Because it recognizes the importance of U.S. coastal areas to the nation's economy, the U.S. National Ocean Service has formed a task force that is studying the trends and impacts of hurricanes on coastal regions. They have invited your students to participate.
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Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
This lesson is taken from NASA's Phytopia: Discovery of the Marine Ecosystem written in partnership with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science with funding from the National Science Foundation.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
In this experiment, students make a claim about the cause of ocean currents and then develop a model to explain the role of salinity and density in deep ocean currents. This lesson is modified from "Visit to an Ocean Planet" Caltech and NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Grade Level: 3-5
In this activity, students will model the geometry of solar eclipses using quarters to represent the Sun and Moon (not to scale).
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Students model Earth's tectonic plate movement and explore the relationship between these movements and different types of volcanoes.