Exploring Earth's Oceans Learning Bundle

Get ready to dive in and explore Earth's oceans with these Cornell-style visual notes and learning bundle!

 

TOPICS COVERED

These materials are designed to cover major, foundational ideas, essential vocabulary and topics related to Earth’s oceans. Page focuses include:

• Oceans at a Glance
• Ocean Topography
• Intertidal zone
• Epipelagic zone (sunlight zone)
• Mesopelagic zone (twilight zone)
• Bathypelagic zone (midnight zone)
• Abyssopelagic zone (abyssal plains)
• Hadalpelagic zone (hadal/trenches)
• Technology for Exploration

INCLUDES

Check out what's included: 

⭐ Cornell-style doodle notes 

⭐ Completed notes answer key

⭐ Basic (static - no animated answers) Google Slides® presentation alternative

⭐ Nearpod presentation <-- the BEST!

• I love using this awesome instructional tool to increase student engagement and active learning! Plus, Nearpod Silver is FREE! (New to Nearpod? A quick rundown can be found HERE + a beginner guide HERE)
• Can be run ”Live” or “Student-Paced” depending on your needs
• This product includes a variety of embedded questions and tasks to check for understanding PLUS a 10 question practice quiz at the end to check student knowledge!

⭐ Posters of information contained in the Nearpod to allow students the opportunity to complete notes as a “Gallery Walk” instead of traditional seated learning.

IDEAS FOR USE

The combination of vocabulary, visuals and task variety should aid students in their journey toward mastery!

Given the nature and length of these materials, and the vast amount of information about our oceans, covering this content over multiple days is ideal to facilitate students learning and allow for process time.

✨MOST IMPORTANTLY, use the parts that work best for you and your learners! ✨

• They can be given as:
  • direct instruction (”Live mode” in Nearpod),
  • independent work, (”Student-paced” in Nearpod),
  • a combo of student solo/partner work
  • using the posters for the “Gallery Walk” or
  • as a remediation tool and re-qualifier to re-take a test!
  • The possibilities are endless!

I like to project/display a student version of the Nearpod on my whiteboard in the event that students’ devices are not working for some reason. Your purchase comes with an editable version of the Nearpod. While I included some checks for understanding to “stamp” big ideas, you can add in slides or tasks/videos/questions/websites and more to help meet the needs of your learners!

✨PRO TIP! ✨

• Use interactive notebooks like me?! Well, these fit in perfectly! Simply print the pages landscape and fold each one in half – like a book (hamburger style). Then, glue the sides to each other to create a "booklet”, gluing the first and last ”outer” sides to the notebook page within each notebook spread! and tape the spine to the notebook page! Voilà! You are set!
• This pairs perfectly with my Mastery Mini – Earth’s Hydrosphere OR the Earth’s Hydrosphere Study Guide Review!
• OR check out other Read and Reviews like Earth's Hydrosphere - Exploring Estuaries or Earth's Hydrosphere - Distribution of Water