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Lesson 11: Oceanography

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LWYepx_Ns8&list=PLX4XdbwOThX-7FdPDFj-THcE8UvDR6iOf&index=12

*These videos are recordings of lessons Reef Relief hosted on Facebook Live during the COVID19 shutdown.

Key Points:

  • What is oceanography?
  • Geological Oceanography
  • Pangea
  • Tectonic Plates
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Waves, Tides, Currents
  • The story of the rubber duck
  • Ocean Zones
  • Chemical Oceanography
  • Salt, CO2, Ocean Acidification
  • Pollution

Activity:

-Worksheet 1: Anatomy of a Wave

-Worksheet 2: Ocean Currents

-Worksheet 3: Ocean zones

-Worksheet 4: Temperature and Currents

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4pWafuvdrY&t=50s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xtgtJTC2go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fcXL61NZS0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M6eWK4VG1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA2-Vc4PIOY

References:

http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/ocean-layers.html

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whysalty.html

https://blog.littlelives.com/explain-to-kids-the-ocean-97adcf2ba224

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/acid-ocean/

https://www.rubicon.com/blog/ocean-pollution-facts/