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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Ocean Floor

For Students 7th - 8th
Practice reading comprehension by approaching oceanography through 2 pages of informational text. The text compares the ocean floor to the Grand Canyon to gives students perspective, and gives a brief coverage of the earth's crust and...
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Graphic
NOAA

Noaa: Explorations

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource page contains an exhaustive list of pictures and videos of sea floor structures found all over the world.
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Lesson Plan
National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Serc: Modeling Sea Level: Lateral and Vertical Facies Changes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do sequences of sedimentary rocks tell us about how sea level has changed? Young scholars will use a tube and bead (or ball) model to visualize and predict how changes in sea level can control the lateral and vertical facies...
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Divergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Get a visual of how a divergent boundary can cause a rift valley to form in the ocean on this site. Test your knowledge of the mid-ocean ridge on this page.