Melissa Wolk (Garden City M.S., Garden City, NY) created a set of activities based on selected DataStreme Ocean activities. She shares these here, only requesting that appropriate credit be given to her when you use these with your classes.

Week 1         Ocean Basin

Week 2         Ocean Bottom Topography

                             Data

                   Evidence for Plate Tectonics

Week 3         Sea Temperature and Salinity

                             Sea Surface Temperature     Salinity

                   Sea Ice in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Week 4         Sediments—To Accumulate of Not to Accumulate

                             Sediment Thickness 

Week 6         Wind-driven Ocean Circulation and Ocean Gyres

                   Upwelling and Downwelling

Week 7         Tides

                             Image 1     Image 2     Image 3

Week 9         The Effects of Upwelling and Downwelling

Week 10        Biological Activity

Week 11        El Nino and La Nina

                   Gulf Stream