Unit 2.1- Oceans

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Unit 2.1- Oceans

• Introduction and Island Formations

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Homeroom Bell Work October 6

• What was your favorite part from outdoor ed?
• What did you learn at outdoor ed that you can use
  throughout the year?

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Bell Work October 6

• Agenda
• Turn in Extra Credit and Test Corrections
• Planner Observation Questions
• Need shoe box and newspapers
• Notes
• World Map
• Demo
• Start Homework

• Bell Work
• Make a list of everything you know about oceans
  (not ocean life, well get to that later)

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Key Vocabulary

• Continent One of seven great landmasses on Earth
• Hemisphere a region of the Earth either north or
  south of the equator

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The 5 Major Ocean

• Pacific
• the largest ocean in the world, covering about
  1/3 of the earths surface
• It contains more than ½ of Earths saltwater
  (almost as much as Atlantic and Indian Combined)
• Ave. Depth 13,215ft (deepest ocean)
• Atlantic
• 2nd largest, covers almost 1/5th of earths
  surface
• Ave. Depth 12,880ft
• 90 of fish caught for food is from the Atlantic
• Indian
• 3rd largest ocean
• Ave. Depth 13,002 ft (deepest pt at 24,441ft)

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The 5 Major Ocean

• 4. Arctic
• Smallest and shallowest Ocean
• Ave. Depth of 3,953ft (max depth 17,880ft)
• Only ocean surrounded almost completely by land
• 5. Southern
• Recognized as the 5th ocean in 2000
• Ocean bordering Antarctica (at 60 degrees S
  latitude)
• 4th largest ocean

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How much of Earth is Covered in Water?

• Basketball Demonstration
• Graduated Cylinder Demonstration

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Water on Earth

• Earth is 71 Water
• How much of this is fresh water?
• How much of that fresh water is available for us
  to use?
• Gallon Demo

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Fresh Water on Earth

• Earth is covered in 71 water
• This includes frozen water, ground water, water
  in the atmosphere, water in the biosphere
  (plants, animals, etc), lakes, rivers, etc.
• Only 3 of water on Earth is fresh water
• This includes water in lakes, rivers, ground
  water, etc
• Of that 3 of water, only an extremely small
  portion is available for us to use

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Bell Work October 7

• Agenda
• Turn in Ocean Observations Homework
• Planner Think about Presentation Structure
• Need shoe box and newspapers
• Notes
• Research

• Bell Work
• Which ocean is the largest?
• How much of the worlds water supply is
  accessible fresh water?

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Vocab/Facts

• Island any comparatively small body of land
  completely surrounded by water
• Australia is the smallest island continent in the
  world
• Greenland is the worlds largest island
• Great Britain, Japan, and Australia are island
  nations
• Hawaii is an island state of the United States

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Three Ways to Make an Island

• Rising Sea Level
• Coral
• Volcanism

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Island Presentation

• With your group, research one of the following
  islands
• The Galapagos Islands
• Inaccessible Island
• Long Island
• Madagascar
• Surtsey
• With your group, fill out the Island
  Investigation Worksheet.
• Must use full sentences and be extremely detailed
• Prepare a presentation of your island for Thursday