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Upwelling - Cold One Day, Warm Another?

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Discuss with your oceanographers what forces cause nearshore upwelling and downwelling. Display a line of wind vectors alongside a graph of the temperatures so that they can discover whether or not they are related. Discussion questions are included. This activity uses actual data from the U.S. Army Field Research Facility, giving learners a valuable experience.

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Grade
6th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Modeling
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