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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.
Contents correlates to State and National Standards
Contains unifying concepts and processes
Supports the standards in the core science curriculum areas of life, physical, and earth & space sciences.

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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