Investigations Manual

Ocean Studies Investigations Manual

Ocean Studies Investigations Manual 2023-24

  • Investigations lead students through the analysis and interpretation of real-world ocean data
  • Two investigations per textbook chapter, a total of 30 lab-related investigations
  • Each investigation is self-contained in the Manual, and may be supplemented using Current Ocean Studies on the RealTime Ocean Portal

As each Investigations Manual activity is self-contained, AMS Ocean Studies course materials are available to instructors in their entirety prior to the beginning of a term.

Instructors who want their students to study ocean in real-time can supplement the investigations with Current Ocean Studies, posted weekly on the RealTime Ocean Portal. View this year's schedule for Current Weather Studies.

Edits and selected contributions provided by DataStreme Lead Instructor and Curriculum Development Coordinator, Chad Kauffman, Ph.D.

Orders for the Ocean Studies Investigations Manual and/or other course materials should be placed through your college bookstore. Go to the Order Class Materials page for details. Students can also place orders directly through the AMSEDU Bookstore.

If you are a faculty member interested in using the AMS Ocean Studies materials in a current or future course offering, you may request an examination copy of the Textbook and Investigations Manual, which includes guest access to the RealTime Ocean Portal.

Investigations
1A Earth's Ocean (copyright notice)
1B Mapping the Ocean (copyright notice)
2A The Floor of the Ocean
2B Ocean Floor Bathymetry
3A Ocean Temperature, Salinity, and Density
3B Fresh Water, Ocean Water, and Sea Ice
4A Solar Radiation
4B Atmosphere-Ocean Connections
5A Ocean in Motion
5B Density Driven Water Masses
6A Waves
6B Tides
7A Coastal Processes
7B Tropical Cyclones and Coastal Impacts
8A Upwelling, Downwelling, and Ocean Productivity
8B Marine Ecosystems
9A Primary Production
9B The Future is Jellies
10A Temperature, Pressure, and Boundary Currents
10B El Niño and La Niña
11A Marine Sediments
11B Sediment Transport from Land to Ocean
12A Feedbacks in Earth's Climate System
12B Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
13A Investigating the Ocean
13B Sensing the Upper Ocean
14A Overfishing and Fisheries
14B Plastic Menace
15A Ocean Policy
15B Geoengineering