Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective
In this activity, students make a claim about the cause of ocean currents and then develop a model to explain the role of temperature and density in deep ocean currents. This lesson is modified from "Visit to an Ocean Planet" Caltech and NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory.