5 Tues,
4/27 Weds, 4/28,
6.30pm Fri,
4/30 TA lecture -
Waves Video:
Antarctica 1, LH Tides Oceanographic
measurements II - CTDs, tows etc. Meet @ 1300hrs, COA dock
Boat Trip , includes trip to Sullivan Falls 6 Tues,
5/4 Tues, 5/5,
6.30pm Fri,
5/7 Ocean
habitats Video:
Antarctica 2, LH Polar
Regimes Estuaries. Boat
trip, departs 1300hrs PROMPT from Whale Skull (shuttle to
dock at Pretty Marsh) (HT1331, LT1931) problem set 2
due 7 Tues,
5/11 Tues, 5/12,
6.30pm Fri,
5/14 Biological
oceanography Video:
People of the Sea, LH Review of marine
taxa Beach Profiling 1:
Sand Beach, departs 1300 hrs (Whale Skull) (Ht2039, LT
1423) 8 Tues,
5/18 Weds, 5/19,
6.30pm Marine
Ecosystems Video:
The most dangerous job...,LH problem set 3
due Fri,
5/21 SIGN UP SHEET: Overnight trip to Mount Desert Rock,
departs COA dock 1000hrs prompt! (HT 1317,HT1913). We will
spend the morning completing a third assessment of
oceanographic conditions in Frenchman Bay, and then move
onto MDR in the afternoon, probably landing around 2pm. Bad
Weather cancels MDR, but NOT the morning trip (then regular
class in afternoon) Sat 5/22 Return from MDR, 1630hrs 9 Tues,
5/25 Fri,
5/31 Other unique ocean
environments Ocean resources
and Fisheries Beach Profiling:
Indian Point, departs 1110hrs (Whale Skull) HT1833,
LT1218 10 Tues,
6/1 Fri,
6/4 Environmental Concerns Summary No assigned
lab problem set 4
due