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Project Earth Science: Physical Oceanography, Revised 2nd Edition

by: Alfredo L. Aretxabaleta, Gregg R. Brooks, and Nancy W. West

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How well can your students—
• Explain why ice floats?
• Model ocean currents?
• Predict tides?
• Describe the proper clean-up of an oil spill?

Project Earth Science: Physical Oceanography, Revised 2nd Edition, immerses students in activities that focus on water, the substance that covers nearly three-quarters of Earth's surface. Eighteen ready-to-use, teacher-tested classroom activities and supplemental readings offer explorations and straightforward explanations to foster intuitive understanding of key science concepts. Students cover topics such as the structure of water molecules, saltwater and freshwater mixing, and tidal forces as they create waves, dissolve substances, float eggs, and more. Background materials for students and teachers, detailed and illustrated procedures for doing hands-on activities, and supplemental resources provide all the tools necessary to make a splash in the classroom.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments





Introduction


Additions and Changes to Revised 2nd Edition


About Project Earth Science: Physical Oceanography


Creating Scientific Knowledge


Observing and the Problem of Scale


Getting Ready for Classroom Instruction


Key Concepts


Project Earth Science: Physical Oceanography and the National Science

Education Standards


Safety in the Classroom Practices


Standards Organizational Matrix


Activities at a Glance Matrix





Activities


Activity 1 A Pile of Water


Activity 2 A Sticky Molecule


Activity 3 Over and Under—Why Water’s Weird


Activity 4 How Water Holds Heat


Activity 5 Water—The Universal Solvent


Activity 6 Won’t You BB My Hydrometer?


Activity 7 Ocean Layers


Activity 8 The Myth of Davy Jones’s Locker


Activity 9 Estuaries—Where the Rivers Meet the Sea


Activity 10 Current Events in the Ocean


Activity 11 Body Waves


Activity 12 Waves and Wind in a Box


Activity 13 Tanks a Lot—Activities for a Wave Tank (Teacher Demonstration)


Activity 14 Plotting Tidal Curves


Activity 15 Tides Mobile


Activity 16 The Bulge on the Other Side of Earth


Activity 17 Oily Spills


Activity 18 Forever Trash





Readings


Introduction


Reading 1 Water: The Sum of Its Parts


Reading 2 The Ocean


Reading 3 The Tides: A Balance of Forces


Reading 4 Waves


Reading 5 The Ocean: A Global View





Constructing a Wave Tank


Resources


About the Authors


Index


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Grade Levels

Elementary High School Middle School

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Type NSTA Press BookPub Date 9/20/2011ISBN 978-1-936959-02-0Stock # PB298X3

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