Archive-Grade+6

ARCHIVE FOR GRADE 6



Website for Clouds: [] @http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm []

topic:**//Oceans//**

Webquest - an angry ocean - A Tsunamis' destructive force.
On March 10, 2011, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan. a tsunami struck the coast of Japan causing horrific damage and claimed 13,000 lives and almost 15,000 people were missing. Click on the following links to learn about the destruction. At the end, you will learn about how the remains of the destruction are being washed up on the west coast of the United States.
 * Here are some Japan tsunami 2011 links:
 * [|Japan tsunami video]
 * [|Japan hit by tsunami video]
 * [|Japan earthquake - BBC News]
 * [|USGS Honshu, Japan 8.9 Earthquake]
 * [|Surviving a Tsunami]
 * [|Japan Coast Moved 8ft; Earth's Axis Shifted]
 * [|How Shifting Plates Caused the Earthquake]
 * [|Map of the Damage]
 * [|The Crippled Japanese Nuclear Reactors]

What is the fate of all the debris (buildings, cars, ships, trash of all kinds) from the areas hit by the tsunami?
Obtain a map of the Pacific Ocean. Be sure to highlight the latitude lines and degrees. View the following links and learn what has happened to the debris from the March, 11, 2012 Japan tsunami.

[|CBS news - Arrival of Tsunami debris-Feb. 28, 2012] [|CBS news - Debris in Alaska - May 25, 2012] [|Youtube video - Jan. 2012 arrival of debris in Alaska]
 * 1) Keep track of the time frame and location where the debris washed up on shore.
 * 2) Also obtain an approximate measure of the distance from Japan to Alaska, Western Canada and Northwest United States (Washington and Oregon).
 * 3) How fast was some of the debris traveling? (speed = distance X time)
 * 4) Why is it so hard for the oceanologists to predict where the debris will accumulate?
 * 5) Why will it take so long for some of the debris to reach the west coast of the USA?
 * 6) Look at a map regarding currents in your text. Why currents do you think will be responsible for the circulation of the debris past Hawaii to the west coast and then back to Hawaii?
 * 7) How did they track down the owner of a football? What has the NOAA set up to assist people who want to return personal items they find in the tsunami debris when it washes up on the west coast?

[|News 10 - California - video] Just a short video [|Ocean Conservancy] Click on the NOAA link and then follow other links in the right hand column. [|"The Guardian" article] Click on the link about the football [|CBC news] Canadian news station [|Discovery.com article]

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OCEAN WEBQUEST DAY 1
[] 1. The size of a wave depends on. 2. Waves travel water, they do not take with them.
 * //Complete Questions 1 - 19 and watch the animation of tsunamis on day 1//**

__ [] __ 3. Tsunamis are sometimes called tidal waves, and are different from surface waves: they are usually caused by __.__

[] 4. What do you call the circular patterns in which the world’s oceans travel? _ 5. What body of water can these patterns be compared to? 6. What else causes currents to flow? 7. Do all currents have the same characteristics? 8. What makes them different? 9. Describe the Gulf Stream by its characteristics. 10. Besides cold water what does the Humboldt current normally bring to the surface?

[] 11. For what are currents responsible? 12. Major ocean currents maintain their paths like.

__ [] __ 13. Give a definition of tides and explain how what causes them. 14. How do we know that the water nearest to the moon forms a bulge? _ 15. Where else does the water form a bulge? _ 16. How many tides are there each day? 17. How much time is there between tides?

[] 18. What is a storm surge? _ 19. What can be the most dangerous part of a hurricane? __

[] (tsunami movie)

OCEAN WEBQUEST - DAY 2
[] 20. Dive in mission to the abyss: go to seafloor geology then click on the Quicktime video a. View a real undersea volcano. W**rite a description of what you see (in complete sentences.)** b. Click on The Deep Ocean, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Plate Tectonics and Hydrothermal Vents and **write a description of each of them, again in complete sentences.**

[] 21. At this site view underwater photos and video clips from ocean floor volcanoes called smokers. Then click on //Take a Dive//. It is a game that tests your knowledge of map reading, water pressure, and life forms found around //black smokers// at deep sea //hydrothermal vent// sites. **Write a paragraph describing what you learned while playing this game.**

[] 22. What is the Average Depth of the ocean? 23. What is the Deepest point and where is it? 24. What is the highest Mountain and where is it? 25. Around most continents are shallow seas that cover gently sloping areas. What are these areas called? 26. Where do the continental shelves end? 27. What is beyond the continental slope? 28. Describe the abyss in a complete paragraph. 29. What are the deepest parts of the oceans called?


 * DIRECTIONS FOR BIOME PROJECT - DUE APRIL 16th**
 * 1) Write an introduction for your selected biome that includes the following: what the climate of the region is like, where the biome is found and what its geography is like. Include any other __abiotic factors__ that will impact the organisms that live there.
 * 2) Next, select __at leas__t 4 different organisms (2 plants and 2 animals) that are native to your biome:
 * describe the special adaptations of the plants to the biome's abiotic factors.
 * describe the physical and behavioral adaptation of the animals to their environment.
 * 1) Finally, write a paragraph describing how these different organisms (plants and animals) interact __with each other__ i.e .identify the "producers" and the "consumers" and state what the consumers eat.

This information will be typed in Word and attached to a poster displaying the abiotic factors of your selected biome. In addition, the poster will contain images of the "producers" and "consumers" and their interaction displayed with arrows.

**OR**
You may chose to create a PowerPoint that will include the typed information as well as images of the interaction between "producers" and "consumers."
 * Click on this link for the [[file:Biome PowerPoint example]].**

Visit the following websites for a: Desert biome:
 * **[|Blue Planet series]**
 * **[|Desert Museum]**
 * **[|Desert Animals and Plants]**
 * **[|The Living Desert]**
 * **[|Deserts: geography and resources]**

Tundra biome: Grasslands biome: Tropical Rainforest biome: Temperate Deciduous Forest biome:
 * [|Blue Planet series]
 * [|Blue Planet series]
 * [|Blue Planet series]
 * [|Blue Planet series]

[|Aquatic Biomes]
 * 1) Marine biome
 * 2) Freshwater biome:

To View the Photos from Our Field Trip on the Maritime Aquarium Research Vessel, [|CLICK HERE] To view the slideshow, click on the icon of a box with a tiny arrow in it on the right side of the page.