Oceanography Syllabus
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Text Book Chapter	Topic Covered	Standard of Learning Covered
First Nine Weeks
Hand out	Safety	1.1
Hand out	Aquarium set up	1.2-1.3
Five,Seven, Nine and Eleven	Oceanographic Instrunments	1.4
One & Two	Historic Aspects (Paper)	1.14
Ten, Eleven and Twelve	Habitats	5.2-5.4
Ten, Eleven and Twelve	Living Levels	5.1-5.2
Four	Ocean Sediments	2.5
Nine	Formation of Shorelines	2.4
Nine	Shoreline Features	1.6, 2.4
Second Nine Weeks
Three	Plate Tectonics	2.1
Three and Four	Topography of the Ocean	2.2
Nine	Barrier Islands	2.2
Nine	Estuaries	2.4
Nine	Chesapeake Bay (Paper)	2.3
Legislation	Current issues	6.4
Five	Molecular Structure of Water	3.1
Five	Chemical Composition	3.2
Third Nine Weeks
Five	Physical Characteristices	3.1-3.4
Six and Seven	Global Wind Paterns and Currents	4.1-4.2
Eight	Waves and Tides	4.3-4.4
Speaker and Paper	Careers (Paper)	6.5
Hand Outs	Marine Heritage	6.6
Nine and Newspaper	Conservation and Ocean Resources	6.1
Fourth Nine Weeks
Ten & Eleven	Plankton	1.6-1.9, 5.1-5.3
Ten & Eleven	Nekton (Disection Lab)	1.6-1.9, 5.1-5.3
Ten & Twelve	Benthos	1.6-1.9, 5.1-5.3
Ten	Food Relationship	1.6-1.9, 5.1-5.3
Eleven & Twelve	Similarity & Differences of Structure	5.4
Two, Ten, Eleven & Twelve	Economic Importance and Navigation	6.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.7
Speaker and News	Shipping, Boating, and the Sea	6.2-6.7

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