Educator Resources for Ocean Currents

How does warm water from the tropics causes mild climates in Western Europe? What’s a gyre? And the global conveyor belt? The answer's current, baby--ocean current.

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Lesson Plans

Ocean Currents Lesson Plan: Earth’s Systems

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8

Vocabulary Development Lesson Plan: Using a Word Map

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-3

Where’s the Water? Lesson Plan: Exploring Earth’s Bodies of Water Through Digital Storytelling

Grade Levels: 3-5