Oceanography 11/1 – 11/2 Topic: Marine provinces Goal: understand the concept of marine provinces and the energies that form them Bell Ringer: where would you find the deepest locations in the oceans? What made them?

Oceanography 11/3 – 11/4 Topic: Marine Provinces Goal: Understand what Marine Provinces are and how we study them. Bell Ringer: What are the three types of tectonic plate boundaries and what features would you expect to find at each?

Oceanography 11/7 -11/8 Topic: Marine Provinces Goal: Become Familiar with Coastal margin features. Bell Ringer: What are the pros and cons of using satellite sea-floor data as opposed to echo-sounding bathymetry?

Oceanography 11/9 – 11/10 Topic: Marine Provinces Goal: Review Bell Ringer: There is a sharp bend in the Emperor Seamount chain (Hawaii is at the end), what could have caused this?

Oceanography 11/16-11/17 Topic: Marine sediment and h2O Goal: Understand where and how marine sediment originates, how it is transported and what it tells us. Bell Ringer: Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me, and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?

Oceanography 11/18 – 11/28 Topic: Marine Sediment and water properties. Goal: Explore varieties of sediment found on the sea floor. Bell Ringer: what is your favorite memory from a sandy beach?

Oceanography 11/29-11/30 Topic: Marine sediment and water Goal: Understand the effects of polarity on the water molecule, and biosphere. Bell Ringer: when looking for life in our galaxy scientists first look for signs of liquid water. Why is water so important to life?

Oceanography 12/1 – 12/2 Topic: Marine sediment and water Goal: To understand the properties of Water bonding, viscosity and surface tension. Bell Ringer: When referring to water, what is a phase change? Which requires the most energy and why? How do we measure this energy?

Oceanography 12/5-12/6 Topic: Marine Sediment and Water Goal: To understand the chemistry of ocean water and the effects said chemistry has upon it’s physical characteristics. Bell Ringer: Why do water droplets bounce off the surface of a body of water?

Oceanography 12/7 -12/8 Topic: Marine sediment and water Goal: To synthesize information regarding Ocean Sediment and water properties. Bell Ringer: What are the cannon ball sized spheres of metal found on the abyssal plane called? How the heck did they get there?

Oceanography 12/9 – 12/12 Topic: Goal: Sediment and water exam Bell Ringer:

Oceanography 12/13 – 12/14 Topic: Atmosphere and Ocean interactions Goal: Bell Ringer: What is the difference between climate and weather? What is each of ours?

Oceanography 12/15-12/16 Topic: Air – Sea Interactions Goal: To become familiar with the basic energies and matter that interact to create World Weather Patterns. Bell Ringer: What major weather events have been in the news lately?

Oceanography 1/3 – 1/4/2017 Topic: Air sea interactions, currents, waves Goal: to understand the basic forces affecting earths weather patterns Bell Ringer: What was the weather like where you spent winter break?

Oceanography 1/11-1/12/2017 Topic: Atmosphere, ocean, currents, waves Goal: Cover a lot of ground in a short time. Bell Ringer: What caused our recent Snowpocolypse? What is an ice dam, why are they a problem, and what can be done about them?

Oceanography 1/13 -1/17/2017 Topic: Air sea interactions, currents, waves Goal: to understand the causes and nature of ocean currents, and wave dynamics. Bell Ringer: What are the processes that make the northern trade winds consistently blow to the South- west?

Oceanography 1/18 -1/19/2017 Topic: Wave dynamics Goal: To understand the concept of wave energy and how waves work. Bell Ringer: What are the two major categories of ocean circulation, and what creates them?