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Oceanographic specialties

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A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Science

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore the five subdiscipline of oceanography—geology, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering, and think of questions that each type of oceanographer might ask when conducting research in his or her field.

Students will:

  • read about and discuss the five major subdisciplines of oceanography;
  • list questions that each type of oceanographer would pose for a research project; and
  • describe three research projects, list the types of oceanographer who would be most involved and interested, and explain what their interests and involvement would be.

Xpeditions provides links to web resources that provide information about the field of oceanography, detailed instructions for completing the lesson, and suggestions for assessment and extension activities.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grade 9–12 — AP Earth and Environmental Science

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
    • Objective 1.03: Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence to:
      • Explain observations.
      • Make inferences and predictions from data and observations.
      • Explain the relationship between evidence and explanation.
      • Communicate results, including suggested ways to improve experiments and proposed questions for further study.
    • Goal 2: The learner will build an understanding of the interdependence of Earth's systems.
      • Objective 2.05: Investigate the biosphere.
        • Organisms: adaptations to their environment.
        • Populations and communities: exponential growth and carrying capacity.
        • Ecosystems and change: biomass, energy transfer, succession.
        • Evolution of life: natural selection, extinction.
        • Biomes: global distribution.