MIT Coastal Climate Change Toolkit
A Scientific Framework with Hands-On Experiments
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Environmental Explainers:
Changes in water density
What is it? How is it changing? Why does it matter?
Start here:
Science Overview
NASA Salinity
Short article with good graphics and 3 short videos. Describes how scientists are not certain how changes in salinity impact the ocean, and that they continue to use NASA satellites to monitor and study variations in ocean salinity. Most relevant section is "Density-Driven Circulation" which has brief text and a good video.
Recommend for middle school and up.
Learn more:
Ocean Currents
Rod Benson
Fun video (<3 min) showing a water density experiment. Compares water that is salty, cold, room temperature and hot.
Recommend for middle school and up.
A Bellweather for Our Changing Water Cycle
Storymaps.arcgis.com
Scroll through this "Storymap" for a variety of graphics that explain why it is important to monitor salinity of water along the coast. Good to skim for an overview.
Recommend for middle school and up.
We’d love to hear how you used this tool in your community, how the students responded, and your suggestions to improve the experiments and other resources. Contact us at ccsae@mit.edu.
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