Introduction to Oceanography Topics Tutorial Video Series

Produced by Katryn Wiese, Earth Sciences Department, City College of San Francisco

Introduction to Ocean Science Tutorials:

Tutorial #1 What is Science?

Tutorial #2 – Water Planet

Origin and Nature of Earth Tutorials

Tutorial #3 – Formation of Earth

Tutorial #4 – Dating the Earth

Tutorial #5 – Density and the Earth

Tutorial #6– Young Earth

Tutorial #7 – Life on Earth

Plate Tectonics and Seafloors Tutorials

Tutorial #8– Earth’s Layers and Isostasy

Tutorial #9 – Plate Tectonics Basics

Tutorial #10 – Plate Tectonics Global Effects

Tutorial #11 – Plate Tectonics of California

Tutorial #12 – Hotspots

Tutorial #13 – Seafloor Spreading and Hotspots

Tutorial #14 – Paleomagnetism

Seafloors and Marine Sediments Tutorials

Tutorial #15 – Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents

Tutorial #16 – Seafloor Features and Landforms

Tutorial #17 - Marine Sediments

Seawater Chemistry Tutorials

Tutorial #18 – Water Molecule Structure

Tutorial #19 – Phases of Water

Tutorial #20 – Density of Seawater

Tutorial #21 – Thermal Properties of Seawater

Tutorial #22 – Light, Sound, and Pressure Properties of Seawater

Tutorial #23 – Ocean Salinity

Tutorial #24 – Measuring Ocean Salinity

Tutorial #25 – Ocean’s Carbonate Buffer System

Tutorial #26 – Ocean Salinity’s Effect on Marine Life

Atmospheric Circulation Tutorials

Tutorial #27 – The Seasons

Tutorial #28 – Relative Humidity

Tutorial #29 – Atmospheric Gasses, Heats, and Pressure

Tutorial #30 – Atmospheric Circulation

Tutorial #31 – Weather Phenomena

Ocean Circulation Tutorials

Tutorial #32 – Surface Currents

Tutorial #33 – El Nino and Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Tutorial #34 – Thermohaline Circulation

Ocean Waves Tutorials

Tutorial #35 – Ocean Wave Basics

Tutorial #36 – Big Swell and Surf

Tutorial #37 – Tides Patterns

Tutorial #38 – Causes of Tides

Tutorial #39 – Living with Tides

Shorelines and Coastal Waters Tutorials

Tutorial #40 – Coastlines

Tutorial #41 – Shoreline Currents

Tutorial #42 – Beaches and Sand Movement

Tutorial #43 – Estuaries

Marine Habitats and Physical Conditions Tutorials

Tutorial #44 – Marine Physical Conditions

Tutorial #45 – Marine Chemical Conditions

Tutorial #46 – Marine Carbon and Oxygen Cycles

Tutorial #47 – Marine Nutrient Cycle

Marine Life Classification, Food Webs, and Productivity Tutorials

Tutorial #48 – Marine Life Phylogeny

Tutorial #49 – Nekton, Benthos, and Plankton

Tutorial #50 - Plankton and Primary Productivity

Tutorial #51 – Marine Life Symbiosis

Tutorial #52 – Feeding Methods

Marine Life Ecosystems and Communities Tutorials

Tutorial #53 – The Intertidal Zone

Tutorial #54 – Coral Reef Systems

Tutorial #55 – Deep Sea Communities

Tutorial #56 – Fish and Whales

Pollution and Climate Change Lecture Tutorials

Tutorial #57 – Marine Environmental Challenges

Tutorial #58 – Ocean Mixing and Pollution

Tutorial #59 – Sea Level and Climate Change

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