Year at a Glance Aquatic Science

1st 9 Weeks 2nd 9 Weeks Nature of Science Fluid Dynamics Continued  Lab Safety/Equipment  Density, Temperature, Salinity  Using SI System  Climate and Weather  Graphing/Analyzing Data  Currents  History of Aquatic Science SCUBA Diving Earth and Ocean Basins, Navigation  Pressure and its effects  Oceans and Continents  Underwater Diving Technologies  Sea Floor Features  Plate Tectonics Gulf Coast Watersheds and Water Quality  Gulf Coast mapping  Gulf Coast Aquifers  How water flows Waves and Beaches  Local water shed quality and quantity  Sand  Pollution  Tides  Waves  Destructive waves Aquatic Ec ology  Dichotomous keys Water Chemistry  Adaptations  Properties of water and sea water  Food web, chains, pyramids  ph  Carbon, nitrogen, water, and nutrient cycles  Water hardness  Positive and negative feedback  Dissolved Gases  Energy flow  Turbidity  Difference between fresh water, brackish water, and  Stream Flow salt water  Life zones Fluid Dynamics  Factors that affect populations  Density, Temperature, Salinity  Climate and Weather Freshwater Ecosystems  Currents  Marcroinvertebrates 

3rd 9 Weeks 4th 9 Weeks Life in the Ocean Open Ocean Continued  Myths and Legends Ocean Floor and Deep Ocean, Mollusk  Food web, chains, pyramids Coral Reefs – Porifera and Cnidarians  Energy flow  Taxonomy  Factors that affect populations  Dichotomous Keys  Taxonomy  Levels of Organization  Dichotomous Keys  Structure and functions  Levels of Organization  Economic Value  Structure and functions  Economic Value Coastlines, Echinoderms and Arthropods, Birds  Taxonomy Frozen Seas  Dichotomous Keys  Energy flow  Levels of Organization  Factors that affect populations  Structure and functions  Taxonomy  Economic Value  Dichotomous Keys  Adaptations  Levels of Organization  Food web, chains, pyramids  Structure and functions  Energy flow  Economic Value  Factors that affect populations

Open Ocean – Fish: 3 Classes, Mammals, Reptiles Human Impact on Aquatic Systems  Food web, chains, pyramids  Resources  Energy flow  Pollution  Factors that affect populations  Changes on living and nonliving parts  Taxonomy  Effects of human growth  Dichotomous Keys  Unbalanced systems  Levels of Organization  Effects of human activities  Structure and functions  Laws and Policies  Economic Value