Bill Nye shows how currents are salinity of ocean water develop currents
Students will be intrigued to learn about waves and their behaviors. All waves share certain inherent characteristics that students can learn about by clicking on numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the lower right corner of the resource. The first screen provides them with definitions for different parts of the wave, including the crest, trough, wave height, wave period, and wavelength. The second screen provides students information on normal wave action. The third screen provides students information about how the wind affects waves. And, the fourth screen gives students information about what determines how big a wave will eventually become.
In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the Mariana Trench, including its location, who has jurisdiction over it, what lives down there, how we can...
This student reproducible, from an Xpeditions lesson, guides groups of students as they research an assigned deep sea resource to investigate