COURSE NAME: Marine Science

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Granville

INSTRUCTOR: Mrs. Brooke Farrell

Full Year

COURSE PREREQUISITES: Living Environment, Earth Science

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION/OUTLINE: Marine Science is a
one-year course consisting of a half year of Marine Biology followed a half-year of Oceanography.

In Marine Biology the emphasis of study is life in the sea. In Oceanography, the emphasis is on the physical
setting of the ocean, including topics in light, temperature, pressure, sound and water chemistry.
Understandings in biology, chemistry, physics and earth science are interwoven to produce an
interdisciplinary science. Up to date marine technologies are also included. Mathematics is infused whenever
possible, thereby strengthening student skills in calculations and problem solving.

Reading and writing skills are also stressed in this course. Students are required to do a portfolio project
each week during the year. The portfolio may consist of written reports of marine topics from newspapers
and magazines, library research on a marine topic, or doing an experiment and writing about it using the
scientific method.

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