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Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Field Biology and Oceanography – A Melting Pot of Ideas

Pamela Lynch Jean Anastasia Suffolk County Community College. Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Field Biology and Oceanography – A Melting Pot of Ideas. How to grab attention and keep interest?. We teach a variety of courses to non-science majors

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Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Field Biology and Oceanography – A Melting Pot of Ideas

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  1. Pamela Lynch Jean Anastasia Suffolk County Community College Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Field Biology and Oceanography – A Melting Pot of Ideas

  2. How to grab attention and keep interest? • We teach a variety of courses to non-science majors • Introduction to Oceanography, Marine Biology, and Marine Habitat Ecology • Many students take more than one of these courses • We try to reduce content overlap but wanted a way to make the courses cohesive

  3. Biophilia • “'the innate tendency [in human beings] to focus on life and lifelike process” E.O. Wilson 1984 • The love of living things

  4. Popular Culture • 150 million people go to zoos & aquariums per year • Association of Zoos & Aquariums (www.aza.org) • 73 million attended baseball games in 2010 • http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2010

  5. Conservation Biology Uses Biophilia • Global warming • Polar Bears • Pacific Northwest Forests: • Spotted owl • Bamboo Forests • Panda bears • Coral Reefs • Sea turtles or Nemo http://statesmansentinel.com rst.gsfc.nasa.gov care2.com endangeredspaces.blogspot.com

  6. Biophilia in the Classroom • Use this innate interest in the classroom • Robert Boyd, US Air Force Academy, NABT meetings 2010 • Focus on the organisms and use them as the starting point to teach science • For our exercise we made organismal cards (covering everything from bacteria to baleen whales, including 3 Marine Kingdoms) and can then teach course content for 3 classes individually (or even together!)

  7. AscophyllumnodosumKnotted wrack • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Protista • Phylum Phaeophyta • Class Phaeophyceae

  8. EmilianiahuxleyiCoccolithophore (phytoplankton) • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Protista • Phylum Haptophyta • Class Prymnesiophycaea

  9. BusyconcaricaKnobbed whelk • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Mollusca • Class Gastropoda

  10. LoligopealeiLong-finned squid • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Mollusca • Class Cephalopoda

  11. MoronesaxatilusStriped bass • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata • Superclass Osteichthyes

  12. PhocavitulinaHarbor seal • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata • Class Mammalia; Order Pinniped

  13. Zostera marinaEelgrass • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Plantae • Phylum Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae) • Class (Monocots)

  14. UrsusmaritimusPolar Bear • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata • Class Mammalia; Order Carnivora

  15. Orcinus orcaOrca Whale • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata • Class Mammalia; Order Cetacean • Suborder: Odontoceti

  16. Marine Biology • Focus on (biotic) LIVING THINGS • Classification • Taxonomy Other options: • Common Adaptations or Characteristics of Marine Animals

  17. The major groups of life

  18. Classification Is Tricky…

  19. Marine Biology Exercise • Give all students a card and then ask them to “get together” based on classification; you can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Animals form a group (broad) or all Arthropods form a group (more specific) or all Arthropod Crustaceans form a group (even more specific)…

  20. Oceanography • Focus on (abiotic) OCEAN SYSTEMS • Depth/Marine Zones in the Ocean • Marine Habitats Other options: • Marine Oceanographic terms such as “Benthic” vs. “Pelagic;” “Nekton” vs. “Plankton” or “Aphotic” vs. Photic”

  21. Figure 10.12 Marine zones

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  23. Oceanography Exercise • Give all students a card and then ask them to “get together” based on marine zone animal is likely to be found in. Again, you can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Benthic Animals form a group (broad) or all benthic/Intertidal Animals form a group (more specific). You could even divide based on depth (& add more animals)!

  24. Marine Ecology • Focus on Abiotic and Biotic INTERACTIONS • Trophic Levels: Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers • Trophic Levels in Key Habitats (such as Polar Seas or Coral Reefs) Other options: • Combination of all 3 courses!

  25. Food pyramid that leads to an adult herring

  26. Antarctic food chain

  27. Combination ofmarine zones and species with depth interactionshighlighted

  28. Marine Ecology Exercise • Give all students a card and then ask them to “get together” based on who they eat (or get eaten by). You can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Consumers form a group (broad) or all Primary Consumers form a group (more specific) or all Secondary Consumers that are also planktonic form a group (even more specific)…

  29. All Card Examples Here

  30. AscophyllumnodosumKnotted wrack • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Protista • Phylum Phaeophyta • Class Phaeophyceae

  31. ChondruscrispusIrish moss • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Protista • Phylum Rhodophyta • Class Rhodophyceae

  32. Codium fragileGreen fleece; dead man’s fingers • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Protista • Phylum Chlorophyta • Class Chlorophyceae

  33. EmilianiahuxleyiCoccolithophore (phytoplankton) • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Protista • Phylum Haptophyta • Class Prymnesiophycaea

  34. MicrocionaproliferaRed beard sponge • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Porifera • Class Demospongiae

  35. Metridium senileFrilled anemone • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Cnideria • Class Anthozoa

  36. BalanusbalanoidesNorthern rock barnacle • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Arthropoda • Class Crustacea

  37. BusyconcaricaKnobbed whelk • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Mollusca • Class Gastropoda

  38. MercenariamercenariaHard-shelled clam; quahog • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Mollusca • Class Bivalvia

  39. CyaneacapillataLion’s mane jellyfish • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Cnidaria • Class Scyphozoa

  40. AcartiatonsaCopepod • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Arthropoda • Class Crustacea

  41. LoligopealeiLong-finned squid • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Mollusca • Class Cephalopoda

  42. NereisvirensClam worm • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Annelida • Class Polychaeta

  43. CrangonseptemspinosaSand shrimp • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Arthropoda • Class Crustacea

  44. Limulus polyphemusAtlantic horseshoe crab • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Arthropoda • Class Merostomata

  45. CallinectessapidusBlue crab • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Arthropoda • Class Crustacea; Order Decopoda

  46. StrongylocentrotusdroebachiensisGreen sea urchin • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Echinodermata • Class Echinoidea

  47. AsteriasforbesiiForbes’ sea star • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Echinodermata • Class Stelleroidea

  48. MoronesaxatilusStriped bass • Domain Eukarya • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata • Superclass Osteichthyes

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