2nd Quarter: November 28 - December 2
Monday, November 28th
Today in class….
El Nino/La Nina Assignment
- We spent a large portion of the class pulling together our information on El Nino and La Nina. Both are complex and intriguing global weather phenomena.
- Next class we'll start talking a little more about the oceans.
El Nino/La Nina Assignment
Wednesday, November 30th
Today in class...
- Today we started our unit on oceanography.
- We talked a bit about the origins of the ocean as well as its composition.
- Our attention focused on the salinity or salt content of the ocean - where it comes from, where it goes, and how it is measured.
- For the last part of the class, we work with our Salinity Lab which we will finish next class period.
| Oceans 11-30.pptx |
| Unit 4, Assignment 1.pdf |
Friday, December 2nd
Today in class....
- We finished our Salinity Lab and discussed the effect of salinity and temperature on density which greatly affect ocean currents as we will see next class.