Marine Science

Marine Science focuses on the content, features, and possibilities of the earth’s oceans. They explore marine organisms, conditions, and ecology and sometimes cover marine mining, farming, and exploration. This course is designed to cover all aspects of the oceans including geology, chemistry, physics and biology. Approximately one semester will be spent on the geological and physical characteristics of the oceans. This will include plate tectonics, tides, currents, waves and seawater chemistry. The second semester will explore marine biology. This will include how organisms and environment interact, food chain relationships, classification, and the anatomy and physiology of marine animals and algae.