Explore the Ocean Floor with Google Maps
Owl Maps
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Grade Levels
5th - 9th
Subjects
Formats Included
- Zip
- Google Appsâ„¢
- Internet Activities
- Webquests
Pages
3 pages
Owl Maps
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What educators are saying
This was a good resource for students that like maps. It made them apply informtion to real world places.
This was a great resource! My students were very interested in our ocean unit and this was a neat thing to add.
Description
Updated March 2023 to ensure all links work
Click around this Google Maps activity to explore the following features of the ocean floor:
Shallow Bays and Estuaries
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Continental Rise
Abyssal Plain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Ocean Trench
Volcanic Islands
Each feature of the ocean floor has a short informational paragraph, 1-3 links to that feature in Google Maps, and a question that asks students to analyze the feature / link.
Example links from the passage:
This folder includes:
-Ocean Floor student reading passage/maps links/questions sheet (Word & Google Doc formats)
-Key
-PowerPoint for whole-group review
-Simplified version (no links)
Total Pages
3 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
45 minutes
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