Ocean Unit Outline DayDateWhat must be accomplished Monday1/5Ocean Vocabulary Flipbook (40min) Planet Earth Shallow Seas (20:00) Tuesday1/6Ocean Vocabulary Flipbook cont. Planet Earth Shallow Seas (21:00) Wednesday 1/7Project 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 1/9Ocean Project Workday – Chromebooks Monday 1/12Media Center Workday (McAven) Finish bookwork Study Guide Tuesday 1/13 Media Center Workday (Bednar) Finish bookwork Study Guide Wednesday1/14Media Center Workday (Simcox) Finish bookwork Study Guide Thursday 1/15Ocean Test (± Planet Earth Deep Oceans) Project Workday Friday 1/16Project Workday - Chromebooks Thursday1/22Project Workday - Chromebooks Friday1/23Project Due Blackfish

Class Copy – Please do NOT write on this paper Chapter 4 Ocean Bookwork Chapter 4 Section 3 Read pgs 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. Class Copy – Please do NOT write on this paper Chapter 5 Ocean Bookwork