Marine Science is a yearlong course that will build upon the students understanding of biological concepts previously learned. Emphasis will be made on using investigative techniques to explore the chemical, physical, geological, and biological aspects of the marine environment. Students will not only have an understanding of the world's ocean, its organisms' behaviors and adaptations, and structures and functions that exist throughout all of the marine environment, but they will also take a close look at how humans have affected and changed the marine environment over time. Students learn how energy flows and cycles throughout the Earth and analyze the interrelationships of the various organisms involved. The hands-on laboratory activities include, but are not limited to, demonstrations of geological concepts, examination of physical characteristics - such as waves - in the ocean, and examination of anatomical structures and its relation to the physiological adaptations of an organism. Students are required to participate in a variety of dissections representative of marine invertebrates and vertebrates.