North Carolina Essential Standards
EEn.1.1.2 Explain how the Earth’s rotation and revolution about the Sun affect its shape and is related to seasons and tides.
EEn.2.1.1 Infer the relationship between the type of plate boundary and the locations of various features such as ocean trenches, mountain ranges and mid-ocean ridges.
EEn.2.3.1 Explain how water is an energy agent (currents and heat transfer).
Unit 4: Oceanography
How does the ocean circulate resources
around the planet?
Unit Timeline
W 10/30 Discuss Zones of the Ocean / "Blue Planet - Open Ocean" DVD with Questions
R 10/31 Discuss Bathymetry / Graphing the Ocean Floor Activity
F 11/01 NO SCHOOL
M 11/04 BATHY QUIZ / Discuss Shorelines / "Mystery at the Beach" Sand Lab
T 11/05 QUIZ SHORELINES / Discuss Water Chemistry with Demo / "Acid Test" Video with Questions
W 11/06 QUIZ CHEMISTRY / Discuss Tides / Tides Activity Packet
R 11/07 QUIZ TIDES / Discuss Currents and Waves / Currents Coloring
F 11/08 OCEANOGRAPHY TEST