Oceanographer

Hey,this is Dr.Fancy Pants and I made a 3D model of the earth.

Some of the materials I used were newspaper strips,paper mâché and scissors.

The model of the earth has its continents and oceans it has today. :)

Dr.stickywhiskers

For my project I observed my dogs and listed how many times I feed and watered them a day and ,how many times I let them out to use the rest room .i also had to take pictures of them to show the class what the look like .

Dr. Ryan The Sea Floor

For my project I had to make a 3D model of the ocean floor. I used rocks, paper, felt, styrofoam and cardboard. I put cute little Animals in there too.

The sea floor

My project, though not the best, shows the ocean floor and certain features. Along with these features are aquatic life like the sponge and starfish. This is my project and I stand by it.

Dr. Coke

I did a model of the sea floor. you can examine the different and various creatures that live in our ocean. And be amazed at there exciting and vibrant environment!

Model is a little ocean floor model. I painted the water different shades to represent the sun shining on the water all the way to the bottom where it gets darker. There are lots of different animals in the bottom representing what you might see in the ocean! I used sand paper to represent the gritty, tan sand. I put palm trees and islands to show what all you might see. There are labels repping the things down in the ocean floor. Like the abyssal plain, oceanic ridge, trench, magma, and so on.

The Water Cycle

The water cycle is a cycle of process by which water circulates between the earth's oceans,atmosphere, and land involving precipitation as rain, snow, etc. What is the water cycle made up of ? There are six important processes that make up the water cycle these are, surface runoff, infiltration, evaporation, condensation, precipitation and transpiration. How do these changes happen?

Well water is constantly being cycled between the atmosphere, the ocean and land. This cycling is a very important process that helps sustain life on earth. As the water evaporates,vapors will rise and condense into clouds. Then the clouds start to move over the land, and precipitation falls in the form of rain, ice or snow. The water then falls into streams and rivers, eventually flows back into the oceans where evaporation flows. Dr. Fancy pants. 

Dr. Ryan The Bay of Fundy

• The Bay of Fundy is located on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The bay is known for having the highest tidal range in the world. Because of the unique shape of the bay, the difference in water level between high tide and low tide can be as much as 48 feet (14 meters). During each tide cycle, more than 100 billion tonnes of seawater flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy which is more than the combined flow of the world’s freshwater rivers. Bay of Fundy experiences one high and one low tide twice a day. It takes on average 6 hours and 13 minutes for low tide to grow into a high tide and another 6 hours and 13 minutes for the water level to drop from high tide to low tide. This frequency gives each visitor a chance to see at least one high and one low tide during the daylight hours any time of year. 
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  The immense energy of the tides stir up nutrients from the ocean floor, the mud flats and salt water marshes, providing an abundance of food for the birds, whales, fish and bottom dwellers of the ocean. This highly productive, rich and diverse natural ecosystem has shaped the environment, the economy and the culture of the Fundy region. The effect of the world’s highest tides on the Bay’s shores has created dramatic cliffs and awesome sea stacks. The red sandstone and volcanic rock have been worn away to reveal fossils from over 300 million years ago.

Ocean tides

  Have you ever wondered how ocean tides work? Well ocean tides are caused by the gravitational interaction between the earth and the moon. The gravitational attraction of the moon causes the ocean  to bulge out in the direction of the moon. Another bulge occurs of the opposite side, since the earth is also being pulled towards the moon (and away from the water on the far side). Since the earth is rotating while this is happening, two days tides occur each day. Isaac Newton was the first person to explain tides scientifically.

  Spring tides are especially strong tides (they do not have anything to do with the season Spring). They occur when the earth the sun, and the moon are in line. The gravitational forces of the moon and the sun both contribute to tides. Spring tides occur during the full moon and the new moons.

Dr. Galaxy

Coriolis effect, Dr.Nurse

The coriolis effect is, apparent force resulting from earths rotation that deflects objects to the right of the northern hemisphere and to the left of the southern hemisphere. The earths rotation causes the coriolis effect. Some of these are effected by the coriolis effect, wind (atmosphere circulation), ocean circulation, and man made air crafts. A example of the coriolis effect is if two people were on a mary-go- round and you were throwing a ball at each other by the time you threw the ball the other person has already gone past it, so you would have to throw the ball in front of the of them and then when the other person gets there they will catch the ball, this is do to the coriolis effect.

  If we did not have the coriolis effect when the earth spinned it would always be cold, and hot the temperature would always remain the same. The coriolis effect is super important there would be no wind no any kind of temperature except for cold and hot temperatures. That is why its so important we have the coriolis effect so the temperature will change.

Coral Reef formation-Dr.Glitter-Oceanographer

Coral reefs begin to form when free-swimming coral larvae attach to submerged rocks or other hard surfaces along the edges of islands or continents. As the corals grow and expand, reefs take on one of three major characteristic structures-fringing, barrier or atoll. Fringing reefs, which are the most common, project seaward from the shore, forming borders along the shoreline and surrounding islands. Barrier reefs also border shorelines, but distance. 

They are separated from juxtapose land mass by a lagoon of open, often deep water. If a fringing reef forms around a volcanic island that severe completely below sea level while the coral continues to grow upward, an atoll forms. Atolls are usually circles or oval, with a central lagoon. Parts of the reef platform may appear as one or more islands, and gaps in the reef provide access to the central lagoon.

 All three reef type-fringing, barrier and atoll-share similarities in their biogeographic profiles. Bottom topography, depth, wave and current strength, light, temperature, and suspended sediments all act to create characteristic parallel and perpendicular zones of corals, algae and other species. These zones very according to the location and type of reef. The major divisions common to most reefs, as they move seaward from the shore, are the reef flat, reef crest or algal ridge, buttress zone, and seaward slope.Coral reefs change through time. They begin with new tropical islands and are produced by an oceanic hot spot or at a plate boundary.

Marine life in the Mariana Trench.

They're called foraminifera, single-celled protists that construct shells. Protists are a kingdom of celled organisms distinct from animals, plants, and fungi. Other types of protists include algae and slime molds.There are an estimated 4,000 species of living foraminifera. They inhabit a wide range of marine environments, mostly on the ocean bottom, though some live in the upper 300 feet (100 meters) or so of the ocean. A few species are found in fresh water and on land.

  In recent years scientists have found bacteria living miles beneath the Earth's surface and snuggled up to scalding hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. There is even evidence that bacteria live in Antarctic lakes that have been covered by ice for thousands of years.