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 and oceanography the emphasis is on the
physical setting of the ocean, including topics in light, temperature, pressure, sound water chemistry.
Understandings in biology, chemistry, physics and earth science are interwoven to produce an
interdisciplinary science. Mathematics is infused whenever possible, thereby, strengthening students
skills in calculations and problem solving. Reading and writing skills are also stressed in this course.

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS: You will be required to do a portfolio project each week during the year. Your 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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