It's not long, but it's thorough! This PowerPoint takes 4th - 8th grade earth scientists deeper into the oceans. They learn about tide and current activity and the forces that drive them. They also discover how wind and the rotation of...

Students identify different climate regions and local weather patterns.  In this cloud coverage activity students use NASA satellite data and import it into Excel. 

Discuss with your oceanographers what forces cause nearshore upwelling and downwelling. Display a line of wind vectors alongside a graph of the temperatures so that they can discover whether or not they are related. Discussion questions...

Students explore rotating frames of reference, focusing on the weightless environment in space and the Coriolis force.