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How does energy from the sun drive Earth's wind and surface currents?
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3. Student Learning Map
- Topic:Motion in the Ocean
- Subject(s):Science
- Days:18
- Grade(s):9, 10, 11, 12
Key Learning:
All major wind patterns and surface currents are influenced by solar energy.
Unit Essential Question(s):
Concept: The differential heating of the Earth generates wind. Describe the differential heating of the Earth and how it affects movement of air masses.
Concept: Major surface currents are driven by the wind. Describe how surface wind patterns influence the direction of surface currents.
Concept: The Coriolis Effect deflects winds and surface currents to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. Demonstrate how the Coriolis Effect deflects wind and surface current direction. (Use Globe).
Lesson Essential Question(s):How does the different amount of solar energy heating the equator and the poles result in global wind patterns? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):Concept: Tides result from gravitational forces of the moon and sun. Demonstrate how gravitational forces of the moon and sun influence tides.
Concept: Lesson Essential Question(s):Lesson Essential Question(s):Vocabulary:Breaker, Crest, Period, Trough, Swell, Wavelength, *Wave Height, *Wavelength, *Wave Period
Vocabulary:
Additional Information:
The asterisk (*) next to the vocabulary terms above indicates essential FCAT vocabulary. Glencoe Marine Biology textbook and ancillary materials
Resources:
Acquisition Lesson:
1. How are offshore and onshore winds generated by the sun?2. How does the different amount of solar energy heating the equator and the poles result in global wind patterns?3. What factors determine the direction of surface currents?4. What factors determine the direction of surface currents?5. How are wind patterns and surface currents influenced by the coriolos effect?6. What are te structural parts of a wave?7. How does a swell differ from a breaker?8. What are tides?9. How do lunar phases effect tides?10. How does the position of the moon and sun cause spring and neap tides?Extending Thinking Lesson:
1. How would you measure a wave period?2. How does the movement of the moon around the earth result in lunar phases?