Oceanography Lesson Resources

Items listed on this page may be added, removed, and/or modified as we progress through the school year.

• Chapter 2 Readings (Moodle)
• Chapter 2 Outline (pdf)
• Chapter 2 Figures (pdf)
• Section 2-1 & 2-2 Practice Questions (pdf)
• Section 2-3 Practice Questions (pdf)

• Chapter 3 Readings (Moodle)
• Chapter 3 Outline (pdf)
• Chapter 3 Figures (pdf)
• Section 3-1 & 3-2 Practice Questions (pdf)
• Section 3-3 Practice Questions (pdf)

The Planet Oceanus, Chapter 2

• The Earth's Structure, Section 2-1
• EARTH The Power of the Planet: Atmosphere (role of stromatolites in creation of atm @ ~35-43)
• The Physiography of the Ocean Floor, Section 2-2
  • Ocean Bathymetry, Figure 2-2 (jpg)
  • ACTIVITY INVESTIGATION: Building an Ocean Floor Profile
    • Background, Learning Outcomes, and Glossary (pdf)
    • Activity Procedure and Data (pdf)
    • Data Analysis Questions (pdf)
    • Graph Paper (pdf)
  • Drain the Ocean, National Geographic
    • Part I (video, youtube, 14:45)
      topic notes: technology, canyons
      
    • Part II (video, youtube, 14:34)
      topic notes: start = bioluminescence, @ ~4 min = island formation
      
    • Part III (video, youtube, 14:47)
      topic notes: start = deep water coral mounds, @ ~3 min = altimetry, ~8 to ~11 min = midocean ridge & plate tectonics
      
    • Part IV (video, youtube, 14:25 )
      topic notes: midocean ridge & biota
    • Part V (video, youtube, 14:42)
      topic notes: @ ~1:30 = abyssal plain
    • Part VI (video, youtube, 14:11)
      topic notes: start to ~8 min = underwater landslides and resulting tsunamis, @ ~ 8 min = subduction zones and trenches
• Geologic Differences between Continents and Ocean Basins, Section 2-3
• Audio Pronunciation for Mohorovicic discontinuity, or Moho (website)
• LAB INVESTIGATION: Exploring Density and Isostasy
  • Investigation Procedure, Data Tables, and Analysis Questions (pdf)

The Origin of Ocean Basins, Chapter 3

• Continental Drift, Section 3-1
• Sea-Floor Spreading, Section 3-2
  • Magnetic Mineral Alignment (1:48)
• Global Plate Tectonics, Section 3-3
  • ACTIVITY INVESTIGATION: Plate Tectonics Modeling
    • Activity Procedure and Questions (pdf)
    • Geoblox Plate Tectonics Model on cardstock (will get from me)
    • Boundary Evidence Table (will get from me)
  • ACTIVITY INVESTIGATION: Continental Margin Types
    • Background, Learning Outcomes, and Glossary (pdf)
    • Raised Relief Map of the Ocean Floor (jpg)
    • Additional Resource: Continental Margins, Dept. of Geology, UPRM (pdf)
    • Activity Procedure (pdf)
    • Data Analysis Questions (pdf)
    • Blank World Map (pdf)