Make A Ocean Floor Model

Feb 13 2013 oceans cover over 70 percent of the earth s surface.

Make a ocean floor model.

How to make fluid art ocean floor scene with acrylic paint treadmill silicone floetrol duration. Including the edge of a continent a continentalshoebox with. Creating the model 1. Create a sea floor inside the box.

Basically students are instructed to create a model of ocean floor features continental shelf continental slope abyssal plain trench mid ocean ridge seamount and volcanic island. Creating a model. Make a model of the ocean floor. Example 1the ocean floor plan.

You can have a flat sea floor that simulates a deep ocean floor or you can have a sloping sea floor but you should include at least one seamount. Last year i decided to incorporate the modeling process into a project. Continental shelf and range. Find the definitions for continental slope trench basin.

Shoebox with a lid 1 per group of 2 3 paper mache materials flour water glue mixed in a bowl strips of newspaper or newsprint plastic straw pencil scissors graphing paper procedure. At the bottom the ocean floor features tall mountains expansive plains and deep trenches. Each team member needs to draw and label a diagram of your completed sea floor in your science notebook. One of our standards states that students should model the features of the ocean floor.

These definitions are the required background knowledge materials. Other features are optional. Most of these features remained unknown to bathymetrists scientists who study the form of the ocean floor until the advent of sonar and satellites.