Graphing Temperature
Graphing temperatures in the ocean.
Students will construct, analyze, and interpret real data from a profiling float in the ocean. Students will explore ocean temperature trends and climate change. Students will develop critical thinking, geographical, mathematical, graphing, analyzing, and interpretation skills.
Authors: Amber Phillips; EARTH 2022
Lesson Resources
Additional Resources
- Introduction to Temperature lesson
- A Day in the Life of a Float [1-min video]
- Adopt-A-Float Viz page
- Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion
- Looking at ocean warming trends
- Sea level rise
- Ocean heat content
- Global temperatures
- Global ocean heat and salt content
- Ocean layers [2-min video]
- Converting Celcius to Fahrenheit [2-min video]
- Float animation [1-min video]
- Taking temperature of the ocean-Argo Floats [1:40min]
- Argo Floats: How floats are able to measure much more of the ocean [6-min video]
- Explaining Argo float in 35 seconds video
Products
- Data repository
- Image gallery
- Video library
- Creature feature
- Deep-sea wallpapers
- Seminars
- Research software
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- Video Annotation and Reference System
- Oceanographic Decision Support System
- MB-System seafloor mapping software
- Matlab scripts: Linear regressions
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- Introduction to Model I and Model II linear regressions
- A brief history of Model II regression analysis
- Index of downloadable files
- Summary of modifications
- Regression rules of thumb
- Results for Model I and Model II regressions
- Graphs of the Model I and Model II regressions
- Which regression: Model I or Model II?
- Matlab scripts: Oceanographic calculations
- Matlab scripts: Sound velocity
- Visual Basic for Excel: Oceanographic calculations
- Educational resources
- Publications
- Sample archive
- SciComm Resources