CONCEPT - OCEAN WATER MOVEMENT
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Surface Circulation Model - COSEE Coastal Trends 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students construct a clay model to become familiar with the forces which produce circulation patterns in ocean basins and to predict patterns or eddy development with variances in bathymetry.
Concept: Ocean water movement
Ocean circulation is interconnected and is powered by wind, tides, force of Earth
Education Standards
Ocean circulation is interconnected and is powered by wind, tides, force of Earth
Education Standards
45 minsTake Ride on the Gulf Stream - COSEE Coastal Trends
Summary
Students use ocean observing system data to track and define various aspects of the Gulf Stream.
Concept: Ocean water movement
Ocean circulation is interconnected and is powered by wind, tides, force of Earth
Education Standards
Ocean circulation is interconnected and is powered by wind, tides, force of Earth
Education Standards
The Nike Shoe Investigation - UCLA Marine Science Center
Lesson PlanSummary
In 1990, a container ship lost 60,000 pairs of sneakers in rough seas. Students calculate the speed and direction of the major surface currents in the north Pacific gyre by tracking and plotting the pathway of the floating sneakers.
Concept: Ocean water movement
Ocean circulation is interconnected and is powered by wind, tides, force of Earth
Education Standards
Ocean circulation is interconnected and is powered by wind, tides, force of Earth
Education Standards
Investigating Tides and Phases of the Moon - Ocean Globe UCLA
Summary
Students use lunar cycles and tide charts to graph the inter-relationship between tidal patterns and lunar cycles.
Concept: Ocean water movement
Ocean circulation is interconnected and is powered by wind, tides, force of Earth
Education Standards
Ocean circulation is interconnected and is powered by wind, tides, force of Earth
Education Standards
