Transcript Ocean Unit Outline - Johnston County Schools

Ocean Unit Outline
Day
Date
What must be accomplished
Monday
1/5
Ocean Vocabulary Flipbook (40min)
Planet Earth Shallow Seas (20:00)
Tuesday
1/6
Ocean Vocabulary Flipbook cont.
Planet Earth Shallow Seas (21:00)
Wednesday
1/7
Project Introduction
Oceans Powerpoint – copy details
Plan project
Thursday
1/8
CH. 4 section 3 & 4
CH. 5 section 1 & 2 (worksheet)
CH. 5 section 3 & 4
Friday
1/9
Ocean Project Workday – Chromebooks
Monday
1/12
Media Center Workday (McAven)
Finish bookwork
Study Guide
Tuesday
1/13
Media Center Workday (Bednar)
Finish bookwork
Study Guide
Wednesday
1/14
Media Center Workday (Simcox)
Finish bookwork
Study Guide
Thursday
1/15
Ocean Test (± Planet Earth Deep Oceans)
Project Workday
Friday
1/16
Project Workday - Chromebooks
Thursday
1/22
Project Workday - Chromebooks
Friday
1/23
Project Due
Blackfish
Class Copy – Please do NOT write on this paper
Chapter 4 Ocean Bookwork
Chapter 4 Section 3
• Read pgs. 154-159
• Answer the following questions in complete sentences and restate each question.
1B. Describe one factor that increases the salinity of seawater and one factor that decreases
its salinity.
2B. How do carbon dioxide and oxygen levels in the oceans compare to those in the air?
3B. Where in the water column would you expect to find the following conditions: the highest
pressure readings; the densest waters; the warmest temperatures?
Chapter 4 Section 4
• Read pgs. 162 – 167
• Answer the following questions in complete sentences and restate each question.
1B. What causes surface currents to occur? How do surface currents affect the climate of
coastal areas?
2B. Compare the causes and effects of deep currents and surface currents.
3B. Why are huge schools of fish usually found in zones of upwelling?
3C. Why would the ability to predict the occurrence of El Nino be important for the fishing
industry on the western coast of South America?
Class Copy – Please do NOT write on this paper
Chapter 5 Ocean Bookwork
Chapter 5 Section 1 & Section 2
• Read pgs. 176 – 184
• Read pgs. 187 – 190
• Complete the “Ocean Zones” Worksheet
Chapter 5 Section 3
• Read pgs. 192 – 195
• Answer the following questions in complete sentences and restate each question.
1B. Explain what a sea anemone does when it is not covered by water.
2. What are estuaries?
2A. Identify two types of coastal wetlands.
2B. List two ways that these environments are alike and two ways they are different.
Chapter 5 Section 4
• Read pgs. 196 – 203
• Answer the following questions in complete sentences and restate each question.
1B. Explain how neritic-zone conditions support the growth of plankton.
2B. Compare and contrast the physical conditions that support coral reefs and kelp forests.
3B. Summarize the conditions that exist around hydrothermal vents.