San Diego Mesa College College

OCEA 101

The Oceans

Purely Online - Canvas

Fall Semester-2023

 

INSTRUCTOR

Ray Rector

Prof's E-mail

Meet Your Professor

PROF's CURRICULUM VITAE

 

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

Prof's Welcome Video

Prof's Welcome Message

Class Schedule

Course Syllabus

Course Themes

Canvas Course Link

 

VITAL COURSE RESOURCES

Required Free Course Text

Supplkemental Free Ocean Textbook

Optional Pay Textbook

Optional Pay Textbook Chapter Outlines

Professor's PowerPoints

Recorded Oceanography Study Tutorials

EV Video Series

H4>TEXTBOOK VIDEO ANIMATIONS

 

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EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDES

EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDES

Midterm Exam Study Guide

Final Exam Study Guide

 

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Intro to Oceanography - PDF

Origin of Ocean - PDF

Plate Tectonics - Part I - PDF

Plate Tectonic Map - PDF

Plate Tectonics - Part II - PDF

Seafloors - PDF

Marine Sediments - PDF

Seawater Chemistry - PDF

Atmospheric Circulation - PDF

Ocean Circulation - PDF

Wind Waves - PDF

Tsunami - PDF

Ocean Tides - PDF

Shorelines - PDF

Human Impact on Shorelines - PDF

Evolution and Classification of Marine Life - PDF

Physical Factors of Marine Life - PDF

Marine Communities - PDF

Marine Communities - PPT

Plankton and Primary Productivity - PDF

Marine Invertebrates - PDF

Marine Fishes - PDF

Marine Mammals - PDF

Marine Resources - PDF

Marine Pollution - PDF

Climate Change - PDF

Climate Change - PPT

 

TEXTBOOK VIDEO ANIMATIONS

  

EV VIDEO LESSONS

Video Lesson 1: "Water Planet Origins"

Video Lesson 2: "Early Sea Exploration"

Video Lesson 3: "Plate Tectonics I"

Video Lesson 4: "Plate Tectonics II"

Video Lesson 5: "Seafloors"

Video Lesson 6: "Marine Sediments"

Video Lesson 7: "Seawater Properties"

Video Lesson 8: "Seawater Structure"

Video Lesson 9: "Ocean Extremes"

Video Lesson 10: "Atmospheric Circulation"

Video Lesson 11: "Ocean Surface Currents"

Video Lesson 12: "Deep Ocean Currents"

Video Lesson 13: "Wind Waves and Surf"

Video Lesson 14: "Tsunami"

Video Lesson 15: "The Tides"

Video Lesson 16: "Coastal Systems"

Video Lesson 17: "Human Impact on Coasts"

Video Lesson 18: "Evolution of Sealife"

Video Lesson 19: "Marine Life Classification"

Video Lesson 20: "Primary Prooductivity"

Video Lesson 21: "Marine Invertebrates"

Video Lesson 22: "Marine Vertebrates"

Video Lesson 23: "Marine Communities"

Video Lesson 24: "Marine Resources"

Video Lesson 25: "Marine Pollution"

Video Lesson 26: "Reflection on Ocean"

  

TEXTBOOK VIDEO ANIMATIONS

 

LECTURE OUTLINES

Intro to Oceanography - Origins

History of Oceanography

Plate Tectonics

Seafloors and Marine Sediments

Physical and Chemical Properties of Water

Seawater Chemistry and Ocean Salinity

Atmospheric Circulation

Ocean Circulation

Wind Waves

Tsunami & Tides

Coastlines and Beaches

Marine Life - Overview (CH13)

Marine Resources

Environmental Concerns

 

EXTRA CREDIT WORK

Tsunami Online Project

Seafood Consumer Guide

Global Warming Project

Virtual Ocean Research Vessel Cruise

  

SUPPLEMENTAL ONLINE VIDEOS

TED Talks Ocean Video Series

"Ocean Wonders"- TED Video

"Big Bang" Video

"What Happened Before the Beginning? " Video

"Origin of Earth" Video

"Inside the Earth" Video

"Earth - Making of a Planet" Video

"Earth Story" Video

"Do We Need the Moon?" Video

"Plate Tectonics"- Geological Society Video Series

"Drain the Ocean" Seabottom Video

"Deepest Part of The Oceans"- Full Doc in HD

"Deep Ocean: Lost World Of The Pacific" Part 1 & 2

James Cameron's "Deepsea Challenge 3D"

"Evolution Primer" Video

"Evolution" Video

"Evolutions" Video

"Falsehoods of Creationism" Video

Nat Geo Marine Life Video

Great Blue Wild Video Series - Bahamas

Great Blue Wild Video Series - Indonesia

BBC Video - Great Barrier Reef

BBC Video - Persian Gulf Reefs

BBC Video - Coral Reefs

Great Blue Wild Video Series - Sea of Cortez

Underwater Marine Life Documentary 2018

"Day the Earth Nearly Died" Extinction Video

Sumatra Tsunami Video

"End-of-the-Line"- Fisheries Video (Long Version)

End-of-the-Line"- Fisheries Video (Short Version)

"Troubled Waters" Fisheries Video

"The Last Fish - Our Exhausted Seas" Fisheries Video

"Sharkwater" Shark Finning Video

"The Cove" Dolphin Slaughter Video

Farmed Norwegian Salmon Video

 

Prof's Geology-Ed Site

 

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