--- title: Around Campus - Oceanography Lab description: Around Campus - Oceanography Lab image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_010-Oct-04-2024-03-42-29-9758-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Around Campus - Oceanography Lab Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on October 4, 2024 at 3:45 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Students in [Earth and Geographic Sciences](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/academic-schools/school-health-and-natural-sciences/earth-and-geographic-sciences-department) Professor [Elizabeth Gordon's](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/elizabeth-gordon) Oceanography class learn about the density and salinity of seawater in the Antonucci Science Complex. This course is designed to provide students with an overview of fundamental scientific concepts that describe ocean processes. 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