Marine+Biology



In this wiki, you will find course assignments, links to websites, and various useful information to prepare you to succeed in this Marine Biology class. __**LINKS**__ Marine Biology Textbook That Fish Place A || Introduction to course and syllabus Why are you here? || || Signed syllabus and contact information ||   || A || Aquarium intro || ||  ||   || A || Set-up Aquaria ||   ||   ||   || A || Aquarium filtration Nutrient testing || ||   ||   || A || Intro to scientific method || ||   ||   || B/C || Aquarium quiz
 * Date || In-class work || Attachment || Homework || Classroom Notes ||
 * 8/28/17
 * 8/29/17
 * 8/30-31/17
 * 9/5/17
 * 9/6/17
 * 9/7-8/17

The Ocean Acidification Problem Acid Test Exploring The Scientific Method using Seashells || || Lab Report Due: 9/19/16 || A || Complete Seashell lab ||  ||   ||  || A || What is Marine Biology? Science of Marine Bio key terms (Ch. 1) || || -Finish key terms || A || How the Earth was Made - Birth of the Earth The Sea Floor key terms (Ch. 2) || ||   ||   || A || Plate tectonics notes Plate Tectonics: Crash into Me
 * 9/11/17
 * 9/12/17
 * 9/13/17
 * 9/14/17

Sea Floor key terms Test tanks ||

|| Sea Floor key terms due Bring in shoe box (one per group) || A || TANK DAY ||  ||   || A || Seafloor spreading activity Seafloor spreading || ||  ||
 * 9/15/17
 * 9/18/17
 * 9/19-20/17

B/C || Bathymetry Lab Geomorphology and sea level CZCS Images Google Earth Bathymetry International Bathymetry Chart of the Arctic Ocean - Create "ocean" shoebox with paper mache || ||   ||   || A || Bathymetry Lab - Measure "ocean" depth - Graph depth data - Label graph with seafloor characteristics - Write conclusion ||  ||   ||   || B/C || Finish lab ||  ||   || A || Pangea Pangea and into the future Pangea Theory
 * 9/21/17
 * 9/25-26/17
 * 9/27/17

Science of tsunamis Tectonics seen from space World in Motion Earth's Crust ||  || A || World Map || ||   || B/C || Study for The Sea Floor Exam
 * 9/28/17
 * 9/29-10/2/17

Aquarium Livestock - species fact sheet How Many Fish?

Test tanks || ||   || A || The Sea Floor Exam ||  ||   ||   || A || What is the importance of water? Chemistry of the Ocean key terms (Ch. 3) Water || Draw pictures to represent the 7 properties of water || || B/C || Water Lab || ||   ||   || A || Properties of Water Review sheet || || A || Oceanography notes (Currents, Tides) Crash Course: Coriolis Effect
 * 10/3/17
 * 10/4/17
 * 10/5-6/17
 * 10/9/17
 * 10/10/17

Bill Nye: Currents Surface currents Density currents Oceans What are tides? Tides and waves Tsunami || ||   || B/C || Global Ocean Conveyor Belt
 * 10/11-12/17

Oceanography key terms || ||  ||   || A || Timing the Tides ||  ||   ||   || A || Study for Oceanography Exam (Chapter 3) ||  ||   ||   || B/C || Oceanography Exam
 * 10/13/17
 * 10/16/17
 * 10/17-18/17

The Microbial World key terms || ||   ||   || A || What are the smallest organisms of the sea? Census of Marine Life Ocean Biodiversity || || A || Plankton notes || || B/C || Investigative Marine Algae Lab || || A || Finish plankton notes
 * 10/19/17
 * 10/20/17
 * 10/23-24/17
 * 10/25/17

What is Bioluminescence? Biolumenescent

The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence

Edith Widder: Glowing life in an underwater world

Plankton and plastic || ||  ||   || A || Red Tide How do scientists predict red tides?
 * 10/26/17

Walrus and the carpenter || ||  ||   || B/C || Finish Red Tide Activity
 * 10/27-30/17

Planet Earth: Shallow Seas ||  ||   ||   || A || Algae products
 * 10/31/17

Seaweeds and Plants key terms || ||  ||   || A || Seaweed parts Algae crossword || ||   || B/C || You poured it where?
 * 10/1/17
 * 11/2-3/17

NY Times article Attack of the killer algae || ||  || A || Types of Algae
 * 11/6/17

4 Ways that Algae is Awesome Kelp and Us Everyday Algae || ||   || A || Seagrasses save the Sea ||  ||   ||   || B/C || Marine Algae Lab || ||   || A || Pressing Seaweed into paper
 * 11/8/17
 * 11/9-10/17
 * 11/13-14/17 || Seaweed coloring pages ||  ||   ||
 * 11/15-16/17

Review for Microbial and Seaweed Exam ||  ||   || A || Microbial world and Seaweed Exam ||  ||   || B/C || Key animal phyla of the oceans
 * 11/17/17
 * 11/28-29/17

Marine animals without a backbone key terms Invertebrate taxonomy || ||   || A || Invert notes (Porifera - Cnidaria) Filtering sponge Nematocysts firing Box jellyfish sting Anemone reproduction || ||   ||  || A || Fish are here! ||  ||   || B/C || Sponges to worms coloring packet || ||  || A || Invert notes (Mollusca) Complex animals Killer cone snail Fouling Color changing octopus Octopus walks on land Crab mating dance Mantis shrimp Walking sand dollar Spilling guts ||  ||   || A || Mollusca coloring pages || || B/C || Squid dissection Giant Squid
 * 11/30/17
 * 12/1/17
 * 12/4-5/17
 * 12/6/17
 * 12/7/17
 * 12/8-11/17

Squid anatomy

Virtual squid dissection || ||  ||   || A || Invert notes (Mollusca)
 * 12/12/17

Crab mating dance Mantis shrimp ||  ||   ||   || A || Horseshoe crab model || ||   || B/C || External anatomy of a crab Internal anatomy of a crab
 * 12/13/17
 * 12/14-15/17

|| ||   ||   || A || Echinoderm notes [[@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7cXeWxxfD4%20|Starfish regeneration]] Walking sand dollar Spilling guts ||  ||   || A || Finish invertebrate coloring packets ||  ||   || B/C || Invertebrate Lab || ||   ||   || A ||  ||   ||   ||   || A
 * 12/18/17
 * 12/19/17
 * 12/20-21/17
 * 1/2/18
 * 1/3/18

SNOW ||  ||   ||   ||   || B/C SNOW ||  ||   ||   ||   || A || Invertebrate Exam ||  ||   ||   || A || Fishes coloring || ||   ||   || B/C || Fishes (from table) Mudskipper Blobfish Pufferfish Flounder Frogfish Sargassum Fish
 * 1/4-5/18
 * 1/8/18
 * 1/9/18
 * 1/10-11/18

Fish Anatomy

Bony fishes ||  ||   ||   || A || Shark Reproduction How to Help a Shark Give Birth Shark Mating Great Eggcase Hunt || ||   ||   || A || The Hunt Shark Adaptations || ||   ||   || A || Study for mid-terms Study for Invertebrate Exam Marine Invertebrate Review game Marine Invert Quiz Studystack || ||   ||   || B/C || Mid-Term Exam ||  ||   ||   || B/C || Shark Dissection || ||   ||   || A || Chordates
 * 1/12/18
 * 1/16/18
 * 1/17/18
 * 1/18-19/18
 * 1/22-23/18
 * 1/24/18

Sharks are weird and gross Mystery of the whorl tooth shark Cookie cutter sharks 10 weird facts about sharks

Jaws of the Pacific || ||   ||   || A || Shark Bios
 * 1/25/18

Shark Species Coloring

Pop up shark || ||   || A ||  ||   ||   ||   || B/C || Intro to Marine Reptiles, Birds and Mammals
 * 1/26/18
 * 1/29-30/18

All about sea turtles Atlantic albatross Aquatic mammals How do marine mammals hold their breath? Pinnipeds Cetaceans Polar bear Sea otter Sirenia

Marine reptiles, birds and mammals key terms ||

||  ||   ||   || A || Reptiles and Mammal Coloring Pages ||  ||   ||   ||   || A/B/C || Blackfish
 * 1/31/18
 * 2/1-5/18

SeaWorld - Tilikum's death

Sea World of hurt - Tilikum's death || ||   ||   || A || Listen for Whales ||  ||   ||   || B/C || What is satellite tracking? Satellite Tracking TOPP Mola Mola Tiger sharks Tuna Sooty Shearwater Sea Turtles Harbor Seals Grey Seal Walrus Black footed albatross || ||   ||   || B/C || Review for Reptiles and Mammals Exam
 * 2/6/18
 * 2/12/18
 * 2/13/18 || Present Tracking information ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 2/14-15/18

Marine Vertebrate Jeopardy || || A || Reptiles and Mammals Exam ||  ||   ||   || A || Marine Ecology key terms || ||  ||   || B/C || Blue Planet: Ocean World || || A || Abiotic and Biotic Factors || ||  ||   || A || A Trip to the Beach ||  ||   ||   || B/C || What limits a population? Crash Couse: Population growth || ||   ||   || A || How do species interact? Symbiotic relationships Tongue eating parasite || ||   ||   || A || Marine Food Web || ||  ||   || B/C || Population Growth
 * 2/16/18
 * 2/20/18
 * 2/21-22/18
 * 2/23/18
 * 2/26/18
 * 2/27-28/18
 * 3/1/18
 * 3/2/18
 * 3/5-6/18

Carrying capacity || ||   ||   || A || Fishing for answers in the dead zone || ||   ||   || A || Primary production || ||   ||   || B/C || Primary productivity lab
 * 3/7/18
 * 3/8/18
 * 3/9-12/18

Measure DO after 24 hrs ||  ||   ||   || A || Peter Kibler - Presentation ||  ||   || A || Measure DO ||  ||   || B/C || Finish primary productivity lab
 * 3/13/18
 * 3/14-15/18
 * 3/16-19/18

Review for Intro to Marine Ecology Exam || ||   || B/C || Marine Ecology Exam
 * 3/26-27/18

Blue Planet: Tidal Seas || ||   || A || What are the challenges and adaptations of living between the tides?
 * 3/28/18

Intertidal Biome ||  ||   ||   || A || Between the Tide key terms || ||   ||   || A || Tidal zonation patterns || ||   ||   || B/C || Every Square Inch Counts Rocky Intertidal Photo 1 Rocky Intertidal Photo 2 Rocky Intertidal Photo 3 Rocky Intertidal Photo 4 Rocky Intertidal Photo 5 Rocky Intertidal Photo 6
 * 3/29/18
 * 4/3/18
 * 4/4-5/18

Rocky Reef/Subtidal Photo A Rocky Reef/Subtidal Photo B Rocky Reef/Subtidal Photo C Rocky Reef/Subtidal Photo D ||



||  || B/C || Home Sweet Home in the Intertidal
 * 4/6-9/18

What are estuaries?

Estuaries key terms ||

||  ||   || A || Just what are estuaries? ||  ||   || A || Baltimore Aquarium Trip! ||  ||   ||   || B/C || Poisoned waters ||  ||   ||   || A || One ocean, many estuaries || ||   ||   || A || The fish Kill Mystery || ||   ||   || B/C || Above and Below
 * 4/10/18
 * 4/11/18
 * 4/12-13/18
 * 4/16/18
 * 4/17/18
 * 4/18-19/18

How Rivers Work: The Role of Groundwater ||  ||   || A || Just what are estuaries? || ||   || A || Study for Intertidal and Estuary exam ||  ||   || B/C || Intertidal and Estuary Exam
 * 4/20/18
 * 4/23/18
 * 4/24-25/18

Tank clean-up || A || Blue Planet: Coral Seas || || A || What are coral reefs?
 * 4/26/18
 * 4/27/18

Coral reef key terms || || A/A || Coral coloring || || B/C || Corals: The Reef builders Lab
 * 5/2-3/18
 * 5/4-5/18

How do stony corals grow? How do corals reproduce? How do coral reefs form? || ||   || A/A || Coral Bleaching: A White Hot Problem 2015 San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * 5/8-9/18

Coral reef and climate change || ||  ||   || B/C || Challenges and Adaptations of the Deep
 * 5/10-11/18

Blue Planet: Deep Sea Deep Sea Biology article || ||   ||   || A || Deep Sea key terms || ||   ||   || A || Creatures of the Deep || ||   ||   || A || Make your own deep sea creature! Paper fish ||  ||   ||   || A || Review for Coral Reef and Deep Sea Exam || ||   ||   || A || Coral Reef and Deep Sea Exam ||  ||   ||   || A || Tank clean-up ||  ||   ||   || B/C || Ocean Resources Research (Juniors only)
 * 5/14/18
 * 5/15/18
 * 5/16/18
 * 5/17/18
 * 5/18/18
 * 5/21-22/18
 * 5/23-29/18

Protecting Sustainable Resources || || Ocean Research Project due 5/29 ||   || Study stack for Final ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 5/23-29/18 || Study for finals
 * 5/30-6/1/18 || The nurdles' quest for ocean domination

Plastic Paradise || ||   ||   ||
 * 6/4/18 || Study for Final ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 6/5-8/18 || Underclassmen Finals ||  ||   || Blue Plane ||