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Pamela Lynch Jean Anastasia Suffolk County Community College. Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Field Biology and Oceanography – A Melting Pot of Ideas. How to grab attention and keep interest?. We teach a variety of courses to non-science majors - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MARINE BIOLOGY, MARINE ECOLOGY,
FIELD BIOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY –
A MELTING POT OF IDEAS
Pamela LynchJean Anastasia
Suffolk County Community College
How to grab attention and keep interest?
We teach a variety of courses to non-science majors
Introduction to Oceanography, Marine Biology, and Marine Habitat Ecology
Many students take more than one of these courses
We try to reduce content overlap but wanted a way to make the courses cohesive
Biophilia “'the innate tendency [in human beings]
to focus on life and lifelike process” E.O. Wilson 1984
The love of living things
Popular Culture 150 million people
go to zoos & aquariums per year Association of Zoos & Aquariums
(www.aza.org)
73 million attended baseball games in 2010 http://espn.go.com/mlb/
attendance/_/year/2010
Conservation Biology Uses Biophilia Global warming
Polar Bears Pacific Northwest
Forests:Spotted owl
Bamboo ForestsPanda bears
Coral ReefsSea turtles or Nemo
endangeredspaces.blogspot.com
http://statesmansentinel.com
rst.gsfc.nasa.gov
care2.com
Biophilia in the Classroom Use this innate interest in the classroom
Robert Boyd, US Air Force Academy, NABT meetings 2010
Focus on the organisms and use them as the starting point to teach science
For our exercise we made organismal cards (covering everything from bacteria to baleen whales, including 3 Marine Kingdoms) and can then teach course content for 3 classes individually (or even together!)
Ascophyllum nodosumKnotted wrack Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Protista○Phylum Phaeophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Emiliania huxleyiCoccolithophore (phytoplankton) Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Protista○Phylum Haptophyta
Class Prymnesiophycaea
Busycon caricaKnobbed whelk Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Loligo pealeiLong-finned squid Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Morone saxatilusStriped bass Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Chordata; Subphylum
VertebrataSuperclass Osteichthyes
Phoca vitulinaHarbor seal Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Chordata; subphylum
VertebrataClass Mammalia; Order
Pinniped
Zostera marinaEelgrass Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Plantae○Phylum Magnoliophyta
(Angiospermae)Class (Monocots)
Ursus maritimusPolar Bear Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Chordata; subphylum
VertebrataClass Mammalia; Order
Carnivora
Orcinus orcaOrca Whale Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Chordata; subphylum
VertebrataClass Mammalia; Order
Cetacean-Suborder: Odontoceti
Marine Biology Focus on (biotic) LIVING THINGS Classification Taxonomy
Other options: Common Adaptations or Characteristics
of Marine Animals
The major groups of life
ClassificationIsTricky…
Marine Biology Exercise Give all students a card and then ask
them to “get together” based on classification; you can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Animals form a group (broad) or all Arthropods form a group (more specific) or all Arthropod Crustaceans form a group (even more specific)…
Oceanography Focus on (abiotic) OCEAN SYSTEMS Depth/Marine Zones in the Ocean Marine Habitats
Other options: Marine Oceanographic terms such as
“Benthic” vs. “Pelagic;” “Nekton” vs. “Plankton” or “Aphotic” vs. Photic”
Figure 10.12
Marine zones
Fi
Oceanography Exercise Give all students a card and then ask
them to “get together” based on marine zone animal is likely to be found in. Again, you can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Benthic Animals form a group (broad) or all benthic/Intertidal Animals form a group (more specific). You could even divide based on depth (& add more animals)!
Marine Ecology Focus on Abiotic and Biotic
INTERACTIONS Trophic Levels: Producers, Primary
Consumers, Secondary Consumers Trophic Levels in Key Habitats (such as
Polar Seas or Coral Reefs)
Other options: Combination of all 3 courses!
Food pyramid that leads to an adult herring
Antarctic food chain
Combination ofmarine zones and species with depth interactionshighlighted
Marine Ecology Exercise Give all students a card and then ask
them to “get together” based on who they eat (or get eaten by). You can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Consumers form a group (broad) or all Primary Consumers form a group (more specific) or all Secondary Consumers that are also planktonic form a group (even more specific)…
All Card Examples Here
Ascophyllum nodosumKnotted wrack
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Protista
• Phylum Phaeophyta–Class Phaeophyceae
Chondrus crispusIrish moss
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Protista
• Phylum Rhodophyta–Class Rhodophyceae
Codium fragileGreen fleece; dead man’s fingers
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Protista
• Phylum Chlorophyta–Class Chlorophyceae
Emiliania huxleyiCoccolithophore (phytoplankton)
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Protista
• Phylum Haptophyta–Class Prymnesiophycaea
Microciona proliferaRed beard sponge
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Porifera–Class Demospongiae
Metridium senileFrilled anemone
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Cnideria–Class Anthozoa
Balanus balanoidesNorthern rock barnacle
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Crustacea
Busycon caricaKnobbed whelk
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Mollusca–Class Gastropoda
Mercenaria mercenariaHard-shelled clam; quahog
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Mollusca–Class Bivalvia
Cyanea capillataLion’s mane jellyfish
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Cnidaria–Class Scyphozoa
Acartia tonsaCopepod
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Crustacea
Loligo pealeiLong-finned squid
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Mollusca–Class Cephalopoda
Nereis virensClam worm
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Annelida–Class Polychaeta
Crangon septemspinosaSand shrimp
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Crustacea
Limulus polyphemusAtlantic horseshoe crab
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Merostomata
Callinectes sapidusBlue crab
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Crustacea; Order Decopoda
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensisGreen sea urchin
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Echinodermata–Class Echinoidea
Asterias forbesiiForbes’ sea star
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Echinodermata–Class Stelleroidea
Morone saxatilusStriped bass
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata–Superclass Osteichthyes
Rhinoptera bonasusCownose ray
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata–Class Chondrichthyes
Sphyrna lewiniScalloped hammershead shark
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata–Class Chondrichthyes
Myxine glutinosaAtlantic hagfish
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Agnatha–Class Myxini
Phoca vitulinaHarbor seal
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Pinniped
Balenoptera acutorostrataMinke whale
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Cetacean;
»- Suborder: mysticeti
Chelonia mydasGreen sea turtle
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Reptilia
Charadrius melosusPiping plover
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Aves
Delphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Cetacean– Suborder Odonteceti
Vibrio harveyiVibrio; bioluminescent marine bacteria
• Domain Bacteria (Prokaryote)– Kingdom Proteobacteria
• Phylum Gammaproteobacteria
Spartina alternifloraSmooth cord grass
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Plantae
• Phylum Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae)–Class (Monocots)
Zostera marinaEelgrass
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Plantae
• Phylum Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae)–Class (Monocots)
Trichechus manatusManatee
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Sirenia
Ursus maritimusPolar Bear
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Carnivora
Orcinus orcaOrca Whale
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Cetacean
»Suborder: Odontoceti
Aptenodytes forsteri(Emperor) Penguin
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Aves
Millepora (spp.)Fire Coral
• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Cnideria–Class Anthozoa
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