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Grade 5 Science, Earth Science, Elective—Oceanography |
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| Imagine that it is the year 1607, and you are charged with finding a channel in Powhatan’s River, later to be named the James, that is deep enough to navigate upriver. Take soundings of the bottom, construct a bathymetric chart, and mark the channel. Extend your learning by making a shoebox model of another potential channel in the river. Assess your learning with a 5-item quiz. | |
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| Grade 5 Science (5.1, 5.6) Earth Science (ES.1, ES.3) Elective—Oceanography |
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| Science as inquiry; modeling; structure of Earth system; science and technology in society. | |
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Computer with Internet Access |
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