Assignment: The World's Oceans S6E3.c Assignment

Created by Jenn W (Clever Vertex) on

7 activities: 4 games, 3 assessments

42 min

Activity 1: Assessment. Estimated duration: 4 min

Assessment with 4 questions from Waves, Currents, and Tides.

4 questions assessment

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Deep Water Clean Up

You will try to clean up as much trash from the ocean by using different effects. Learn about different effects on ocean currents such as salinity and heat to help you navigate the submarine through the depths of the ocean to collect trash. The more answers that you answer correctly and the more trash that you collect, the more points you will get through the ten different levels.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (48) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (15135) 2.7 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Detective Turtlebuckets: Lost in Ocean Currents

You will play alongside a turtle named Detective Turtlebucket. Detective Turtlebucket is lost on an iceburg along with several other turtles. Detective Turtlebucket theorizes that one of the turtles who was helping lead the way has little knowledge of ocean currents and led all of the turtles astray. By questioning the other turtles, he is able to figure out what incorrect facts led them to their current predicament.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (40) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (11744) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Assessment. Estimated duration: 4 min

Assessment with 4 questions from Water on Earth.

4 questions assessment

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Super Droplet Cycle

Follow a droplet in its journey through the water cycle! Evaporate in the ocean, condense in a cloud and fall from the sky as precipitation... and then come back to the ocean through the runoff!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (45) 4.7 stars.

Student Ratings (35766) 4.1 stars.

Activity 6: Assessment. Estimated duration: 4 min

Assessment with 4 questions from The World's Oceans.

4 questions assessment

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Seafloor Secrets

In this game, you will learn about the structures and functions of oceanic landforms. You will explore the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and its forms. Learn how the mantle makes a new crust and pushes out of the center of the mid-ocean ridge and match sea-floor land forms to their functions. Click on the correct answer to move forward in the game. Have fun recreating the ocean.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (90) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (20981) 3.1 stars.