Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
Ocean Atmosphere Interactions
These learning activities cover everything in the IB guide for this topic. Lesson plans include resources to use on an interactive whiteboard and worksheets to print. The pages have full student access to give maximum flexibility to the teacher and the student. There are theoretical notes for extended reading and teacher notes at the top that provide timing information lesson objectives and activity instructions
Ocean Currents
This pages introduces ocean currents, the mechanisms that drive them and their heat and nutrient transfers. It provides a number of well resources videos and graphics to help students discover for themselves....
El Niño–Southern Oscillation and La Niña Cycles
This page introduces El Niño–Southern Oscillation and La Niña Cycles, their key mechanisms and impacts. It uses a number of well chosen and resourced videos as as well as a more detailed classification...
The Geographical Impacts of ENSO
This pages looks in depth at the geographical impacts of ENSO cycles. It develops a number of skill based activities based on well chosen graphics as well as providing a broad range of detailed examples...
Hurricane Distribution, Formation and Impacts
This page provides detailed resources on hurricanes, their distribution and impacts. It then provides an outstanding set of resources to examine the factors that explain why spatial variation in impacts...
The Physical Impacts of Typhoon Haiyan
This page provides a number of outstanding resources for students to investigate and discover the impacts of Super Typhoon Haiyan. Students are led through using a variety of maps and graphics including...
The Changing Role of Oceans
This page develops resources on the important relationship between oceans and carbon cycles, Students are first introduced the shallow water carbon sequestration and deep ocean storage. The impacts of...