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GEO/OC 103 Exploring the Deep: Geography of the World’s Oceans

GEO/OC 103 Exploring the Deep: Geography of the World’s Oceans. Today’s Tune: from the soundtrack of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Lectures MWF 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. Gilfillan Auditorium 4 credits. Oregon State Oceanography. One of the best in the nation Research productivity

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GEO/OC 103 Exploring the Deep: Geography of the World’s Oceans

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  1. GEO/OC 103Exploring the Deep:Geography of the World’s Oceans Today’s Tune: from the soundtrack of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Lectures MWF 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. Gilfillan Auditorium 4 credits

  2. Oregon State Oceanography • One of the best in the nation • Research productivity • National/international reputation • COAS ranked as high as 5th nationally • Biological, chemical, geological, physical, geophysical, marine resource management (MRM), atmospheric sciences • Climate Change Research Institute

  3. OSU Oceanography cont. • Hatfield Marine Science Center • Integrated Ocean Drilling Program • Consortium on Ocean Leadership • National Center for Atmospheric Research • National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board • National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration or NOAA! www.coas.oregonstate.edu/marineportal

  4. Required Books “Invitation to Oceanography” (4thedition) by Paul Pinet “Exploring the Deep: GEO/OC 103 Lab Manual” Both available in OSU Bookstore

  5. Labs( labs start NEXT week in Educ 126 ) • Teaching Assistants • Evan Bing-Sawyer • Tiffany Gregg • Wendy Kelly • Andrew McFadden • Colleen Weiler • Check course site or catalog for your lab time! • Learn your TA’s name from schedule, introduce yourself at first meeting

  6. Gilfillan / Wilk COAS Admin Education 126 NO LABS THIS WEEK Key Locations

  7. in Lab . . . Work with real oceanographic data Work with a geographic information system (GIS), a hot technology!

  8. Lab 9:Required Field Trip to Oregon Coast Saturday, May 30, 2009

  9. Bookmark this site!!! http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/oceans And please read your syllabus !!!

  10. What Will I Learn? • NOT very much about whales and fishes! • Formation of the world’s oceans and ocean basins • Tsunamis and major earthquakes along the Oregon coast • Volcanic activity in the Cascades and just off the Oregon coast • Currents and ocean circulation

  11. What Will I Learn? • Chemistry of sea water and underwater hot springs • Waves and tides • El Niño and La Niña • Biology of the oceans, from one-celled organisms to whales • Protecting the oceans and coasts • Climate change, global warming… and more!

  12. This class may NOT be for you if you can answer YES to any of the following: • “I don’t expect to attend class very often.” • “Large, general education classes should not require me to study very hard.” • “I am a graduating senior, am really tired of school, and need one last, easy science requirement.” • “Science is lame! I’m just doing this to satisfy a requirement.” • “I hate the computer and don’t think it’s worth learning how to use. Professors should not require students to use a computer.”

  13. This class will be GREAT for you if you can answer YES to many of the following: • “I’m really interested in the Earth and am willing to apply myself to learn about it.” • “I‘m scared of math, but willing to try.” • “I am willing to read the book, attend lectures, and go to every lab section, because I know that I will learn more if I do.” • “I’m worried about the future of the environment and would like to know how to interpret the claims of scientists.” • “I appreciate professors who use computer and communications technology because it improves the class.”

  14. You should certainly take this class if you can answer YES to any of the following: • I’m really worried, concerned, or even angry about: • marine pollution… • global warming, hurricanes, tsunamis… • over-fishing of important fish species… • the Earth’s physical resources being over-used…

  15. A Good Learning Environment • Class attendance is KEY! • Class attendance for the ENTIRE class period is KEY! • Please don’t hold conversations or walk out in the middle of class • This class is not only about oceanography • Training for life and work AFTER college • Atmosphere of mutual respect

  16. A Special Note to Athletes . . . • “It’s from my father,” Manning says, “he instilled a work ethic in me. I think he meant it for academics, not football, because he never pressured me in that direction. I just translated it to football.” ESPN.com, “The Son Also Rises”, article by Dave Goldberg, Associated Press

  17. Lecture Format • *notes provided as text and as PPT • text that appears on slides w/ SOME supplements • facility with web browser a plus • curse & blessing • info all there but don’t space out • challenge yourself & us w/questions and discussion • Different learning styles

  18. Attend class (on time) and stay the entire class period. Read assignments before they are to be discussed in class and come prepared to lecture and to lab. Save eating for spaces outside the classroom (and clean up). Participate. If you don’t understand something, ask. I can guarantee…absolutely… that if you don’t understand something, there are a dozen other people in the room, at least, that share that confusion. Be respectful of the other people in the room..(no phones, no newspapers, no conversations, careful with laptops!) Remember that while you paid tuition for this class, so did the people around you. It’s a community. GEO/OC 103: “Da Rules”

  19. GEO/OC 103: “Da Rules” (cont.) • In-class work: only gets done that day, we don’t make it up. • Labs: show up, ask questions, complete the work… if you have a conflict and MUST attend another section, let your teaching assistant know. Note only 8 of the 9 labs will count. • Exams: We will schedule a make-up only if you make prior arrangements with us. An email or voicemail saying you can’t make it won’t do..you need an answer from us or need to talk to us directly. • Honesty, ethics, cheating and plagiarism (do, do, don’t, don’t). • Final exam is already scheduled. Plan for it. We will not be able to give the exam early (unless you have the three exam conflict situation). • Rules aside….if you struggle, if things are wrong, tell one of us or your teaching assistants. We’ll work on solutions.

  20. Exams & Grades

  21. Test 1 (W, Apr. 22) = 15% Test 2 (M, May 18) = 15% Final (Thurs, Jun. 11) = 30% 2:00-4:00 p.m. Labs (inc. field trip) = 40% Exams & Grades (cont.)

  22. GEO/OC 103 Grades Weighted Percentage 95-100 = A 90-94 = A- 85-89 = B+ 80-84 = B 75-79 = B- 70-74 = C+ 65-69 = C and so on…

  23. Mandatory Field Trip to Oregon CoastMay 30thAll Exams take place HEREFinal ExamJune 11th2:00-4:00 p.m.

  24. Questions??

  25. Dr. Dawn Wright 114 Wilkinson Hall dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu http://dusk.geo.orst.edu twitter.com/deepseadawn Office Hours: Mondays/Wednesdays 1:50 - 2:50 p.m. or by appointment

  26. Who Am I? • B.S. in Geology • Wheaton College in Illinois • M.S. in Oceanography • Texas A&M • Ph.D. in Physical Geography & Marine Geology • UC-Santa Barbara

  27. Who Am I? (cont.) “Dr. Deepsea Dawn” • Benthic terrain classification of coral reefs • Seafloor-spreading / subduction • volcanic, tectonic, hydrothermal processes • analysis and interpretation of bathymetric, towed camera, &submersible data

  28. Who Am I ? (cont.) • Application and analytical issues in GIS for oceanographic data

  29. Other Interests • Snoopy, Calvin and Hobbes comics • Building Legos® • Competitive cycling • Animation / “Art House” films • Pasta • Lydia (my dog) • Silversun Pickups, Arcade Fire, Dandy Warhols, U2, Erasure, Moby, Celtic music

  30. Dr. Bob Duncan COAS Admin Building (across the street) rduncan@coas.oregonstate.edu 737-5189 Office Hours: by appointment

  31. Up until now…. • Undergraduate degree in Geology (Princeton) • Masters degree in Geophysics (Stanford) • Ph.D. in Geochemistry (Australian National) • U.S. Geological Survey • OSU faculty since 1977

  32. Main research interests: • Plate tectonics and ocean crustal rocks • Hotspots and flood basalts • Mass extinctions and catastrophic volcanism • Tectonics and climate change • Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)

  33. Other interests: • Family wife, Environmental Policy researcher at OSUson and daughter, both OSU graduates • Soccer coachingold farts indoor soccerLiverpool; USA in the World Cup 2010

  34. A way of looking at the world using: Observations Hypotheses (models) Repetition Prediction A lot of science is observing

  35. There’s a lot you can tell by observing and a lot that can be confusing • Number of observations: what would seeing these two humans tell you about the species? • (would you guess they were the same species?)

  36. Why do you have to take a science course anyway? The Ocean is central to understanding Climate system (water, storms, temperature) Loss of species diversity Feeding humanity Our political system depends on informed citizens -- that’s YOU!

  37. Exploration of the oceans --Why go there? • John F Kennedy’s speech on space exploration

  38. Questions??

  39. Don’t Let This be You !!! “I need to talk to you about my grade.”

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