Module 5
Help for Lesson 5.03
Help for Lessons 5.04 and 5.05
Help for 5.04 and 5.05 : El Nino and La Nina
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5.09 Blubber Lab
Here is an excellent shot of one of the student labs with the blubber lab. Notice the Crisco, 2 plastic bags so you don't get your hands dirty, and this was stuck in the ice water. I hope this helps you visually prepare for the lab.
5.09 Blubber Lab HTML:
Read this article for an experiment idea for lesson 5.10!!!
This is a GREAT article about phytoplankton & global CO2 Levels.
Mrs.McGowen's Module 5 notes:
Notes on Module Five: currents, El Nino,hurricanes,
krill, penguins, and the blubber lab.
5.02 Currents - this activity is fairly easy, with one exception. In the first set of four currents, as you determine the direction of the currents, you must be careful. Two of them appear at first glance to be going in one direction, but if you trace their entire path with your finger, you’ll see that they curve around and actually have a path in the opposite direction. Here’s hint: each set of four currents will all go in the same direction.
5.03 Continuing with Currents - now you’ll be answering questions using the information from your 5.02 chart, as well as other links. Please take care and be thoughtful with your answers. For your comparisons, pay attention to the following things: what’s the difference in direction between currents north of the equator and those south of the equator? What are the differences between currents on the east coast of continents and those on the west coasts? What are sources of the currents and how does that affect their temperatures? For questions 5-7, please take care to answer carefully and accurately. For 8 and 9, consider how currents affect land temperatures.
Tracking Trash - there’s a really interesting guy, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, who has done remarkable work mapping ocean currents by tracking large amounts of documented ocean debris and seeing where it goes. He got his start in 1990 when he got curious about a large number of Nike shoes washing up on Pacific Northwest beaches and wondered where they came from.! You can read about this in a book called “Tracking Trash- Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion” by Loree Burns. Also, check out his website, beachcombersalert.org.
5.04 Investigating ENSO - Please read about El Nino thoughtfully and carefully. You should be able to tell me what happens normally compared to what happens in an El Nino year. Keep in mind that normally strong winds blow warm surface water and its associated moisture away from South America across the Pacific, bringing rain to Southeast Asia, India and Australia. Cold water wells up to replace it, bringing nutrient-rich water that fuels the growth of plankton and draws fish. In an El Nino year, for reasons we don’t understand, the winds shift and the warm water doesn’t cross the ocean, it sits in place. Asia doesn’t get its rain, cold water doesn’t well up and bring nutrients to the South American coast, and everyone is unhappy.
Cool Topic to Learn About - the Hurricane Hunters who fly into hurricanes to gather data. They fly out of Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base and they’re really co
krill, penguins, and the blubber lab.
5.02 Currents - this activity is fairly easy, with one exception. In the first set of four currents, as you determine the direction of the currents, you must be careful. Two of them appear at first glance to be going in one direction, but if you trace their entire path with your finger, you’ll see that they curve around and actually have a path in the opposite direction. Here’s hint: each set of four currents will all go in the same direction.
5.03 Continuing with Currents - now you’ll be answering questions using the information from your 5.02 chart, as well as other links. Please take care and be thoughtful with your answers. For your comparisons, pay attention to the following things: what’s the difference in direction between currents north of the equator and those south of the equator? What are the differences between currents on the east coast of continents and those on the west coasts? What are sources of the currents and how does that affect their temperatures? For questions 5-7, please take care to answer carefully and accurately. For 8 and 9, consider how currents affect land temperatures.
Tracking Trash - there’s a really interesting guy, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, who has done remarkable work mapping ocean currents by tracking large amounts of documented ocean debris and seeing where it goes. He got his start in 1990 when he got curious about a large number of Nike shoes washing up on Pacific Northwest beaches and wondered where they came from.! You can read about this in a book called “Tracking Trash- Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion” by Loree Burns. Also, check out his website, beachcombersalert.org.
5.04 Investigating ENSO - Please read about El Nino thoughtfully and carefully. You should be able to tell me what happens normally compared to what happens in an El Nino year. Keep in mind that normally strong winds blow warm surface water and its associated moisture away from South America across the Pacific, bringing rain to Southeast Asia, India and Australia. Cold water wells up to replace it, bringing nutrient-rich water that fuels the growth of plankton and draws fish. In an El Nino year, for reasons we don’t understand, the winds shift and the warm water doesn’t cross the ocean, it sits in place. Asia doesn’t get its rain, cold water doesn’t well up and bring nutrients to the South American coast, and everyone is unhappy.
Cool Topic to Learn About - the Hurricane Hunters who fly into hurricanes to gather data. They fly out of Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base and they’re really co
Review Games to help prepare you for the module 5 quiz!
Book/Movie Recommendation: “The Perfect Storm”
by Sebastian Junger.
You may recall the film starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. If you haven’t seen it, now’s a perfect time. Based on the best-selling book, this is the gripping tale of an ill-fated swordfish boat and its crew who have the misfortune to get caught up in a so-called “100 year storm” while out at sea.
“March of the Penguins” documentary from National Geographic. You might remember seeing it when you were little. This is a stunningly beautiful movie showing male Emperor penguins nurturing eggs, then chicks, through a harsh Antarctic winter.
Tracking Trash
There’s a really interesting guy, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, who has done remarkable work mapping ocea currents by tracking large amounts of documented ocean debris and seeing wher it goes. He got his start in 1990
when he got curious about a large number of Nike shoes washing up on Pacific
Northwest beaches and wondered where they came from! You can read about this in a book called “Tracking Trash- Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion” by Loree Burns. Also, check out his website, beachcombersalert.org. You’ll learn a little about this as you
do lesson 5.02. Google for more images of the world’s oceanic garbage
patches.
“March of the Penguins” documentary from National Geographic. You might remember seeing it when you were little. This is a stunningly beautiful movie showing male Emperor penguins nurturing eggs, then chicks, through a harsh Antarctic winter.
Tracking Trash
There’s a really interesting guy, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, who has done remarkable work mapping ocea currents by tracking large amounts of documented ocean debris and seeing wher it goes. He got his start in 1990
when he got curious about a large number of Nike shoes washing up on Pacific
Northwest beaches and wondered where they came from! You can read about this in a book called “Tracking Trash- Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion” by Loree Burns. Also, check out his website, beachcombersalert.org. You’ll learn a little about this as you
do lesson 5.02. Google for more images of the world’s oceanic garbage
patches.