Ocean Currents
Station A
How the Ocean Moves
Stop at 10:05
Watch the video, and answer the questions on your "Ocean Currents Stations" worksheet.
Station B
Water is Everything - Ocean Currents (Readworks Article)Water is Everything
The article is attached to your Ocean Currents Stations packet.
Read the article, and answer the questions.
HIGHLIGHT and LABEL the article where you found the answers to the questions for #1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10.
Click for: Article AUDIO
Click for: Questions AUDIO
Station D
NASA | The Ocean
Click the picture above and click "Login." Complete the "NASA | The Ocean: A Driving Force for Weather and Climate " assignment.
Station E
Air and Water
Check out this cool simulation of air and water currents.....they both form because of energy transfer from the sun!
*I recommend turning the volume down...there are no words, but the music is annoying!*
Station F
How do ocean currents work?
Watch the video, and answer the questions on your "Ocean Currents Stations" worksheet.
Station G
Orb of Ti-tel-eist
Use the spoon to move the golf ball to different cups, and observe how it behaves. The cups have different amounts of salt dissolved in the water. More salt = more dense.
The golf ball will float if it is placed in a fluid that is more dense than the ball itself, and it will sink if it is placed in a fluid that is less dense than itself.
Station H
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
It's not so "great" if you ask me!
Just watch.
