Oceanography reflection

I learned a lot in the past few months in my oceanography class. There were a lot of hands on labs that were designed to help us understand the different properties of the ocean and the many forces that affect it. As a class, we watched a entertaining short documentary about real oceanographers who lived in an underwater research station. We also watched a discussion based video explaining how the ocean transmits sound and how whales use this to communicate. These videos brought up interesting topics of conversation because they addressed how humans have affected the ocean and the organisms in it. We also worked on various projects from creating a sea floor diagram to designing an island that would be both habitable by humans and the indigenous life. These projects were designed to help us learn the many geological terms that exist in oceanography. As a class we learned about the different types of coastline as well as what specific ocean features are called. Towards the end of the coarse we ended up learning about the density and salinity of water, and we had a few labs based on this topic. It was very interesting to see how these factors really makes the ocean a unique place to study. Overall I enjoyed the class and though it was a valuable use of my time. I think the biggest thing I took away from this class was I realized how important the ocean is to our everyday lives and the measures we as people need to do to protect it and all the life that it sustains.