The Gulf Stream Voyage

URL: http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/gulfstream/

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This online multidisciplinary project is part of the Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) program, which has developed internet activities for the elementary, middle, and high school level student. It utilizes both real time data and primary source materials to help guide students to discover the science and history of the Gulf Stream. Students investigate the driving forces behind this great ocean current, how it affects the Atlantic Ocean, and some of mankinds experiences in dealing with it. This project can be used as a complete tutorial on the Gulf Stream, however, the activities are presented in a manner that allows each to be used individually to supplement traditional classroom lessons. The project provides instructions, activities, worksheets, data links, reference materials, on-line help, back-up information, and a teacher area for help and ideas.

Summary

Subject keyword(s)	Analyzing data, Earth's water, Earth and space science, Education, Geoscience, Oceans, Science as inquiry, Science process skills
Grade level	Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Informal Education, Vocational/Professional Development Education
Intended audience	Educator, Learner
Resource type	Instructional Material
Resource format	text, text/html
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    AnInvestigation of Ocean Currents Home ProjectInstructions RealTime Data Activities EnrichmentActivities LanguageArts and      History Activities StudentArea TeacherArea RealTime Data Links ReferenceMaterials OnlineHelp  The Gulf StreamVoyage is an online multidisciplinary project which utilizesboth real time data and primary source materials to help guide studentsto discover the science and history of the Gulf Stream.  Studentswill investigate the driving forces behind this great ocean current, howit affects the Atlantic Ocean and some of mankind's experiences dealingwith it.  This voyage includes activities for marinescience, earth science, chemistry,physics,biology,math,historyand language arts.  Allmay be easily used in today's technology enhanced classroom. This project has been developed to be used as acomplete tutorial on the Gulf Stream.  However, the activities arepresented in a manner so that each may be used individually to supplementtraditional classroom lessons.  Most importantly, this project taps into some ofthe exciting new applications of the Internet in education by having studentsaccess real time ocean data, atmospheric data and historical primary sourcematerials. Students will utilize these fantastic resources, all in thecontext of an authentic real world problem. Thisproject is developed and managed by the Center for ImprovedEngineering and Science Education (CIESE) which is located at StevensInstitute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. You can learn moreabout this project and many other CIESE sponsored Internet-based educationalactivities by visiting http://www.k12science.org.  Copyright © 2000 StevensInstitute of Technology, Centerfor Improved Engineering and Science Education, All Rights Reserved