South Seneca Elementary Science Room

Oceans Grade 5

 

Content

ntermediate
MST (Scientific Inquiry) 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.3.1, 1.3.3

Skills Vocabulary
Interconnectedness---access secrets@sea.org ---solve an environmental mystery by following toxins through the food chain and using information about the
physical ocean


Physical Ocean
· there’s only one ocean
· water cycle
· what part of the world’s water is available for human consumption
· features of the ocean floor
· tides
· ocean currents---salt water and cold water density

Sunken Sub---solve an environmental mystery
· build a model of the ocean floor
· label a diagram with parts of the ocean
continental slope, continental shelf, mid Atlantic ridge, abyss, current, tide,