1. Ocean Currents

2. Mr. Parr on Currents

3. Current
A horizontal movement of water, such as the Gulf Stream off the east coast of North America, or air such as the Jet Stream

4. Study Jams on Waves and Currents

5. Gulf Stream
A warm swift current in the Atlantic Ocean that flows from the Gulf of Mexico along the eastern coast of the US and then northeast towards Europe

6. Ben Franklin mapped the Gulf Stream

7. North Equatorial Current
Ocean current near the Equator that flows East-West in the northern hemisphere

8. South Equatorial Current
Ocean current near the Equator that flows east-west in the southern hemisphere

9. Humboldt Current
Ocean current that flows northward along the western coast of South America; brings cool water north to the Equator; also known as the Peru Current; the presence or lack of this current is a vital part of the El Nino pattern

10. The Humboldt Current
On Discovery Education

11. El Nino
The unusual warming of the surface waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. It causes changes in wind patterns that have major effects on weather all across the globe.

12. El Nino

13. La Nina
A widespread cooling of the surface waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. It’s the opposite of El Nino

14. La Nina

15. Bill Nye on Ocean Currents