Unit
1: |
Importance of Ocean Exploration |
1. |
Introduction to Marine Science |
2. |
History of Ocean
Exploration and Marine Sciences |
Unit
2: |
The Foundation
of Life in the Ocean |
3. |
Theories
of the Origins of Life |
4. |
The Energy
of Life |
5. |
A Survey of LIfe in the Sea |
Unit 3: |
A Water World |
6. |
The Nature
of Water |
7. |
Water: A Physically Unique Molecule |
Unit 4: |
The Motion of the Ocean |
8. |
Air - Sea Interaction |
9. |
Highways in the Sea |
10. |
Waves and Tides |
Unit 5: |
Voyage to the Bottom
of the Sea |
11. |
A Revolution in Science: The Theory of Plate
Tectonics |
12. |
Sediments in the Sea |
13. |
The Dynamic
Coast |
Unit 6: |
The Present and Future of the Marine Environment |
14. |
Marine Ecosystems |
15. |
Marine Resources |
16. |
Pollution and the Health of
the Oceans |
17. |
Research, Management and the Future of an Ocean Planet |
Life
on an Ocean Planet Emphasizes
Standards Based Instruction.
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Contents correlates
to State and National Standards |
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Contains unifying concepts and processes |
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Supports the standards in the core science
curriculum areas of life, physical, and earth & space sciences. |
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Includes continued
development in the areas of:
- Science as
Inquiry
- Science and
Technology
- Science in
Personal & Social
Perspectives
- History &
Nature of Science
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