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Visit to an Ocean Planet - Coastal Versus Inland Temperatures

Grade level: 5-8
Theme: climate
Activity: documents/vtop_coastal_v_inland_temps.pdf

In this activity, students will use the weather section of the newspaper to help discover why coastal regions have relatively moderate climates. They will construct models of the ocean and the land to measure the different cooling and warming rates of each.
 
Student Outcomes 
After completing this activity, students should be able to:

Explain that the ocean holds a large amount of heat and the effect this has on climate. (C: 5-8)

Key:  C = climate / O = ocean circulation / T = 21st century technology / W = water cycle