This document provides an overview of the course requirements for SCI 209 Oceanography. It outlines 5 weekly assignments that involve researching ocean concepts using NOAA resources and developing PowerPoint presentations and papers on topics like ocean floor formation, seawater properties, ocean pollution, and energy flow in marine ecosystems. Students are asked to explore NOAA ocean missions and analyze related topics like the impacts of pollution or how organisms adapt to their environments.

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OCEANOGRAPHY
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SCI 209 Week 1 NOAA Activity Part 1: Ocean Exploration
Note. This is the first step to an ongoing project with additional sections due in Weeks
Three and Five. Review the requirements of the other sections due in Weeks Three and
Five before selecting your explorative mission for this assignment.
Navigate to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) site
at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/
Select Explore from the menu, then select Ocean Exploration listed below Oceans.
Choose an explorative mission that took place at a marine sanctuary or an ecological
preserve.
Review the chosen exploration.
Develop a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation.
 For assistance with this type of assignment, review the UOPX Help with Microsoft
Power Point Assignment.

2. Address the following in your presentation:
 List the basic categories of Earth's chemical composition and physical properties,
with an emphasis on how these factors relate to the ocean.
 Describe at least one of the early research theories about the origins of life on
Earth.
 List the modern tools of research used in your chosen ocean exploration.
 List the goals and objectives of the mission and how it relates to the National
Ocean Service's overarching mission.
 List the areas to be explored by the mission.
 What challenges did the team encounter?
 Explain how the data was collected and what modern technologies were used.
 Explain whether the explorative mission was successful in its findings.
 How can the information gathered from the mission benefit the field of
oceanography?
List major points in the slides. Include detailed explanations in the speaker notes section
that correlate to each point.
Include videos, audio, photos, diagrams, or graphs as appropriate.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit the Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation assignment.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
SCI 209 Week 2 The Creation of the Ocean Floor Paper
Prepare a 350- to 700-word paper describing the basic theories associated with the
creation of the ocean floor.
Include the following in your paper:
 Identify three different plate boundaries and list the outstanding features of each
boundary.
 List one natural event that occurs as a direct result of plate boundary interactions.
 Compare and contrast ideas behind plate tectonics and the theory of continental
drift. Does one idea seem more plausible than the other? If so, why? Base your
findings on the natural event you identified earlier in the paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Reference a minimum of two outside
sources, other than your text, such as credible websites and articles that support your
findings.

3. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
SCI 209 Week 3 Seawater Paper
Prepare a 350- to 700-word paper in which you describe the chemical properties of water,
specifically seawater.
Research and choose two different methods that are currently being used to convert
seawater to drinkable water. Include the following in your paper:
 Describe the chemical and physical properties of seawater.
 Describe two different methods used to convert seawater into drinkable water.
 List a county or region in which this method of conversion is currently in use.
 Identify the benefits and potential hazards of converting seawater to drinkable
water.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. A minimum of one reference is
required.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
SCI 209 Week 3 NOAA Activity Part 2: Marine Pollution
Review your Week One NOAA Activity Part 1: Ocean Exploration mission and
findings. The focus of this assignment (NOAA Activity Part 2) must relate to issues from
marine pollution.
Select an environmental group that could directly benefit from the research conducted in
the mission.
Develop an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation.
 For assistance with this type of assignment, review the UOPX Help with Microsoft
Power Point Assignment.
Address the following in your presentation:
 A brief description of the chosen environmental group and their mission statement
 A brief description of the type of marine pollution addressed in the mission
 Which region the pollution is prevalent
 How the pollution is affecting the surrounding ecosystem
 What measures can be taken to avoid this type of pollution in the future

4.  How the findings from the mission can aid the environmental group in reducing
reoccurring occurrences of this form of pollution
 Include any references as needed.
List major points in the slides. Include detailed explanations in the speaker notes section
that correlate to each point.
Include videos, audio, photos, diagrams, or graphs as appropriate.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit the Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation assignment.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
SCI 209 Week 4 Natural Ocean Disasters Paper
Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you explain the relationship between the
ocean and the shoreline. Select and describe a naturally occurring ocean disaster that
results from the relationship between weather and climate. Include the following in your
paper:
 What caused the natural event?
 Would the effects of this event be any different if it occurred at a high or low tide?
If so, how?
 How does this event change the wave action of the ocean?
 Which ocean currents--deep and surface--pass near or through the disaster
impact area?
 Is the disaster affected by surface or deep ocean currents? If so, how?
 Explain how the ocean-atmosphere relationship influences weather and climate.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. A minimum of two references are
required.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
SCI 209 Week 5 The Flow of Energy
Create a diagram, chart, or illustration in which you depict the flow of energy in marine
ecosystems. You may use either a web format in which food chains are included or a
biomass pyramid format. The assignment must include the following:

5.  Title Page
 Diagram, chart, or illustration of a web format or biomass pyramid
 Description of primary productivity
 Description of a method used to measure the amount of primary productivity
 Description of how primary productivity affects the color of the ocean
 List of the factors that cause regional primary productivity to vary among polar,
tropical, and temperate oceans
 Description of how the selected web or biomass is affected by overfishing
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
SCI 209 Week 5 NOAA Activity Final Section: Marine
Adaptations
Review the Week Three assignment, NOAA Activity Part 2: Marine Pollution. Use the
same ocean explorative mission from the Week Three assignment.
Prepare 15 to 20 slides. Add the 8 to 10 slides from the Week Three assignment to this
presentation to reach the 15 to 20 slide requirement.
Include the following information and address the following questions in your final
presentation:
 Include detailed speaker notes.
 What life exists in your chosen region? List the top 10 prevalent marine organisms
from your chosen region.
 Select a marine organism from the region and discuss its adaptation to the
environment due to natural circumstances or pollution.
 Discuss its relationship to the other organisms that live in the same food chain.
 Include future adaptations.
 Select the same animal as you did earlier in this assignment or another animal
from the same region and hypothesize how it may need to adapt in the future due
to natural circumstances or pollution.
 How do the currents and tides affect your selected animal?
 What are the geological features of the selected region where your organism
dwells?
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.