1. GEO/OC 103 Exploring the Deep: Geography of the World’s Oceans
Today’s Tune:
from the soundtrack of
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Lectures MWF
1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
Gilfillan Auditorium
4 credits

2. Oregon State Oceanography
One of the best in the nation
Research productivity
National/international reputation
COAS ranked as high as 5th nationally
Biological, chemical, geological, physical, geophysical, marine resource management (MRM), atmospheric sciences
Climate Change Research Institute

3. OSU Oceanography cont.
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Consortium on Ocean Leadership
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration or NOAA!

4. Available in OSU Bookstore. Each student needs his/her own copy.
Required Book
“Exploring the Deep:
GEO/OC 103 Lab Manual”
Available in OSU Bookstore.
Each student needs his/her own copy.

5. On reserve for FREE in library or available in OSU Bookstore.
Optional Book
“Invitation to Oceanography”
(5th edition)
by Paul Pinet
On reserve for FREE in library or available in OSU Bookstore.

6. Labs ( labs start NEXT week in Wilk 210 )
Teaching Assistants
Ricardo Gonzalez
Joy Irby
Levi Kilcher
Megan MacClellan
Brian Wilson
Check course site or catalog for your lab time!
Learn your TA’s name from schedule, introduce yourself at first meeting

7. Key Locations
Gilfillan
Wilkinson
COAS Admin
Library
NO LABS THIS WEEK

8. Work with a geographic information system (GIS), a hot technology!
in Lab . . .
Work with real oceanographic data
Work with a geographic information system (GIS), a hot technology!

9. Lab 9: Required Field Trip to Oregon Coast
Saturday, May 22, 2010

10. And please read your syllabus !!!
Bookmark this site!!!
And please read your syllabus !!!

11. What Will I Learn? NOT very much about whales and fishes!
Formation of the world’s oceans and ocean basins
Tsunamis and major earthquakes along the Oregon coast
Volcanic activity in the Cascades and just off the Oregon coast
Currents and ocean circulation

12. What Will I Learn? Chemistry of sea water and underwater hot springs
Waves and tides
El Niño and La Niña
Biology of the oceans, from one-celled organisms to whales
Protecting the oceans and coasts
Climate change, global warming… and more!

13. This class may NOT be for you if you can answer YES to any of the following:
“I don’t expect to attend class very often.”
“Large, general education classes should not require me to study very hard.”
“I am a graduating senior, am really tired of school, and need one last, easy science requirement.”
“Science is lame! I’m just doing this to satisfy a requirement.”
“I hate the computer and don’t think it’s worth learning how to use. Professors should not require students to use a computer.”
Special thanks to Professor Bill Prothero of UCSB Geological Sciences

14. This class will be GREAT for you if you can answer YES to many of the following:
“I’m really interested in the Earth and am willing to apply myself to learn about it.”
“I‘m scared of math, but willing to try.”
“I am willing to attend lectures, and go to every lab section, because I know that I will learn more if I do.”
“I’m worried about the future of the environment and would like to know how to interpret the claims of scientists.”
“I appreciate professors who use computer and communications technology because it improves the class.”
Special thanks to Professor Bill Prothero of UCSB Geological Sciences

15. You should certainly take this class if you can answer YES to any of the following:
I’m really worried, concerned, or even angry about:
marine pollution…
global warming, hurricanes, tsunamis…
over-fishing of important fish species…
the Earth’s physical resources being over-used…
Special thanks to Professor Bill Prothero of UCSB Geological Sciences

16. A Good Learning Environment
Class attendance is KEY!
Class attendance for the ENTIRE class period is KEY!
Please don’t hold conversations or walk out in the middle of class
This class is not only about oceanography
Training for life and work AFTER college
Atmosphere of mutual respect

17. A Special Note to Athletes . . .
“It’s from my father,” Manning says, “he instilled a work ethic in me. I think he meant it for academics, not football, because he never pressured me in that direction. I just translated it to football.”
ESPN.com, “The Son Also Rises”, article by Dave Goldberg, Associated Press

18. Lecture Format *notes provided as text and as PPT curse & blessing
text that appears on slides w/ SOME supplements
curse & blessing
info all there but don’t space out
challenge yourself & us w/questions and discussion
Different learning styles

19. GEO/OC 103: “Da Rules”
Attend class (on time) and STAY the entire class period.
Read through a lab BEFORE your lab period.
Save eating for spaces outside the classroom (and clean up).
Participate. If you don’t understand something, ask. I can guarantee…absolutely… that if you don’t understand something, there are a dozen other people in the room, at least, that share that confusion.
Be respectful of the other people in the room..(no phones, no newspapers, no conversations, careful with laptops!)
Remember that while you paid tuition for this class, so did the people around you.
It’s a community.

20. GEO/OC 103: “Da Rules” (cont.)
In-class work: only gets done that day, we don’t make it up.
Labs: show up, ask questions, complete the work… If you have a conflict and MUST attend another section, let BOTH teaching assistants know.
Honesty, ethics, cheating and plagiarism (do, do, don’t, don’t).
Final exam is already scheduled. Plan for it. Contact us next week regarding end-of-term conflicts.
Rules aside….if you struggle, if things are wrong, tell one of us or your teaching assistants. We’ll work on solutions.

21. Exams & Grades

22. Labs (inc. field trip) = 40%
Exams & Grades (cont.)
Test 1 (W, Apr. 21) = 15%
Test 2 (M, May 17) = 15%
Final (M, Jun. 7) = 30%
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Labs (inc. field trip) = 40%

23. GEO/OC 103 Grades Weighted Percentage 95-100 = A 90-94 = A- 85-89 = B+
and so on…

24. Mandatory Field Trip to Oregon Coast May 22nd All Exams take place HERE Final Exam June 7th 12:00-2:00 p.m.

25. Questions??

26. twitter.com/deepseadawn
Dr. Dawn Wright
114 Wilkinson Hall
twitter.com/deepseadawn
Office Hours:
Mondays/Wednesdays
1:50 - 2:50 p.m.
or by appointment

27. Who Am I? Wheaton College in Illinois Texas A&M B.S. in Geology
M.S. in Oceanography
Texas A&M
Ph.D. in Physical Geography & Marine Geology
UC-Santa Barbara

28. Who Am I? (cont.) “Dr. Deepsea Dawn”
“Mountains under the sea”
Maps of the mountains
Shape/structure of the mountains
Things that go “bump” in the dark
Seafloor-spreading / subduction
Benthic terrain classification of coral reefs

30. Who Am I ? (cont.)
Application and analytical issues in GIS for oceanographic data

31. Other Interests Snoopy, Calvin and Hobbes comics Building Legos®
Competitive cycling
Animation / “Art House” films
Silversun Pickups, Arcade Fire, Dandy Warhols, U2, Erasure, Moby, Celtic music

32. COAS Admin Building (across the street)
Dr. Bob Duncan
COAS Admin Building (across the street)
Office Hours:
by appointment

33. Up until now…. Undergraduate degree in Geology (Princeton)
Masters degree in Geophysics (Stanford)
Ph.D. in Geochemistry (Australian National)
U.S. Geological Survey
OSU faculty since 1977

34. Main research interests:
Plate tectonics and ocean crustal rocks
Hotspots and flood basalts
Mass extinctions and catastrophic volcanism
Tectonics and climate change
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)

35. Other interests:
Family - wife, Environmental Policy researcher at OSU - son and daughter, both OSU graduates
Soccer coaching - old farts indoor soccer - Liverpool; USA in the World Cup 2010

36. A lot of science is observing
A way of looking at the world using:
Observations
Hypotheses (models)
Repetition
Prediction

37. There’s a lot you can tell by observing and a lot that can be confusing
Number of observations: what would seeing these two humans tell you about the species?
(Would you guess they were the same species?)

38. Why do you have to take a science course anyway?
The Ocean is central to understanding
Climate system (water, storms, temperature)
Loss of species diversity
Feeding humanity
Our political system depends on informed citizens -- that’s YOU!

39. Exploration of the oceans -- Why go there?
John F Kennedy’s speech on space exploration

40. Questions??

42. “I need to talk to you about my grade.”
Don’t Let This be You !!!
“I need to talk to you about my grade.”