SUBJECT - EARTH WATER
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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
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Investigating Tides and Phases of the Moon - Ocean Globe UCLA
Lesson PlanSummary
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
The Water Cycle and Global Warming - BioEd Online
Summary
Students trace the effects of global temperature change on oceanic surface levels through model and laboratory investigations.
Concept: Water cycle
The ocean plays a major role in the water cycle, which drives changes in weather and climate.
Education Standards
The ocean plays a major role in the water cycle, which drives changes in weather and climate.
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Ocean Power - U.S. Department of Energy
Summary
Students investigate methods used to generate energy from physical ocean processes as well as design an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system.
Concept: Ocean affects humans
The ocean affects human life in many ways. The ocean provides many resources for humans.
Education Standards
The ocean affects human life in many ways. The ocean provides many resources for humans.
Education Standards
90+ mins
