Mapping the Ocean Floor

Stefanie Frump /COSEE-Central Gulf of Mexico

Ocean Literacy Principles:

 OLP#7: The ocean is largely unexplored.

Overview

After an introduction in which students try to identify hidden objects by the sounds they make when shaken in a box, students use string to map a model ocean floor by taking depth readings to simulate sonar.

SUBJECTS: 
GRADES: 3-5
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