Mr. Stephens
Oceanography
Week 26 Lessons (3/26-3/30)
Unit 7-Circulation of the Oceans and Atmosphere
Due:
GW Research ?s
Nothing
Day in Year
Day in Week
118
1
To explain the relationship
between ocean temperature
and ocean currents.
119
2
To map ocean currents using
data from container spills.
To determine temperature’s
effect on ocean currents.
California
Standard
Students know how
differential heating of Earth
results in circulation patterns
in the atmosphere and
oceans that globally
distribute the heat
Assessment
Ocean Current Overview
Notes
120
3
To review for test 7.
Notebook/Binder
Students know how
differential heating of Earth
results in circulation patterns
in the atmosphere and
oceans that globally
distribute the heat
All unit 7 Standards
All unit 7 Standards
Nothing
Nike Spill Activity/Ocean
Current Lab
Nothing
Test 7
Warm-up
MB-20 Questions
TOTD-We are all made up of pieces
of stardust.
MB-What do you see?
TOTD-We are all related by blood.
MB-What do you see?
TOTD-The air and water you
breathe and drink everyday is
billions of years old. Think about
where that air and water has been.
MB-None
TOTD-None
Agenda
(APK-First)
(EPK-Next)
∙Update Notebook/Binder
∙Nike Spill Activity
∙Check Climate Change
∙View Ocean Current Map
Research Questions
∙Ocean Current Lab
∙View Temp Map of Ocean
∙How do ocean currents affect
the ocean? (LA Hurricanes)
∙Define Current Vocabulary
(surface current, deep current,
density, salinity, upwelling,
thermohaline, gulf stream,
gyre, eddy, convection)
Review Day
∙Notebook/Binder Check
Unit 7 Test
Homework
∙Read P427-432 Geology
Book-Ocean Current
Overview Notes Due
Wednesday
Notebooks/Binders
Finish Lab by and Nike Spill
Activity by Thursday
Study
Food Coloring, Pacific
Ocean Map, Computers
Nothing
∙Preview Reading Packet
∙Post K and W on Nicenet
about waves
∙Define Key Terms
Unit 7 Test
Learning
Target
(Objective)
Materials
KeyAPK-Accessing Prior Knowledge
EPK-Extending Prior Knowledge
121
4
To show and apply your
knowledge.
Hyperlinks to documents only work on the school server
Hyperlinks to internet work anywhere
Differentiation -Laptops enable students to work at their own pace