APPROVED COURSE
OUTLINE
OCE 2001L
OCEANOGRAPHY
LABORATORY ___1__
Prefix Number Course
Title Cr.Hrs.
A. Course Description:
Pre or corequisite: OCE 2001.
This laboratory course introduces the student to basic principles of
physical, geological, chemical, and biological oceanography. Topics will
include the analysis of ocean basin features, properties of seawater, the
physical properties driving ocean currents, identification of marine organisms,
and other related items. This laboratory will include field trips. 45 contact
hours.
B. Major Learning Outcomes:
1. The student will demonstrate an understanding
of the rock cycle, the three types of rocks and how they are formed.
2. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the geological processes that
continually change the sea floor and shorelines.
3. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the features of the sea floor from
bathymetric maps.
4. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the physical and chemical factors
affiliated with sea water and how these factors influence biological and
physical processes of the oceans.
5. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the physical forces that control
the tides, currents, and waves of the oceans.
6. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of common marine plants and animals.
7. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the biological communities that
live in the sea.
C. Course Objectives Stated in Performance
Terms:
1. The student will demonstrate an understanding
of the rock cycle; the three types of rocks and how they are formed by
a. recognizing igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and
describing the processes that formed each rock type.
b. identifying some of the common minerals of rocks examined in the
laboratory.
2. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the geological processes that
continually change the sea floor and shorelines by:
a. explaining the development of turbidity currents, longshore
currents, and density currents.
b. identifying sources of material for different beach types by
knowing the beach location and local geography.
3. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the features of the sea floor from
bathymetric maps by:
a. identifying and describing the formation of the extensive oceanic
ridge and rise system.
b. explaining the differences between ridges and rises, trenches and
canyons, fracture zones and transform faults.
4. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the physical and chemical factors
affiliated with sea water and how these factors influence biological and
physical processes of the oceans by:
a. measuring salinity by titration, conductivity, evaporation, or
refraction and explaining the relationships between various methods.
b. identifying thermoclines, haloclines, and pycnoclines from graphs.
c. producing T-S (temperature-salinity) diagrams from raw data.
d. explaining the affect of salinity on the physiology and
distribution of organisms.
5. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the physical forces that control
the tides, currents, and waves of the oceans by:
a. reproducing earth, sun, and moon models explaining the affect of
mass attraction on the oceans.
b. describing a thermohaline (density) currents.
c. explaining the forces that generate waves and the anatomy of a
wave from experiments with wave tanks or tables.
6. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of common marine plants and animals
by:
a. identifying marine organisms from dichotomous keys or other
printed materials.
b. identifying the major characteristics of common marine taxa,
including those which are easily fossilized.
7. The
student will demonstrate an understanding of the biological communities that
live in the sea by:
a. explaining the interrelationships among marine organisms.
b. producing a likely food web from a grouping of marine organisms.
c. explaining the role of death and decomposition in the recycling of
marine nutrients.
D. Criteria Performance Standard:
Upon
successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70%
accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through
classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.
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