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- 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 experiment to find out about ocean currents and the difference between salt and fresh water. They study the effect of wind on surface currents, how fresh water floats on top of salt water, and the difference between ocean water and fresh water. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 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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- 7th - 9th
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Students label the names, relative temperature, distribution, and direction of flow of major ocean currents on a world map. They also explore and model the natural forces that affect the movement of ocean currents through demonstrations in class, laboratory experiments, and internet research. 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 »
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- 6th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the ocean and how it effects the climate. They conduct research using a variety of resources. They collect data and make comparisons according to climate regions. Students also look at the cooling rates of land and water. Full Review »
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- 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 »

