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Ocean Unit

Description: 

Students will be focusing on two chapters (six sections) pertaining to "Oceans." Everything from Ocean Composition and Waves and Tides, to Life in the Ocean and Ocean Pollution. Learning will be interactive with online, as well as, small group instruction.

Learning Targets: 
*Identify the origin of the water in Earth’s oceans. *Explain how dissolved salts and other substances get into seawater. *Describe the composition of seawater.
*Explain how winds and the Coriolis effect influence surface currents. *Discuss the temperatures of coastal waters. *Describe density currents.
*Describe wave formation. *Distinguish between the movement of water particles in a wave and the movement of the wave. *Explain how ocean tides form.
*Differentiate between a continental shelf and a continental slope. *Describe a mid-ocean ridge, an abyssal plain, and an ocean trench. *Identify the mineral resources found on the continental shelf and in the deep ocean.
*Describe photosynthesis and chemosynthesis in the oceans. *List the key characteristics of plankton, nekton, and benthos. *Compare and contrast ocean margin habitats. *List five types of ocean pollution. *Explain how ocean pollution affects the entire w
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Author: 
kellypennell
Content Area: 
Science
Earth and Space Science
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Unit
Licensing: 
All rights reserved.
Grade: 
6
Next Generation and Michigan Science
Next Generation and Michigan Science: 
MS-ESS2-3
Tags: 
cohort 05-14-18

How are the standards/objectives assessed?

Each resource was researched to make sure it aligns with standards and fully encompasses what it being taught.

Student prerequisite skills and knowledge

A basic overview of oceanography and sealife in many forms. 

How is the concept or procedure explained or demonstrated?

Each concept is first read about with note taking following. From their students will work online or in groups to complete hands on tasks.

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

Chapter 4/Section 1 Objectives:*Identify the origin of the water in Earth’s oceans. *Explain how dissolved salts and other substances get into seawater. *Describe the composition of seawater.

Chapter 4/Section 2 Objectives:*Explain how winds and the Coriolis effect influence surface currents. *Discuss the temperatures of coastal waters. *Describe density currents.

Chapter 4/Section 3 Objectives: *Describe wave formation. *Distinguish between the movement of water particles in a wave and the movement of the wave. *Explain how ocean tides form.

Chapter 5/Section 1 Objectives:*Differentiate between a continental shelf and a continental slope. *Describe a mid-ocean ridge, an abyssal plain, and an ocean trench. *Identify the mineral resources found on the continental shelf and in the deep ocean.

Chapter 5/Section 2 Objectives: *Describe photosynthesis and chemosynthesis in the oceans. *List the key characteristics of plankton, nekton, and benthos. *Compare and contrast ocean margin habitats.

Chapter 5/Section 3 Objectives: *List five types of ocean pollution.*Explain how ocean pollution affects the entire world.*Describe how ocean pollution can be controlled.

 

 

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

I have had great success with this unit! Not only is it interactive, but it focuses on group interactions as well. As for advice, give yourself a good month to complete this unit, as it is time consuming and lengthy. Also, familiarize yourself with some of the digital tools (Google docs, Power Point, etc.)