Oceanography: Earth Science Lab Manual provides students with hands-on experience studying oceanography in a lab setting. The exercises provide instructional content for working with marine geographic terminology, and several labs studying various oceanic bodies and concepts including:
The ocean floor
Plate tectonics
Marine sediments
Water
Ocean currents
Waves
Coastal processes
Ocean productivity
Climate change and ocean acidification
Several labs also focus on general properties of Earth's oceans like the physical and chemical properties of water, climate change, and ocean acidification. The nine labs in this manual are printed in color and have perforated pages for students to tear out and turn in. Designed by faculty for use in their own classroom, this lab manual offers high-quality materials at affordable prices.
Author Biography
Shannon Othus-Gault has taught Oceanography at a community college since 2011.
