| Date | Day | Topic | Chapter | In-Class Activities | ||||||||
| 25-Jan | Th | Introduction to Marine Ecology / Science | 1 | Gray Whale Video | ||||||||
| 1-Feb | Th | Communities, Ecosystems, and Nutrient Cycles | 2 | |||||||||
| 8-Feb | Th | Geology of the Oceans | 3 | Mapping the world's oceans | ||||||||
| 15-Feb | Th | Properties of Sea Water, Currents, Wind, Waves and Tides | 4 | Demo of different salinities/temperatures | ||||||||
| 22-Feb | Th | Basics of Life (cells, evolution, classification) / Exam #1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1-Mar | Th | Survey of Marine Organisms: Bacteria, Algae, and Seaweeds | 6 & 7 | |||||||||
| 8-Mar | Th | Survey of Marine Organisms: Invertebrates | 8 & 9 | |||||||||
| 15-Mar | Th | Survey of Marine Organisms: Vertebrates | 10 & 11 | |||||||||
| 22-Mar | Th | Spring Break | -- | |||||||||
| 29-Mar | Th | Monterey Bay Aquarium Field Trip | 12 | |||||||||
| 5-Apr | Th | Survey of Marine Organisms: Vertebrates / Exam #2 | -- | |||||||||
| 12-Apr | Th | Intertidal Ecology | 13 | |||||||||
| 19-Apr | Th | Estuary Ecology and Continental Shelf Ecology | 14 & 16 | |||||||||
| 21-Apr | Sat | Tidepooling Field Trip | -- | |||||||||
| 26-Apr | Th | no class | -- | |||||||||
| 3-May | Th | Coral Reef Ecology / Poster and Class Presentations | 15 | |||||||||
| 10-May | Th | Open Ocean Ecology | 17 & 18 | |||||||||
| 17-May | Th | Human Use of and Impacts to Ocean Ecosystems / Exam #3 | 19 & 20 | Scott guest lecture / NCEP Case Study | ||||||||
| 24-May | Th | Final Exam: 1-2:50 p.m. | ||||||||||