Students will study hurricanes by integrating various elements such as tracking, upwellings, Chlorophyll-a, and GO-BGC floats to gather and analyze data.
In this lesson, students will study hurricanes by integrating various elements such as tracking, upwellings, Chlorophyll-a, and the use of GO-BGC floats to gather and analyze data. Students will use real-world data and understand how these elements can be used to analyze hurricanes in different oceanic zones as well as different ocean basins.
Student Resources
Additional Resources
- Video: Ocean Upwellings Demo
- Video: Taking Our Ocean’s Pulse: Underwater Backscattering Network
- Article: Upwellings (National Geographic)
- Weblink: Upwellings (NOAA)
- Weblink: Ocean Motion/Upwellings (NASA)
Next Generation Science Standards
Crosscutting Concepts
- Cause and effect
- Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Core Ideas
- LS1.D: Information Processing
- PS2.A: Forces and Motion
- PS2.C: Stability and Instability in Physical Systems
Practices
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Ocean Literacy Fundamental Concepts
- 3: The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.