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Study Jams! The Ocean Floor InteractiveStudy Jams! The Ocean Floor Interactive
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4th - 9th
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Study Jams! The Ocean Floor

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Under the sea, the geography is as varied as it is on land! Young oceanographers find out about continental shelves, abyssal plains, seamounts, trenches, and mid-ocean ridges by viewing and reading the eight high-quality slides. Then they can reinforce what they learn by taking a seven-question quiz.

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Concepts

mid-ocean ridges, the continental shelf, trenches

Additional Tags

ocean bottom profile, continental shelf, seamount, trench, mid-ocean ridge, science

Pros

Colorful photographs and neat artistic maps make up the slides

  • A Test Yourself quiz is available for immediate feedback
  • Slides move and background music plays for added interest

Cons

  • Vocabulary list is limited to two terms; consider adding seamount, abyssal plain, trench, mid-ocean ridge and continental shelf to the list

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