Description
Do you teach your students about ocean currents and atmospheric circulation? This unit will help you teach your students how global winds and ocean currents affect regional climate. Students will learn about the Coriolis effect, the uneven heating of the earth, the global conveyor belt, and more!
Aligns with standard: MS ESS2-6 Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
What is included in this unit?
•Detailed Lesson Plan
•Informative Slide Show
•Guided Notes
•Three pages of labeling and fill-in-the-blank
•Four Pages of Informational Text
•Two pages of Comprehension Questions
•Vocabulary Activity
•Extensions: The Gulf Stream and El Niño and La Niña
•Quiz
•Answer Keys
Google™ Slides and PDF Options
Concepts:
•Ocean Currents
•Surface Currents
•The Coriolis Effect
•Ocean Gyres
•The Global Conveyor Belt
•Planetary Winds
•Convection Currents
•Upwelling
•Uneven Heating of the Earth
•Climate Zones
•Weather Patterns
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