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Anticipatory Set:
Today we are going to learn to…
• Activate Background Knowledge: Ask: How does gravity affect people on Earth? Do you think gravity has an effect on water
and the Earth's oceans?
• Relate to Real Life: Ask: What could we do as a population to reduce the garbage that is disposed of in the ocean which contributes
to the Pacific Garbage Patch?
• Involve All Students: Ask: How are winds formed on Earth? What effects do the oceans have on global weather patterns?
• Label Learning: How are waves formed?
• Kinesthetics: Create a model of the earth's ocean waves in a bottle.
Vocabulary:
Procedure:
Model Description:
• Scaffolded (teacher supported) use of GoogleSlides Notes and instruction
• Small groups practice to create the model and make application of the lesson.
Model Steps:
• Before class begins, I will prepare the supplies to make the "Ocean in a Bottle," and I will set up the slide set. As students begin
to enter the classroom, I will ask them to get out their laptops and notebooks for class. I will remind students to get their
bottles if they accidentally left it in their locker.
• Next, students will be able to join the PearDeck slide set by typing in the code on the SmartBoard into the PearDeck website.
Students will then open their INBs and get started on their notes.
• After that, we will complete the lesson as a class and students will answer the exit ticket.
• Last, students will spend the remaining time creating their "Ocean in a Bottle" model and relating it back to the lesson.
• Class ends.
Higher Order Questions:
• Ask: How can we construct a unique and realistic model of the Earth's ocean that accurately conveys how an ocean
wave functions?
• Ask: How can we explain the phenomena of the Coriolis effect in terms of the concept of waves, gyres, and how
they function?
Tier 1 (general)
• current
• tide
• wave
• wave height
• wave length
• wave base
• wave period
• wave speed
• fetch
• breaker
Tier 2 (across disciplines)
• lunar tide
• spring tide
• neap tide
• surface current
• subsurface current
• density current
• longshore current
• rip current
• gyre
Tier 3 (discipline-specific)
• prevailing winds
• prevailing westerlies
• Coriolis effect
• Ekman spiral
Ocean Currents and Tides
