In Gyre Straits
In Gyre Straits
Description:
The focus of this lesson is inferring bathymetry that causes eddies. Use inquiry to infer the bathymetry of the ocean floor that causes the formation of an eddy in the Gulf Stream; build models that simulate the Gulf Stream’s course over th ocean floor while observing if an eddy forms or not; discuss why an eddy does or does not form; predict what changes to the model may produce an eddy and reconstruct a simple model of the actual ocean floor that results in the Charleston Gyre and compare it to a test model.
Education Levels:
9, 10, 11, 12
Subject:
Geology, Oceanography, Physics
Resource Type:
Lesson plan
Medium:
PDF
Fee Status:
Free
Beneficiary:
Students, Hearing-impaired students
Online provider:
NOAA's National Ocean Service
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