MS Module 4 : Winds and Currents
Lesson 1 : Atmospheric CirculationStandard(s): SC.912.L.17.4
Objective(s): (1) Describe the results of the relationship between the sun, the atmosphere, and the oceans. (2) Explain how the uneven heating of the ocean is responsible for winds and currents. Essential Question: How does the sun affect the behavior of the atmosphere and ocean? Vocabulary: Ocean circulation, atmosphere, weather, climate, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, tropopause, stratopause, mesopause, thermopause, wind, currents, greenhouse gases, Coriolis effect Assignment(s): 4-1 Cornell Notes; Atmospheric Circulation Asmt (Intro, GP & IP) |
Lesson 2 : Surface CirculationStandard(s): SC.912.L.17.3, SC.912.N.3.5
Objective(s): (1) Indicate that energy in the ocean is distributed through currents, (2) Identify sea surface temperature and ocean currents from satellite imagery, (3) Explain how Earth’s ocean basins are interconnected through the flow of currents, (4) Relate changes in SSTs to changes in animal movements. Essential Question: How does wind and the Earth's rotation affect ocean currents? Vocabulary: Ekman transport, equatorial currents, gyres, upwelling, Antarctic Circumpolar Current Assignment(s): 4-2 Cornell Notes, Surface Circulation (Intro, GP, & IP), Map of SSTs, Duck Map |
Lesson 3 : Thermohaline CirculationStandard(s): SC.912.L.17.2
Objective(s): (1) Explain how pressure, temperature, density, salinity and light change with increasing depth, (2) Explain how temperature varies with depth in the ocean, (3) Explain how temperature and salinity cause deep ocean circulation, (4) Relate how ocean circulation impacts life in the ocean Essential Question: How does ocean temperature and salinity affect ocean currents? Vocabulary: thermocline, stability, overturn, downwelling, thermocline circulation, thermohaline circulation, great ocean conveyor, oscillations Assignment(s): 4-3 Cornell Notes, Thermohaline Circulation Asmt (Intro, GPs, & IP) |