FIVE OCEANS

TCH 347 Social Studies Methods in Elementary SchoolDepartment of Teacher Education

Instructor: Dr. Han Liu

Five Oceans

• Pacific • Atlantic• Indian• Southern• Arctic

Antarctic Ocean

• Background: The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans

• Location: body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle

• Coordinates: 90 00 N, 0 00 E

• Arctic Region Area: total: 14.056 million sq km.

• Climate: polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges

• Natural Resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish, and seals.

Atlantic Ocean

• Background: The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's

• Location: body of water between Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere

• Coordinates: 0 00 N, 25 00 W • Area: total: 76.762 million sq km • Climate: tropical cyclones

(hurricanes)• Natural resources: oil and gas

fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones

Indian Ocean

• Background: the third largest of the world's five oceans

• Location: body of water between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia, and Australia

• Coordinates: 20 00 S, 80 00 E

• Area: total: 68.556 million sq km • Climate: monsoon, tropical

cyclones• Natural resources: oil and gas

fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules

Pacific Ocean

• Background: is the largest of the world's five oceans

• Location: body of water between the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere Geographic

• Coordinates: 0 00 N, 160 00 W • Area: total: 155.557 million sq km

Area - comparative: about 15 times the size of the US; covers about 28% of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world

• Climate: planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns, trade winds, tropical cyclones (hurricanes), rainy season and dry season, tropical cyclones (typhoons)

• Natural resources: oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish

Southern Ocean• Background: is now the fourth

largest of the world's five oceans• Location: body of water between

60 degrees south latitude and Antarctica

• Coordinates: 65 00 S, 0 00 E

• Area: total: 20.327 million sq km • Climate: cyclonic storms• Natural resources: probable large

and possible giant oil and gas fields on the continental margin, manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs; squid, whales, and seals - none exploited; krill, fishes

Mnemonics

• By Tradition• AAIP: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific• By Size• PAISA: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and

Arctic

Songs for Oceans

• http://www.songsforteaching.com/geometryparkusa/waterland.htm

Identify Oceans

Identify Oceans

Terms: Climate with Oceans

• Pacific Ocean: Typhoon, trade winds, tropical cyclones, rainy and dry season

• Atlantic Ocean: Tropical cyclones / Hurricane• Indian Ocean: Monsoon, tropical cyclones• Southern Ocean: Cyclonic storms• Arctic Ocean: Polar climate characterized by

persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges

Terms: Resources

• placer deposits• manganese nodules• polymetallic nodules• Sand & gravel aggregates

Questions

• Which ocean is the newest member of world ocean family?– Southern Ocean/Antarctic Ocean – The IHO (International Hydrographic Organization)

settle that debate through a year 2000 publication by declaring, naming, and demarcating the Southern Ocean.

Extremes

• The largest ocean• The smallest ocean• The newest ocean• The ocean that counts for 28 percent of total

global surface • Water bodies count for 70 percent of total

global surface • Deepest Ocean Point Over 7 Miles Down! -

Mariana Trench (video)!

Reference

• http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blocean.htm