Ocean Unit OutlineDay 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 BookworkChapter 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?

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.

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Chapter 5 Ocean Bookwork