OCEAN 115 - Rachel Ridgway

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🚢 Ocean Voyage Project Objectives & Justification of the Work

What is Justification of the Work?

The justification of the work explains why your group is doing this project. What is it's purpose? What does it aim to achieve?

Scenario:

You and your team are employed by a competitor to National Geographic Tours and have been asked to plan an educational oceanic voyage to give customers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about the wonders of our ocean world first-hand. As part of this trip, you will make several preplanned stops at points of interest in your team's assigned ocean basin. Each team member has the job to research and write-up their findings about their assigned bathymetric feature, with emphasis on plate tectonic and geologic processes that have shaped the ocean basin as well as any any special tools that will be needed to give voyagers a first-hand experience (s.a. sampling tools, ROV, etc..). The work you do for this Ocean Voyage Capstone Project will be an integral part of our Final Assessment -- please be prepared to plan a route of travel to connect all of your team's sites to maximize efficiency utilizing ocean surface currents and prevailing wind patterns.

Project Objectives are MORE than a mere checklist

• Map the assigned bathymetric features of the seafloor in your team's ocean basin
• Describe the general shape and compare the dimensions of your feature with the other features your team will visit (depth, width, height, etc…)
• Describe the geologic setting and formation processes of the assigned features
• Identify areas in your team's ocean basin with resource potential (i.e. marine sediments)
• Make a fun and engaging deliverable to highlight these features in your team's ocean basin

Strive for High Expectations:

To achieve college-level work, please recognize that you are being asked to hold yourselves to a high standard of quality. The following words of advice outline what is expected of teams in the completion of the project.

• Integrate the objectives to demonstrate your technical knowledge of geologic processes.
• Make observations and identify evidence that helps tell the story of the formation of your assigned ocean basin.
• Identify key questions that you will research that support Project Objectives.
• Use imagery (diagrams, maps, figures, etc..) where appropriate to help illustrate the process(es) and evidence described.
• For our Final Assessment, you will be asked to prepare your own Ocean Voyage Capstone Final Presentation, using your work and the work of your teammates:
  • begin with an organized structure that anticipates and helps smooth transitions
  • Include a base map that shows all the sites you will visit and any important points of interest along your route.
  • Create novel transitions from one site to the next
  • Any images should include a descriptive caption that credits the source
• Prepare to be challenged!
• Have fun!

To help achieve these objectives:

The GCC Library has developed a CampusGuide for our Ocean Voyage Capstone Project (https://campusguides.glendale.edu/c.php?g=1384172&p=10235850) that will help you locate reliable references and conduct research with integrity. Please refer to this resource for guidance on finding and citing sources.