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Marine Biology is an elective science course.  (along with Geology / Earth Science)

The course difficulty is between Biology and Geology / Earth Science. Completion of Biology is a prerequisite.  It is recommended that you have earned an C or B in Biology.

The course consists of lecture, dissections labs, chemistry labs, a term paper, and exams and finals that include essay questions.

Text:  Marine Biology 4th Ed
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Online Course Companion - student resources

Rife Class Policy 2011-12

The National Ocean Sciences Bowl: Alaska Tsunami

Alaska Dept of Fish and Game Fishing

Alaska Sea Life Center

Alaska Islands & Ocean

Seagrant.uaf.edu/marine-ed/curriculum/

Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (COOL)

BRIDGE Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Education Center

Monterey Bay Aquarium

NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Ocean World Key Ocean Concepts

First Semester / First Quarter

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Due Dates
Standards / GLE
1
Mon
8/22
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
Intro., Class Policy

Educ. Unit

Student Resume

 
 
 
Wed
 
 

Master Schedule

 
 
 
Thu
 
 

Stressor/Releaser Sentences Assign.

Multiple Intelligence / Learning Styles Assessment
Hand Out textbooks

 
 
 
Fri
 

Learning Styles (MI) Online

  
Student Resume, Mstr. Schedule, Stressor, MI, Class Policy, $10 Lab Fee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
Mon
8/29
Unit 1 Ch 1 Science of Marine Biology / Ch 2 The Sea Floor
 
 
 
Tue
 
 

Brief History of Marine Biology (MEER)

Ch 1 Outline / Questions
 
 
Wed
 
 

Oceanography Through Time (COOL)

COOL Oceanography
 
 
Thu
 
The Ocean Floor / Bathymethic Analysis (Open House)
  
 
 
Fri
 
Ocean Origins IMAX DVD
Ch 2 Outline / Questions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
Mon
9/5
Vacation
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
Exam 1 Ch 1 & 2 Marine Biology & The Sea Floor 
 
 
 
Thu
 
  
 
 
 
Fri
 
Life on the Beach: Sea Grant Alaska DVD
 

  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Due Dates
Standards / GLE
4
Mon
9/12
Ocean in Motion: Tides / Tide Tables Too
 
 
 
Tue
 

In The Soup Salinity Worksheet

Ch 3 Outline & Questions
 
 
Wed
 
  
 
 
 
Thu
9/17

  

  

  
 
 
Fri
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
(Homecoming)
 
5
Mon
9/19
Determination of Salinity - Hydrometer Method
 
 
 
Tue
 
Exam 2 Ch 3  Chem & Physical Features of Sea Water
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Name That Place Worksheet
  
 
 
 
Fri
 
Library Research Term Paper
Ch 4 Outline & Questions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
Mon
9/26
Unit 3 Ch 4 Basics of Biology
 
 
 
Tue
 
Field Trip Ninilchick beach Per 1-4
9:49 am -1.7 ft tide
 
 
 
Wed
 
  
 
 
 
Thu
 
Exam 3 Ch. 4 Basics of Biology
  
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Due Dates
Standards / GLE
7
Mon
10/3
Unit 4 Ch 10 Intro. to Marine Ecology
 
 
 
Tue
 
(HSQE)
Ch 10 Outline & Questions
 
 
Wed
 
(HSQE)
 
 
 
Thu
 
HSQE /
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
Paper Outline / Ref. Pg. Due
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
Mon
10/10
  
 
 
 
Tue
 
 

  

 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Exam 4 Ch. 10 Intro. to Marine Ecology / End of 1st Quarter
1st Qtr Notebooks Due
  
 
 
Fri
 
/ End of 1st QtrInservice No School
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
Mon
10/17
  
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
Ch 14 Outline & Questions
 
 
Thu
 
  
  
 
 
Fri
 
Vacation / End of 1st Qtr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

First Semester / Second Quarter

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Due Dates
Standards / GLE
10
Mon
10/24
Unit 5 Coastal Zone: Coral Reef; Chap. 14 Coral Reefs
 
 
 
Tue
 

Coral Reef: Sea and Sky

Reef Education Network

Coral Reefs Web Quest

Coral Reefs Web Quest

Coral Reefs: A World of their Own

 
    
 
 
Wed
 
Exam 5 Ch. 14 Coral Reef
 
 
 
Thu
 
Vacation P/T Conf
 
 
 
Fri
 
Vacation P/T Conf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
Mon
10/31
Unit 6 Intertidal / Coastal Zone: Rocky Shore Chap. 11 Rocky Shores
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
 

Rocky Shore Web Quest (Ocean Sci Topics - Habitats - Coastal - Rocky Shore)

Ch 11 Outline & Questions
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
Rocky Shore WebQuest due
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
Mon
11/7
    
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Exam 6 Ch. 11 Rocky Shore
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Standards / GLE
13
Mon
11/14
Unit 7 Intertidal / Coastal Zone: Sandy / Muddy Shores Chap. 11
 
 
 
Tue
 

Sandy Shore Web Quest Resources:

Sand Exploration

Sandy Shore Habitat

 
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
NOSB Papers Due
 
 
Thu
 
   
Ch 11 & 13 Outline / Questions    
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
Mon
11/21
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
Exam 7 Ch 11/13 Sandy/Muddy Shores
 
 
 
Thu
 
Vacation
 
 
 
Fri
 
Vacation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
Mon
11/28
    
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
   
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
    
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Standards / GLE
16
Mon
12/5

Estuary Lecture

 
 
 
 
Tue
 

EPA National Estuary Program

NOAA Estuary Education

Estuary description

 
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Exam 8 Ch 12 Estuaries 
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
Mon
12/12
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
    
 
 
Thu
 
First Semester Final
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18
Mon
12/21
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
     
 
 
 
Wed
 
    
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
12/21 - 1/1
Christmas Vacation
 
 
19
 
Mon
1/2
Unit 9 Photic Zone Chap 15 Life Near the Surface
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
The Open Ocean; The Blue Planet 2 DVD
Ch 15 Outline
 
 
Thur
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Second Semester / Third Quarter

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Standards / GLE
20
Mon
1/9
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
Sea Life Center Field Trip
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
Planet Earth: Shallow Seas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21
Mon
1/16
   
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
Unit 9 Exam 9 Photic Zone Ch. 15
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22
Mon
1/23
Unit 10 Pelagic Zone: Meso, Bathy (Deep Sea), Benthos
 
 
 
Tue
 
The Deep; The Blue Planet 2 DVD
Ch 16 Outline
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Planet Earth: Deep Ocean
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Standards / GLE
23
Mon
1/30
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
Unit 10 Exam 10 Ocean Depths Ch. 16
 
 
 
Thu
 
Vacation P/T Conf
 
 
 
Fri
 
Vacation P/T Conf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24
Mon
2/6
Unit 11 Marine Plants / Protists Chap. 6 Marine Plants
 
 
 
Tue
 

Marine Algae

The Algae Page

 
Ch 6 Outline
 
 
Wed
 
Sea Forest (NSF worksheet)
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
Mon
2/13
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Unit 11 Exam Ch 6 Plants / Protists
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Standards / GLE
26
Mon
2/20 (IIE CR)
Unit 12 Marine Invertebrates Chap. 7 Marine Invertebrates
 
 
 
Tue
(IIE CR)
 
Ch 7 Outline
 
 
Wed
 
The Shape of Life: Cnidarians DVD
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
The Shape of Life: Molluscs DVD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27
Mon
2/27 (IIE CR)
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
The Shape of Life: Arthropoda
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Exam 12 Ch 7 Marine Invertebrates
 
 
 
Fri
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Second Semester / Fourth Quarter

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Standards / GLE
28
Mon
3/5
Unit 13 Marine Fish Chap. 8 Marine Vertiebrates: The Fishes
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
Ch 9 Outline
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
Vacation (IS)  End of third quarter
 
 
 
 
3/15 -3/19
Vacation  /
 
 
29
Mon
3/19
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
DVD Sharkwater
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Exam 13 Fishes Ch. 8
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
Mon
3/26
Unit 14 Marine Birds Chap. 9 Marine Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
 
 
 
Tue
 
(HSQE)
 
 
 
Wed
 
(HSQE)
 
 
 
Thu
 
(HSQE)
 
 
 
Fri
 
Alaska Shorebirds: ANHA VHS / Alaska Birds DVD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Standards / GLE
31
Mon
4/2
Unit 14 Marine Birds Chap. 9 Marine Reptiles & Birds
 
 
 
Tue
 
(HSQE)
Ch 9 Outline
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
Feather Lab, Beak/candy Lab
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
32
Mon
4/9
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
Unit 14 Exam Ch 9 Marine Birds & Reptiles
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
Vacation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
33
Mon
4/16
Unit 15 Marine Mammals Ch 9 Birds, Reptiles, & Mammals
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
Ch 2 Rev. Qs 1-9 Essay 1-10
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
PBS Realm of the Killer Whale / Sperm Whale DVD;
PBS Gray Whales w Christophere Reeve
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Week
Day
Date
Activity
Assignments
Standards / GLE
34
Mon
4/23
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
Unit 15 Marine Mammals Ch 9 Exam
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
Restoring Alaska; Empty Oceans Empty Nets VHS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
35
Mon
4/30
The End of the Line dvd
 
 
 
Tue
 
Trashing Your Livelihood Marine Debris & Commercial Fishing  AK Sea Grant dvd
 
 
 
Wed
 
 
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
 

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival May 6-9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
36
Mon
5/7
 
 
 
 
Tue
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
 
Unit 16 Human Influence / Impact Ch 17 & 18 Exam
 
 
 
Thu
 
 
 
 
 
Fri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
37
Mon
5/14
    
 
 
 
Tue
 
2nd Semester Final /  SoHi Graduation 7pm
 
 
 
Wed
 
2nd Semester Final
 
 

 
 
 
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