Guest Lectures
The following lecture materials are from various Guest Lectures I have given for different courses, workshops, and events.
Please note, the purpose of each of these presentations was to facilitate comprehension of the given material's subject matter, and NOT publication or profit. I have done my best to credit the sources for any images not created by me, images without citation were either taken by me or were found through Creative Commons catalogs.
Teaching Evaluations
A copy of the "Teaching Assistant Course Evaluation" report submitted by Dr. Walker to both my Department & the Graduate School,
including copies of the hand-written evaluations the students filled out with regards to my overall performance as the Teaching Assistant (TA) for their Fall 2009 "Introduction to Oceanography" Course.
Handouts, Reviews, Study Guides, & Tutorials
The following are links to copies of various handouts, reviews, study guides, & tutorials that I have created over the years.
Please note, the purpose of each of these documents was to facilitate comprehension of the given material's subject matter, & NOT publication.
For this reason, while I have done my best to cite the original sources for the various figures & information in each of these documents,
there are also many cases where material is not cited.
For information on the figures & diagrams created by me, please see the albums on my Portfolio page.
(this page was last updated on October 05, 2021)
The following lecture materials are from various Guest Lectures I have given for different courses, workshops, and events.
Please note, the purpose of each of these presentations was to facilitate comprehension of the given material's subject matter, and NOT publication or profit. I have done my best to credit the sources for any images not created by me, images without citation were either taken by me or were found through Creative Commons catalogs.
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Creating a Climate Resilient California using Nature-based Solutions (February 04, 2020) Keynote presentation for the "California Garden Club, Inc (CGCI)'s 2020 Winter Board Meeting and the National Garden Club's (NGC) Tri-Refresher. Lunch time event held at the Queen Mary, in Long Beach, CA. Tri-Refresher NGC credit available for attendees who came to this presentation. Link to my Keynote Presentation Slides |
 Photo Credit: “The new Pacific Vision wing at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA © 2019 Tom Bonner” |
Sustainability & Resilience
at the Aquarium of the Pacific
(January 28, 2020) Keynote presentation for the "Enchantment Under the Sea" P3S Signature Event held at the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, CA. This evening event was part of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA)'s 47th Annual Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention, & Stormwater (P3S) 3-day Conference "Embrace the Future 2020, Ride the Wave of Change." Attendees earned 1 CWEA Contact Hour for attending this presentation. Link to my Keynote Presentation Slides Link to the Conference Brochure (see pages 55-56 for my bio & presentation description) |
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Extreme Heat in Long Beach, Community CAAP Event (March 30, 2019) This was part of Long Beach's Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP) community event series, and took place from 10am to 1:30pm at the Silverado Park Community Center. Copies of the presentations I gave and a recording of the event are included below: Link to my Climate Impacts on High Risk Age Groups in Long Beach presentation Link to my Climate Solutions for Long Beach presentation Link to LBTV's recording of the CAAP event (I'm talking from 24:22 - 36:50, 1:40:00 - 1:54:52) (Pick My Solar is the name of the company I referred to but couldn't remember the name of during the event) |
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Building a Climate Resilient Long Beach (February 6, 2019) I was invited to speak about climate change at Long Beach's AOC7 monthly neighborhood community meeting. The presentation I gave was an oral presentation without visual aids due to technical difficulties, but the following contains a like to the presentation I had prepared for this meeting. Link to my Building a Climate Resilient Long Beach presentation |
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Current & Future Climate Impacts for the City of Long Beach I was invited to be one of the opening speakers at the following CSULB events: CSULB's Annual 24 hour Climathon event on October 26, 2018 CSULB's Climate Charrette on March 2, 2018 |
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Using GIS & Citizen Science apps to incorporate Inquiry-based learning in your K-12 Classrooms (July 27, 2017) A 45 minute guest lecture I gave to the 2017 Boeing Teacher Institute (BTI) workshop. BTI is a week long workshop for K-12 teachers hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific. Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown in class Link to the iNaturalist Training step-by-step tutorial on how to use iNaturalist on different platforms Link to the iNaturalist: Adding Observations to Projects and Doing Batch Editing step-by-step tutorial Link to the GIS Teacher/Educational Resources handout created for the 2017 BTI workshop |
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How to use GIS in your K-12 Classrooms (July 28, 2016) A 60 minute guest lecture I gave to the 2016 Boeing Teacher Institute (BTI) workshop. BTI is a week long workshop for K-12 teachers hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific. Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown in class Link to the Creating "Map Tour" Story Maps step-by-step tutorial referenced in this workshop Link to the 2014 BTI Map Tour Story Map referenced in this lecture and shown in the above handout Link to the GIS Teacher/Educational Resources handout created for the 2016 BTI workshop (includes links to online resources for K-12 teachers) |
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More than a Fish Tank -- GIS at the Aquarium (November 05, 2015) A 12 minute lightning talk presentation I gave at the 2015 Esri Ocean GIS Forum. Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown during the meeting |
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Coral Health -- Understanding the Animal, Ecosystem, and Stressors from a Spatial Point of View (September 24, 2015) A 90 minute guest lecture I gave to the American Cetacean Society's Orange County Chapter (ACS-OC). The lecture provided an introduction to corals, their health, stressors, and how GIS can be used to better understand them. Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown during the meeting |
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How to use GIS in your K-12 Classrooms (August 3, 2015) A 60 minute guest lecture I gave to the 2015 Boeing Teacher Institute (BTI) workshop. BTI is a week long workshop for K-12 teachers hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific. Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown in class Link to the Creating "Map Tour" Story Maps step-by-step tutorial referenced in this workshop Link to the 2014 BTI Map Tour Story Map referenced in this lecture and shown in the above handout Link to the GIS Teacher/Educational Resources handout created for the 2015 BTI workshop (includes links to online resources for K-12 teachers) |
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How the Aquarium is using GIS to Engage the Public in Ocean Science The following are links to various talks I've given about how the Aquarium is using GIS to engage the Public in ocean science. Each of these talks varied in length from 5-15 minutes. |
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"Using GIS to Engage the Public in Ocean Science" a 15 minute presentation at the Aquarium's "All Staff" meeting (July 22 and 27, 2015) "Using Geospatial Technologies to Engage the Public in Ocean Science" a 15 minute presentation at the Aquarium's "Marine Conservation Research Institute" (MCRI) meeting (February 13, 2015) "Using Story Maps to Engage the Public in Ocean Science" one of two 15 minute presentations given during the following webinar, "An Ocean of Story Maps by Dawn Wright of ESRI and Jenny Lentz of the Aquarium of the Pacific," hosted by "Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) Tools Network" (January 10, 2015) "Using Geospatial Technologies to Engage the Public in Ocean Science" a 5 minute "lightning talk" given at Esri's Ocean GIS Forum (November 5, 2014) |
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Storytelling with Maps (August 4, 2014) A 45 minute guest lecture I gave to the 2014 Boeing Teacher Institute (BTI) workshop. BTI is a week long workshop for K-12 teachers hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific. Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown in class Link to the Creating "Map Tour" Story Maps step-by-step tutorial made for this workshop Link to the 2014 BTI Map Tour Story Map created for this lecture and shown in the above handout Link to the GIS Teacher/Educational Resources handout created for this BTI workshop (includes links to online resources for K-12 teachers) |
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An Introduction to GIS and Spatial Data (October 11, 2013) A 60 minute guest lecture I gave to the "Our Instrumented Earth" NASA Teacher Workshop. This is a 2 day workshop for 5th-12th grade teachers and is hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown in class Link to the GIS Wildlife Data Tutorial handout given to the class Link to the Wildlife Spatial Data Map created for this lecture and shown in the above handout |
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Story Telling with Maps (August 1, 2013) A 20 minute guest lecture I gave to the Boeing Teacher Institute (BTI). BTI is a week long workshop for K-12 teachers and is hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, California. Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown in class Link to the Creating Story Maps Online Tutorial handout given to the class Link to the BTI Story Map created for this lecture and shown in the above handout |
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Coral Reef Stressors (April 29, 2010) AA 90 minute guest lecture I gave to Dr. Paul LaRock's "Introduction to Oceanography" course(undergraduate-level) at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This lecture ended by showing a short video entitled "Window In The Waves" about the Flower Garden Banks (coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico) Link to the PowerPoint presentation shown in class |
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Global Climate Change: An Introduction to the IPCC & the 2007 IPCC Synthesis Report (October 29, 2009) A 90 minute guest lecture I gave to Dr. Nan Walker's "Introduction to Oceanography" course (undergraduate-level) at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This lecture included showing "Global Warming: The Signs & The Science", a 2005 NOVA documentary. Links to the Student Copy & the Master Copy (shows Answers) of the PowerPoint presentation Links to the Student Copy & the Master Copy (shows Answers) of the Lecture Handouts provided to the class Links to the Study Guide & Exam Questions given to the class based on this lecture |
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Coral Reef Ecology (October 27, 2009) A 90 minute guest lecture I gave to Dr. Nan Walker's "Introduction to Oceanography" course (undergraduate-level) at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This lecture ended by showing a short video entitled "Window In The Waves" about Flower Garden Banks (coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico) Links to the Student Copy & the Master Copy (shows Answers) of the PowerPoint presentation Links to the Student Copy & the Master Copy (shows Answers) of the Lecture Handouts provided to the class Links to the Study Guide & Exam Questions given to the class based on this lecture |
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Coral Diseases (June 2006) A 90 minute guest lecture I gave to a Graduate-level "Coral Reef Ecology" summer course taught at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) in Chauvin, Louisiana. A copy of the entire PowerPoint presentation is available online (link) A copy of the Final Exam question given to the class based on both this lecture and the articles I recommended that they read for homework after the lecture, are also available online (link) |
Teaching Evaluations
A copy of the "Teaching Assistant Course Evaluation" report submitted by Dr. Walker to both my Department & the Graduate School,
including copies of the hand-written evaluations the students filled out with regards to my overall performance as the Teaching Assistant (TA) for their Fall 2009 "Introduction to Oceanography" Course.
Handouts, Reviews, Study Guides, & Tutorials
The following are links to copies of various handouts, reviews, study guides, & tutorials that I have created over the years.
Please note, the purpose of each of these documents was to facilitate comprehension of the given material's subject matter, & NOT publication.
For this reason, while I have done my best to cite the original sources for the various figures & information in each of these documents,
there are also many cases where material is not cited.
For information on the figures & diagrams created by me, please see the albums on my Portfolio page.
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Marine Biology Terminology (2005) 9 page Review Fish Anatomy (2008) 16 page Review Pathology (2008) 184 page Review General Biology (2010) 8 page Review |
Climate Change (2010) 11 page Review Coral Stressors (2010) 8 page Review Coral Reef Ecology, Climate Change, & the IPCC Report (2009) a 5 page study guide prepared for an undergraduate-level Introduction to Oceanography course reviewing previous lectures I had given them |
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GIS & GeoSpatial Sciences
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Creating "Map Tour" Story Maps (2014) a 10 page Step-by-Step Tutorial GIS Teacher/Educational Resources (2014) a 2 page Handout for K-12 teachers How to Find, Map, and Spatially Analyze Wildlife Data in a GIS System (2013) a 17 page Step-by-Step Handout Creating Story Maps Online Tutorial (2013) a 13 page Step-by-Step Handout How to find the Latitude & Longitude of a location in decimal degrees using Google Maps (2010) a 3 page Step-by-Step Guide |
Geographic Coordinate System Conversions (2008) 1 page Handout How to Create Maps & Figures in ArcGIS 9x (2008) a 15 page Step-by-Step Guide Geospatial Instructional Figures (2009) 13 page Review Geospatial Terminology (2009) 15 Page Review Spatial Autocorrelation (2009) 10 page Review |
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Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
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General Oceanography Concepts Descriptive Oceanography (2010) a 13 page Review Famous Scientists & Oceanographers (2010) a 9 page Review Major Achievements in Oceanography (2010) a 9 page Review Chemical Oceanography Concepts Chemical Oceanography (2010) a 5 page Review Eutrophication & Hypoxia (2010) a 7 page Review Nutrient Stoichiometry (2010) a 1 page review Salinity (2010) a 12 page Review Wetland Biogeochemistry Concepts Wetland Chemical Cycles (2009) a 3 page review Mid-Term Review (2009) a 7 page review for the Mid-Term Exam Final Review (2009) a 24 page review for the Final Exam Marine & Environmental Microbiology Concepts Review 1 (2007) a 14 page review Review 2 (2007) a 35 page review |
Climate & Weather-related Concepts El Nino (2010) a 9 page Review Implications of Global Climate Change on Estuaries (2010) a 13 page Review Ecosystem Modeling & Analysis Concepts Ecosystem Modeling & Analysis (2010) a 19 page Review Physical OceanographyConcepts Ekman Transport & Coastal Seal Level (2010) a 9 page Review Global Water Cycle (2010) a 6 page Review Physical Oceanography Review (2007) 3 pages of Practice Problems with Answers Satellite Oceanography & Remote Sensing Concepts Remote Sensing (2010) Remote Sensing Terminology (2007) a 7 page Glossary of common Nomenclature & Acronyms used in Remote Sensing |
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SC&E General Information Handbook (2010) a 25 page Quick reference handbook for LSU’s School of the Coast & Environment (SC&E) Writing Basics Handout (2009) a 7 page general guide on how to avoid common writing errors, use quotations properly, figure and table formatting, and common types of citation formatting Basics of Home Maintenance & Repairs (2010) an 18 page quick reference guide |
(this page was last updated on October 05, 2021)