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Ocean 100 course Blackboard site

Welcome to my home page, where you'll find:

My teaching schedule and course syllabi
Useful information to help you succeed in my oceanography courses
Assignments and Internet links of various types related to course materials
Some personal information about me

Teaching Schedule and Syllabi: Spring 2010
Teaching Schedule, Office Hours, and Contact Information
Class Syllabi
Ocean 100 Lecture: MW @ PCEC (PDF)  Ocean 100 Lecture: TTh @ PCEC (PDF)  Ocean 100 Lab: Tuesday @ PCEC (PDF) Ocean 100 Lab: Wednesday @ Main Campus (PDF) Oceanography 100 Online Classes

Teaching Philosophy, Expectations, Advice from Former Students, Study Hints, and Practice Exam
Teaching Philosophy
Expectations
How to Succeed in Mr. T's Course: Advice from Former Students
Study Hints and Test Strategy (NOTE: Required reading before Ocean 100 Exam #1!)
Practice Exam for Exam #1 (Chapters 1 + 2, plus map locations)

Handouts (from the first few weeks of class)
Mr. T's Top 10 Study Tips (PDF) (Published in Innovation Abstracts, University of Texas at Austin, Vol. XXII, No. 1, January 21, 2000)
Geographic Locations
World Map (for Geographic Locations)
Grading Scale for all 30-Point Exams
Writing Assignment for Ocean 100 class (PDF)

Class Assignments and Internet Links
Link to class Blackboard site (view/submit assignments, including the writing assignment)
Oceanography 100 Lab Links
WWW Resources: Oceanography Internet Links
How to Read an Informational Text (like the textbook) by Glen Foss, Adjunct Oceanography Instructor, Palomar College
e-Tips for A Grades: How to Make Your Textbook Work for You (and other advice from students)
Studied for an exam but still did not do well? See What Will Improve a Student's Memory? (PDF) by cognitive scientist Daniel T. Willingham, American Educator, Winter 2008-2009
Evaluating Internet Resources: A Checklist
Careers in Oceanography and Marine Science (See also Appendix V in the textbook)

bullet Oceanography Textbooks

The 10th Edition of Essentials of Oceanography (Trujillo and Thurman, Pearson Education © 2011) will be available in 2010 and features substantial reorganization including a new chapter (Chapter 16) on "The Oceans and Climate Change." The text also features many Web-based resources, including:
bulletA suite of 45 geoscience animations (including seven new animations specifically designed for this edition), which are state-of-the-art computer animations that have been created by Al Trujillo and a panel of geoscience educators to help students visualize some of the most challenging oceanographic concepts.
bulletAn Online Study Guide, which includes self-testing modules for each chapter that are written by Al Trujillo (for a student access code, see the "Your Access to Success" card inside the front cover of each textbook).
bulletNew Web Videos, which are links to some of the best short oceanographic video clips on the Web.
bulletEncounter Ocean activities, using Google Earth.
bulletWeb tables and Web boxes migrated to the Website from the previous edition.

For more details about the 10th edition, including specific chapter-by-chapter changes, see What's New in the 10th Edition?

 

The 9th Edition of Essentials of Oceanography (Pearson Education © 2008) is also co-authored by Al Trujillo and Hal Thurman. Major improvements are detailed in What's New in the 9th Edition?, including specific chapter-by-chapter changes. The text also features an Online Study Guide written by Al Trujillo (for a student access code, see the "Your Access to Success" card inside the front cover of each textbook).

 

 

 

Hal Thurman and Al Trujillo have also published Introductory Oceanography, 10th Edition (Pearson Education © 2004). This hardcover text features enhanced content throughout its 18 chapters.

 

Instructors: Considering adopting one of these textbooks for your course? See the letter from the author (PDF) for more information. All Pearson texts feature an online Instructor Resource Center (IRC) with a variety of instructor resources. For a free instructor review copy of any of these texts, contact your Pearson Education sales rep.

Personal Information About Your Instructor
Personal info and a few pictures of Mr. T and his family

Created by Al Trujillo on March 9, 1998;
Last updated on January 12, 2010