- 1. Creating Currents
- Demonstrations model how waters of differing temperature and salinity move and layer and how wind and the earth's rotation drive currents.
- 2. Mapping Ocean Currents
- Students research and map ocean currents.
- 3. Ocean Currents
- The Ocean Currents reading describes the causes and patterns of global currents and the importance of upwelling and El Nino.
- 4. The Circulation of the Oceans
- A journal article and word puzzle summarize research on ocean currents.
- 5. Drifting with the R/V Wecoma
- Students plot real data from drift bottle recoveries to map currents off the Oregon coast.
- 6. Observations of Living Plankton
- Students observe plankton, the usually microscopic organisms carried and nourished by ocean currents.
- 7. Out of Sight
- This reading and puzzle explore the importance of plankton in marine food webs.
- 8. Satellite Images
- Students predict where phytoplankton populations will be highest in the oceans and then interpret color images made from actual satellite data.
- 9. "The Nature of Oceanic Life" - Three Level Guide
- This journal article describes the variety of marine habitats and how they are connected by currents and plankton.
- 10. Animals of the Open Ocean: Jellyfish and Nematocyst Firing
- Students test materials to find which trigger the discharge of stinging cells.
- 11. Sharks!
- Choose from a menu of activities exploring sharks and their adaptations.
- 12. A Shark Reading
- This reading summarizes external features of sharks, their feeding adaptations, their senses and issues surrounding shark fisheries.
- 13. A Shark Study
- In A Shark Study students dissect a shark and examine its external and internal anatomy.
- 14. Fish
- Students identify the functions of structures in a basic fish form and then identify how variations on that body
- 15. How Old Are You?
- Students age fish by counting growth rings on scales. The activity explores how this type of data is used to evaluate the health of a fish population.
- 16. Marine Mammals
- This reading describes the major groups of marine mammals and their adaptations.
- 17. Marine Mammal Adaptations: Blubber Mitt Lab & Staying Warm
- Students test the insulating properties of a model of blubber.
- 18. Marine Mammal Adaptations: Diving Buoyancy Lab
- Students combine materials to create a neutrally buoyant model of a whale.
- 19. Marine Mammal Adaptations: Bradycardia - The Diving Response
- Students experience and measure their own diving response as they immerse their faces in cold water.
- 20. Marine Mammal Adaptations: Echolocation
- Slinky wave puzzles are used to determine the distance between a student and an object.
- 21. Exploiting Marine Mammals
- Students examine case histories of human use and management of marine mammal populations.
- 22. The Scrimshander
- Students practice the folk art of bone carving used by early whalers on board ship to pass the time.
- 23. Whale Research: The Challenges of Counting and Monitoring a Population of Whales
- Students play the role of orca whales surfacing from time to time while student whale researchers try to get an accurate count of the whale population.
- 24. Whale Research: Orca Photo I.D.
- Students identify whales by matching photos of orcas with drawings from an orca identification catalogue.
- 25. Earth as a Greenhouse
- Students take a last look at the oceans from a global perspective by studying global climate change. They measure temperature changes in model greenhouses and examine how the earth's atmosphere creates a similar greenhouse effect.
- 26. What Comes In? What Goes Out? - An Investigation of Photosynthesis and Respiration in Water Plants
- This discrepant event lab challenges students to explain how gas exchanges by water plants cause color changes in a pH indicator.
- 27. Looking For Carbon Dioxide
- Students first measure the carbon dioxide various CO2 sources produce and then graph real data tracking CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
- 28. Looking For Another Greenhouse Gas: Methane
- Students learn about and rank sources of methane.
- 29. Global Climate Change: What Do the Scientists Say?
- This reading explores historical and prehistorical climate data and examines models of future climate change.
- 30. World Conference on Global Warming
- Students assume roles of various interest groups and make presentations at a simulated "World Conference on Global Warming".
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