Evidence of Work:

For this project, my goal was to create a timeline of the History of Marin Biology. In class, I took notes on the presentation stating the course of history marine biology went through. The presentation brough up interactions such as the first human interaction with the ocean, then the advancement through boats and technology as the years went on. Today, only about 5% of the ocean has been explored, but with the new technological advancements, 99% of the ocean is now available for humans to look at and discover. After I had collected my notes from the presentation, I then filled out a timeline worksheet. This worksheet had the names of all of the important events in Marine Biology history. For each event I stated the date, described its significance and what happened during this time. There were twenty major events that I described in the process of filling out this sheet. After the sheet was completed, then I used adobe to make a timeline. Each event has a specific place on the timeline, with a date, small symbol representing it, and small description about it. It came out very well and gives a very clear idea on the order of events that contributed to the history or marine biology.

My final project can be seen below. I chose a clean design, that focused on the dates being the key point. The beginning of timeline starts on the left and moves on to the right following the path. On top of each date there is the name of the event and a short description. Some of it got cut off, but a viewer can still see the full description in the content section where I rewrote each description. We did not half to present this project, only to our teachers but is available to view by our classmates and anyone on the internet on my website (which we are on currently).

Content:

I have rewrote every event in the time above, explaining the date and its significance to the history of Marine Biology. All of these topics were used to make up my timeline of Marine Bio. Each have a big significance of advancing marine study and all lead to the success of discovery in the sea, that we have gotten in present tense today.

Gatherers: 75,000 years ago

People who got supplies and materials by gathering up objects. Ex: clam mounds from eating so many clams over the years or collecting millions of shells to create jewelry. Important part of marine bio history. First important human interaction with the ocean.

Pacific Islanders: 3,000-1,000 B.C

Navigate their ships with wind, current and wave patterns. First people to have an advanced system of traveling the ocean.

Phoenicians: 2000-1200 B.C

Sailed around the Mediterranean. Used celestial navigation, trade routes and colonization. Once again, another group of people with an advanced way of traveling the ocean.

Aristotle: 384-322 B.C

First marine biologist. Greek scholar. Has written many important records of biological observations.

James Cook: 1768-1799

English Sea Captain who made scientific observations. Employed a full-time naturalist. Had three voyages to the Antarctic and the Pacific to learn more about the ocean.

Charles Darwin: 1831

Traveled the ocean in the H.M.S. Beagle. Studied coral reefs, plankton, barnacles and many more organisms.

Created the theory of evolution and contributed to many discoveries for marine bio.

The Wilkes Expedition: 1838-1842

He was a vain and cruel captain. Expeditions cost about one million, expensive! Charted the coast of Antarctica and 280 South Pacific Islands.

Marine Laboratories: 1872-1888

Stazione Zoologica in Naples, Italy. Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Hopkins Marine Station, CA. and many more. The first marine biology labs to help study the ocean.

The Challenger Expedition: 1872-1876

It was a British Warship; geared for dredging. Help to take water samples, bottom samples. Had 50 volumes of date, all great contributions to marine biology.

Sonar: 1914- 1918

Sound Navigation Ranging. Helped detect objects underneath the boat or in the water.

Urgency for military use, funded Woods Hole and Scripps.

SCUBA: 1943

A breathing tool that allows divers to go up to 163 feet into the ocean.

Opened up a whole new world of discovery to observe what goes on under the waves.

Satellite Imagery : 1959-present

Monitors global temperature, weather, algae production, and pollution.

Creates a much easier way to observe huge fields of study at the same time.

FLIP: 1960’s

Floating Instrument Platform. Water fills the hollow hull with water which swings the vessel into a vertical position.

Helps research about wavelength, temperature and water density in the ocean.

Alvin : 1964

A deep sea submersible that is owned by the U.S. navy. Can dive down up to 6500 meters or 21,300 ft.

Can reach up to 99% of the ocean floor allowing so much more opportunity to study. Has contributed to more than 4,200 dives.

ROV’s: 1970’s- present

Remote Operated Vehicle. Can get to areas humans can not, while doing things humans can do.

Can reach unsafe areas for humans and still get accurate data and samples.

Aquarius: 1986

An underwater marine biology lab. 20 meters deep for 10 day missions. Allows scientists to stay in the water and easily record data and analyze the date around them.

Crittercam: 1986

A camera out on animals to help observe their movements and everyday lives.

Gives researchers and up close look at how animals act and live their lives. Patterns, food, etc.

AUV’s: 1991

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. Vehicles move on their own by their own controls.

Super efficient does everything for the human and records accurate data.

NOAA Okeanos Explorers: 2010-Present

Huge ship, used to explore the ocean. Has cameras to see the ocean floor. Has a dedicated ROV. Very helpful to the advancement of ocean discovery. Can travel to the unexplored and will be ankle to gather tons of new information about the sea.

Marine Conservation Organisms: 1977

Organizations such as: Sea Shepherd, OPS, Oceana and Coral Reef Alliance. Organizations that help to protect and preserve our oceans.

Reflection:

Looking back at this project I believe I did a job creating this timeline. During the presentation it was extremely important to take good notes that you could look back at to further remember each event. I took very neat, comprehensible notes, while still listening to his presentation. This made it extremely easy to remember each event and give a short description about it. Besides taking great notes to help prepare myself for this project I also organized a very clean looking timeline. Every event is perfectly in place and has a quick little summary for it. It makes it really clear and easy to understand the timeline and the events that occurred in it. Overall, I though I did a good job on this project, but there is always room to improve!!!

Something I could have done better was look more into each event further than what we needed to. It is always good to get as much background information on a subject as you can. I used the notes from the presentation and the knowledge I already had based off previous experiences. Even though that fit the requirements for this project, viewers could have gotten a great idea of each event if I concluded more information on the subject. Next time doing a project similar to this, I want to look further into it each topic to get a greater understanding on the subject. Something else I could have done better was chose more imagery pictures. I personally love the "clean" look of black and white images. Though, for viewers it may be easier to picture and event if there was a visual image of it. Next time I will incorporate actual photos, to give the reader a clearer image of the event that happened.