Mid-term Exam Results W15 16 Perfect Scores: Theodore Nansen Awards! A record! Mean Score = 80% Extra Credit Reports Very Important – Less than 4 weeks left to do reportsMid-term W15 Percentile Breakdown If you got a perfect 25/25 or 100% of questions correct, you are at 100% percentile If you got 22/25 or 88% of questions correct, you are at 72% percentile Rough Breakdown of letter grades based on number of correct questions out of 25 total questions: 22-25 A’s 18-21 B’s 14-17 C’s MeanExample Field Trips with 1 page and your picture: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum at Santa Barbara Harbor Ty Warner Sea Center at Stearn’s wharf on Santa Barbara Pier UCSB REEF Touch Tanks at Campus Point Island Packers trips to Channel Islands (Google their website) Example Biographical Reports of 2 pages and your picture: Sylvia Earle Jacques Cousteau James Cook Captain Mike Healy – Born a slave, Don Walsh, Alaskan Coast Guard Capt., hero! Milutin Milankovitch Walter Munk Henry Stommel Walfrid Ekman Matthew Maury Fridtjof Nansen Ben Franklin as oceanographer Sarah Gerhardt (1st woman to surf Mavericks) Alan Turing (Movie: Imitation Game) , March 6 Firm Deadline Coast Guard Icebreaking Cutter HealyExtra Credit Opportunity 1. Do a self-directed field trip relevant to our class. You may go with a classmate or classmates, but each of you must write your own report. 2. Write a 1-page report describing what you have learned from the field trip and include a picture of yourself at the venue. 3. Ideas for the field trips are available on GauchoSpace under “Field Trip Opportunities” that you will find just below “Instructor Announcements.” 4. If you would like to do a field trip that is not listed on GauchoSpace, drop me an email describing what you would like to do for approval. 5. Firm deadline for the extra credit reports is Friday March 6. 6. Successful reports result in a one step letter grade boost after the end of the course grade compilation. For example, a B+ turns into an A-. NOTE THAT YOU CAN DO THE SECOND BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT ONLY IF YOU SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE FIRST