Dr. Lisa Yon's Home Page

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Welcome to my Home Page!  I have included some information to help you succeed in my Oceanography classes.

If you are enrolled in my Earth Science 100 class, please click here to be directed to materials for that class!

Photo by Krista Miller, OCN 100 Lab, Fall 2000

Here you will find my teaching schedule and contact information.  There are also current versions of the syllabus and reading list for Oceanography 100 lecture. You will also find the Study Outlines and Review Questions for all of the Quizzes and the Final Exam.  All Assignments and Guidelines for Assignments are also listed.

Please note that the syllabi and study outlines/review questions are presented as links to PDF files.  To read PDF files, you will need to have Adobe Reader on your computer.  If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer, you may download it for free by clicking here.  Please note that some internet security programs may block the opening of PDF files.  You may need to temporarily disable the security program to download the file.

At the bottom of this web page, you will find a list of useful Internet Links.  Be sure you check this section regularly for up-dates related to current events in Oceanography and the Earth Sciences!

Click here for general information about ES 105: Climate Change

        In the News:

        Oceanography in the News

        PBS NOVA:  "Origins: How Life Began"

        Pluto is Demoted to "Dwarf Planet"

Assignments for Oceanography 100/101   Guidelines for Written Assignments Assignment #1: Ocean Literacy This assignment was due on Tuesday, Feb. 5th Assignment #2: Plate Motions This assignment was due on Thursday, Feb. 21st Assignment #3: Why is the ocean salty? This assignment was due on Thursday, Mar. 6th Assignment #4: Global Ocean Surface Currents This assignment was due on Tuesday, March 18th Assignment #5: Deep Ocean Water Masses This assignment was completed in class on Thursday, March 20th Assignment #6: Tsunamis This assignment was due on Thursday, April 10th Assignment #7: Coastal Pollution This assignment was due on Thursday, April 24th Assignment #8: Measuring Ocean Color and Productivity This assignment was due on Thursday, May 1st Assignment #9: Is There Kelp in Your Cupboard? This assignment is due on Thursday, May 8th Assignment #10: Kelp Forest Recovery Worksheet was handed out in class.  Assignment is due Thursday, May 15th

Internet Links Scanning the heavens for hues like ours could reveal other living planets Scientists Identify Oldest Known Solid on Earth Mountains under the Sea -      Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution Listening to the Ocean's Temperature (info about ATOC) Urban Heat Islands Nature's Vicious Cycle: El Niño/La Niña (National Geographic) Up-dates about the Iron Fertilization Experiments     From ABC News     From CNN News Types of Coasts (USGS) Before and After Images from the Dec. 26, 2004 Tsunami (PowerPoint) Using Satellites to Study Ocean Productivity

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