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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students research how surface sea temperature changes throughout the year. They draw a time series of sea surface temperatures for each month of the year and a depth profile for a summer and winter month using an OceanExplorer Profiler tool. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students interact with "The Magic School Bus" through ocean tours. They conduct experiments, create multimedia reports and play games. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine the topic of oceans in this twelve lesson unit. Ocean layers, tides, waves, currents, and marine life are probed through hands-on experiments, note taking, graph interpretation, and research. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine the concept of coral bleaching and sea surface temperature. They view a teacher demonstration, interpret sea surface temperature data, explore a website, and complete worksheets. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students compare and contrast the properties of salt water in the oceans/seas and freshwater elsewhere on the planet. They also analyze mixing caused by currents in the ocean, including the effects of warm and cold water as well as with surface currents. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 11th
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Students list data collected by marine buoys and the different kinds of moored buoys. They describe how data is transmitted worldwide. They explain the difference between near shore and offshore air and water temperatures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students explore the last frontier on Earth - the ocean. After gathering information on the ocean's physical features, resources, and ecology, the students debate the merits of developing ocean resources and building undersea human habitats. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students investigate the effects of salt and the sun on the ocean water temperatures. In small groups they make predictions, then take the temperature of water that are fresh, salty, shady, and sunny, and combinations of the four. Students record their results and discuss them as a class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students comprehend the relationship between water temperature and density. They calculate this relationship mathematically. Students relate how temperature and density play a role in ocean currents. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students work in groups, each group mixes food dye into water, pouring the water into an ice cube tray, and freezing it. They are shown a globe and students observe that all the oceans on Earth are connected to form one "world ocean." Students fill a clear baking dish with warm tap water to represent the warm water near the equator. They observe the cold water sinks and moves along the bottom of the baking dish toward the warmer water in the middle. Full Review »
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