Course Description
Teaching strategies to interpret marine and coastal environments.
Athena Title
MARINE ENV ED
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
***The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be necessary. By the end of the course, the learner should be able to: 1. Use Georgia's estuaries and offshore marine environment as a case study to improve her/his content knowledge in mathematics and the biological and chemical sciences. 2. Demonstrate the ability to conduct ongoing research on Georgia's coast. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of issues surrounding water quality, its effects on fisheries, and the role that watersheds, tides and salt marshes have on Georgia's coastal water quality. 4. Demonstrate a familiarity with the water quality issues associated with increasing human development along Georgia's coast. 5. To utilize on-line resources such as GALILEO and GIL to access and review current research on the marine environment. 6. Demonstrate competence in the use of analytical and sampling tools used in estuarine research. 7. Demonstrate the usefulness of advanced teaching tools, including distance learning (GSAMS), the Internet, analytical and computer presentation software, and digital graphics technology. 8. To employ
Topical Outline
Introduction to estuarine and marine ecology Field sampling in an estuarine environment River sampling Sample analysis techniques Commercial fisheries Water analysis Plankton and invertebrate laboratories Project Wet Pedagogical alternatives to traditional education Significance of microbial activity in estuaries Water quality and the health of coastal fisheries The use of topographic maps and GIS wetland charts to identify watersheds Groundwater issues Science as an interdisciplinary subject Beach seining, trawling and transecting Adopt-A-Stream workshop