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- 2nd - 8th
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Students become familiar with oceanography terms by writing an oceanography horror story. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the factors that cause and affect tides. They analyze different tide patterns and discuss what can affect the variations of these patterns. Thye describe how tides affect our lives. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the forces that cause and affect tides. They discuss the effect of lunar cycles on living organisms. They analyze different investigations to determine if lunar cycles affect specific phenomena in living organisms. 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 »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students research and they role-play the behavior of plants and animals in a salt marsh habitat as the tides change. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students work in groups to research ocean currents and create posters with their findings. They locate the patterns and names of major ocean currents and identify them on a map. Students also use red pencil to show ocean currents on a map. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study the topography of the ocean floor. They determine its ever changing nature as they examine currents and trade winds. They write paragraph describing how the winds might affect land formations after the discussion of ocean currents. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students take a provided ocean Trivia Quiz in order to start a discussion of the ocean. They then perform an experiment on how the amount of salt in the ocean affects it and varies from ocean to ocean. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students explore Afro-American history. They identify the commonality between African, Carolinian and Cleveland Black culture. Students explore the water cycle, oceanography, hydrology and bio-geochemical processes. They discuss the interconnected nature of Earth cycles and draw parallels between historical accounts and present day events. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students take this course as an introduction to the aspects of marine geology and oceanography that affect the environment and marine resources. Topics include estuarine oceanography and sediments, eutrophication of coastal waters, primary productivity, waves and tides, sea level history, glacial geology of coastal Maine, and an introduction to plate tectonics. Full Review »
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