PPT-Connect your learning Can you name any of the ocean currents?

Are there any patterns on the wind direction animation Using evidence from the Sea Surface Temperature and Wind Speed map can you say why we get ocean currents Ocean currents and sea surface temperature . Rockefeller Jr Memorial PKWY Big Hole NB Cowpens NB Fort Donelson NB Fort Necessity NB Moores Creek NB Petersburg NB Stones River NB Tupelo NB Wilsons Creek NB Kennesaw Mountain NBP Richmond NBP Brices Cross Roads NBS Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP While written to incorporate computer technology the lesson can be easily adapted to paper and pen Lesson Objective Students will compose a series of slides based on the exhibits at OC The teacher may select one type of exhibit such as those that co Early ocean studies. For much of human history, knowledge of the ocean and its currents was not recorded for many reasons - most sailors could not write and information was passed orally.. European nations began systematic ocean explorations but kept information secret between the 15. Sketch Castaway Island. Show how waves impact your island. Sketch Castaway Island. We are going to watch a short clip from the movie Castaway (2000) and I am going to ask you to draw a simple sketch of the island as you saw it in the movie.. Currents. Ocean water contains streamlike movements of water called . ocean currents.. Currents can travel extremely far. In ancient times, currents were largely responsible for any human travel across the oceans. It is believed that currents carried the ancient Peruvians over 6,000 km across the south pacific to Polynesia. . Global winds. Ocean Currents . Local winds. Coriolis Effect. Because the Earth rotates, and consists of a mixture of land and sea, the . Coriolis Effect . exists. The . Coriolis Effect. is the movement of particles (such as air) to the right in the Northern Hemisphere. 6. th. Grade Earth Science. Currents. A current is a large stream of water that flows through the ocean. . Two types of currents. Surface Currents Deep Currents. What is a current?. 1. An Ocean Current . is a directed, continuous movement of ocean water generated by various forces.. 2. Currents are caused by various factors:. Temperature. Different salinity levels. The water in the ocean moves in giant streams called currents.. Scientists place ocean currents into two major categories: surface currents and deep currents.. Surface . Currents. Ocean currents that occur at 328 feet deep or above. Created by Winds. Coriolis Effect- The shifting of ocean currents and surface winds from their expected paths caused by the rotation of the earth. Gulf Steam – ocean current in the northern Atlantic ocean, brings warm water from Africa to the Americas. How do different currents form. What is upwelling. What do ocean currents transfer. Predict. T F. Ocean currents are always cold. C. ontinents affect the direction of currents. Currents only flow near the surface of the ocean. Warm Up & Spiral . November 4. How are surface currents created?. How are deep ocean currents created? . What are 2 factors that affect the density of water?. What is upwelling? . Objectioves. : 8.E.1.1/1.2. Ocean Current Layers. Surface Currents. . – . top . 10% of the ocean; upper 400 m. Deep Currents . – lower 90% of the ocean. Properties . of . Ocean . Water . How they impact ocean currents. Temperature. Chapter 14. Page 364 – 387. Currents. Imagine that you are stranded on a desert island. You stuff a distress message into a bottle & throw it into the ocean, hoping it will find its way to someone who will send help. .