Physical Oceanography - Ocean Circulation & Waves

What you learned about Weather in Earth Science-if you were paying attention. Click here for a great review and here for videos explaining ocean/atmosphere connections. If you need to review Coriolis, click here and here.

A) Here is a link to Global Wind Patterns, here is how the oceans drive our weather and climate, and here for a little help remembering wind patterns with help from Kesha.

B) Click here for a video about how rubber duckies helped scientists learn more about currents.

C) Click here for a review of ocean circulation and here for a map of the currents.

D) Click here to learn more about eddies.

E) Click here and here for videos on thermohaline circulation and here for some Bill Nye Currents fun.

F) Click here and here to take a look at a review of the various water masses moving around the world.

G) Click here for a video to help you review El Nino and here for a nice explanation.

H) Click here to learn more about upwelling by watching a short lecture on the topic and here to see why it is important.

I) Click here to find out the most recent status of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

J) Click here and here for a review of waves and here for the Waves PowerPoint.

K) Click here to watch Waves on Water and here for Dr. Beach talking about Rip Currents.

L) Click here for a tutorial about Ocean Circulation.

M) Here is something to think about how Ocean Circulation can help us find lost airplane debris.

N) Click here to read the article: "Giant Wave Devastation Feared".

O) Click here to look at the terrifying compilation of Tsunami videos posted on youtube and here for the largest Tsunami in history, in Lituya Bay, AK.

P) Click here to watch what water can do to the beach in "Beach, A River of Sand".

Q) Click here for a fun "more than One Direction" look at the Ocean Currents and here for Riptide (which Vance would call Rip Currents if he took our class!).

R) Click here to watch the History Channel documentary Underwater Universe, Killer Shockwaves.

S) Click here for general currents information, here to learn more about Freak Waves and here to learn more about Tsunamis.

T) Amazing links about Ocean Currents are here (what causes them) here (how they impact the world). Here and here are links you can use for the "Ocean in Motion" Webquest.

Chemical Oceanography Unit

**Shape of Life Connection** How were early oceans different than the ones we have today? Click here to learn more about them.


A) Click here to read more about why the oceans are salty and here to see a video explaining it.

B) Click here for the video on properties of water. and here for other links about the amazing properties of water.

C) Click here for a helpful link to better understanding in Chemical Oceanography. (There other are great chemical oceanography links on that site too!) and here for a surface salinity map for the world's oceans.

D) Click here for the PowerPoint notes on the of Chemical Properties Seawater.

E) Click here for the PowerPoint notes on the Chemical Composition of Seawater.

F) Click here for PowerPoint notes on Salinity.

G) Here is a diagram and here is a description that might help you better understand the impact of salinity on marine fishes.

H) Click here for PowerPoint notes on Light in the Ocean.

I) Click here and here for the bioluminescence video, google the bioluminescence activity and here for a link to jellyfish info (scroll down on the page to see the link to the jellies).

J) Click here for the link used in the Hydrothermal Vent Chemistry WebQuest and here to learn more about Hydrothermal Vents.

K) Who's that Ocean Explorer? Yours Truly, as a Teacher At Sea. Click here to read about it!

L) Click here to learn more about Chemosynthesis (video).

M) Click here for the Pressure & Density in Seawater Notes and here to see Styrofoam Cup vs. the Deep Sea video.

N) Click  here to learn more about Careers in Marine Chemistry (for the Careers WebQuest) and here for the link to the Interview with a Chemical Oceanographer.

O) Click here for the SOFAR assignment and here for a better understanding of the SOFAR channel.

P) Click here for PowerPoint notes showing some equipment used by Chemical Oceanographers.

Q) Click here for the PowerPoint showing the Impacts of Salinity and Temperature on Marine Animals.

R) Click here if you didn't already watch Underwater Universe. You need to!