Unit Plan
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Activity: Demo for Density

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, students look at Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins, or DHABs, that are present in the Eastern Mediterranean, and make a model of a DHAB to investigate how liquids that have different densities can form layers. This...
Lesson Plan
Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Gulf of Maine Aquarium: Comparing Oceans: Warm Up to the Gulf Stream

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site features some background information and a satellite image of the Gulf Stream that you can analyze using information also given at the site. There is a link to an activity about the formation of eddies along the Gulf Stream as...