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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Deep Sea Fishing for Facts

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read each question and click on the Web link located next to it. They find the answer to the question and type in their answer below the questions. When finished, they print off their page and turn it in.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jeannette

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers develop hypothesis about what might happen when salt water is frozen. In groups, they freeze ice samples with different salt concentrations. They use the internet to research the situation of the Jeannette to discover...
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Lesson Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Hot, Cold, Fresh and Salty

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students simulate ocean water characteristics in order to recognize that the effects of salinity and temperature are the drivers of thermohaline circulation.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Salty Is the Sea?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Have you ever been swimming at the beach and gotten some water in your mouth by mistake? Then you know that the ocean is very salty. Bodies of freshwater also contain some salt, but much less compared to oceans. In this experiment you...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Density of Salty Water

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment to test what happens when ocean water hits a freshwater estuary. Each step is demonstrated with photographs and the difference between salinity and density is explained.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Water Science for Schools Why Is the Ocean Salty?

For Students 3rd - 8th
This U.S. Geological Survey website offers one explanation of why the ocean is salty. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Oceans

For Students 1st - 6th
Learn about the five oceans of the Earth, life in the oceans, and why oceans are salty.

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