The student will access information from the internet for drifter buoy data. The student will observe patterns in ocean currents through data from drifter buoys. The student will measure temperature. Introduce the ocean as a special habitat by reading Sally and the Limpet by Simon James. Children will cut apples to compare the size of the land mass to the size of the ocean .
Children access drifter buoy data to begin maps.
Because this is ongoing data, you will need to collect this information before the children begin to plot the coordinates. Children experiment with waves as different from currents. Begin plotting drifter buoy data. Children compare differences in temperature of water, air and land. Children develop a classifying system to sort shells .