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SciGuide |
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based on 1 review |
| Publication Date: |
5/1/2005 |
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High School |
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Description
The oceans cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface and play a major role in regulating the weather and climate of the planet. Earth’s oceans absorb heat from sunlight, hold on to that heat, and transport it around the globe through the movement of ocean currents. The motion of the atmosphere, or winds, above it, also affects the oceans currents. The energy in the wind gets transferred to the ocean at the ocean surface affecting the motion of the water there. With the use of sensitive instruments we are able to get a better view of the functioning of our oceans and atmosphere.
This science guide will point teachers and students to resources to help develop a better understanding of some of the factors that impact Earth's weather and climate. Sites with recent research and satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other organizations help students understand how changes in temperature or air circulation are part of complex, longer-term cycles. They'll also learn about the interconnections between air, sea, and land and that any change could have multiple causes—and multiple effects.
Ideas For Use
A Science Guide is a valuable classroom resource for science teachers interested in integrating the web into their teaching. Each guide consists of approximately 100 web-accessible resources (URLs) that have been aligned to the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and vetted across eight educational rubrics, such as Inquiry, Interactivity, Communication/ Collaboration, How Scientists Learn, etc. These URL resources have been assembled in a thematic drill-down structure with linked lesson plans, vignettes, samples of student work and MP3 files that demonstrate how the Guide’s URLs can be utilized in a classroom. Ultimately, a Science Guide is a resource that saves educators time by providing exemplary web resources that have been pre-evaluated and aligned to the National Science Education Standards.
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Global climate change
Water cycle
Atmosphere
Earth's water
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| Intended User Role: | High-School Educator, Informal Educator, New Teacher, Professional Development Provider, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Achievement, Assessment of students, Careers, Curriculum, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Integrating technology, Teacher content knowledge, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
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| Resource Format: | audio/mp3, text/html |
National Standards Correlation
This resource has 8 correlations with the National Standards.
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- Earth Science
- Changes in earth and sky
- Weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
- Structure of the earth system
- Water, which covers the majority of the earth's surface, circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the "water cycle."
- Water evaporates from the earth's surface, rises and cools as it moves to higher elevations, condenses as rain or snow, and falls to the surface where it collects in lakes, oceans, soil, and in rocks underground.
- A watershed is entire areas of land that are drained by a river.
- Oceans have a major effect on climate, because water in the oceans holds a large amount of heat.
- Energy in the earth system
- Heating of earth's surface and atmosphere by the sun drives convection within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents. (9-12)
- Global climate is determined by energy transfer from the sun at and near the earth's surface. (9-12)
- The greenhouse effect is the warming effect on the air caused by heat rising from the surface of the Earth and being trapped by gases in the troposphere. (9-12)
State Standards Correlation
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Customer Reviews
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Reviewed by: Greg on May 8, 2008 |
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After spending quite a bit of time getting lost in the resources linked from the “Effects of Oceans on Weather and Climate,” I realized something important. The websites linked from the guide were all very, very good! I wanted to collect good resources for a meteorology unit, and I had spent a considerable amount of time search for material online, using conventional search engines, and bouncing around from one site to the next. It was fairly hit-and-miss. Some of the sites were good…potentially useful. But many were a waste of my time. However, it seemed that all the sites included in this SciGuide were not only high-quality, but they were also organized from the SciGuide itself in a way that made sense. I highly recommend this resource for Earth science teachers looking for an organized collection of meteorology resources! |