These lessons and classroom materials have been gathered or developed by science teacher Joanna Chierici to help students with synthesizing different types of float data. Before her class got the demonstration float, the students did some simple ocean-current, density, and temperature labs to show what type of things can be measured in the ocean and how the currents move. She started with some existing curriculum and then created some additional Ocean Current activities.
- Ducks in the Flow (Windows to the Universe resources; external link to a set of surface current lesson plans, including:
- Going with the Flow Classroom activity linking air movement and water movement
- The Ocean in Motion Classroom activity relating Coriolis Effect to movement of wind and currents
- Ocean Currents Salinity Lab Instructions
- Ocean Currents Temperature Lab Instructions
- Ocean Currents Lab Stations Worksheet
- Data From The Float Powerpoint Lesson
- Check Out The Float Blog Worksheet
- Instructions To Use The Data Base
- Using The Data Worksheet