FIVE OCEANS

TCH 347 Social Studies Methods in Elementary SchoolDepartment of Teacher Education

Instructor: Dr. Han Liu

Five Oceans• Pacific • Atlantic• Indian• Southern• Arctic

Antarctic Ocean• Background: The Arctic Ocean is the

smallest of the world's five oceans • Location: body of water between

Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle

• Coordinates: 90 00 N, 0 00 E• Arctic Region Area: total: 14.056

million sq km.• Climate: polar climate characterized

by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges

• Natural Resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish, and seals.

Atlantic Ocean• Background: The Atlantic Ocean is

the second largest of the world's • Location: body of water between

Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere

• Coordinates: 0 00 N, 25 00 W • Area: total: 76.762 million sq km • Climate: tropical cyclones

(hurricanes)• Natural resources: oil and gas

fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones

Indian Ocean • Background: the third largest

of the world's five oceans• Location: body of water

between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia, and Australia

• Coordinates: 20 00 S, 80 00 E

• Area: total: 68.556 million sq km • Climate: monsoon, tropical

cyclones• Natural resources: oil and gas

fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules

Pacific Ocean• Background: is the largest of the world's

five oceans• Location: body of water between the

Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere Geographic

• Coordinates: 0 00 N, 160 00 W • Area: total: 155.557 million sq km

Area - comparative: about 15 times the size of the US; covers about 28% of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world

• Climate: planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns, trade winds, tropical cyclones (hurricanes), rainy season and dry season, tropical cyclones (typhoons)

• Natural resources: oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish

Southern Ocean• Background: is now the fourth

largest of the world's five oceans• Location: body of water between

60 degrees south latitude and Antarctica

• Coordinates: 65 00 S, 0 00 E

• Area: total: 20.327 million sq km • Climate: cyclonic storms• Natural resources: probable large

and possible giant oil and gas fields on the continental margin, manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs; squid, whales, and seals - none exploited; krill, fishes

Mnemonics • By Tradition• AAIP: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific• By Size• PAISA: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and

Arctic

Songs for Oceans• http://www.songsforteaching.com/geometryparkusa/waterland.htm

Identify Oceans

Identify Oceans

Terms: Climate with Oceans

• Pacific Ocean: Typhoon, trade winds, tropical cyclones, rainy and dry season

• Atlantic Ocean: Tropical cyclones / Hurricane• Indian Ocean: Monsoon, tropical cyclones• Southern Ocean: Cyclonic storms• Arctic Ocean: Polar climate characterized by

persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges

Terms: Resources• placer deposits• manganese nodules• polymetallic nodules• Sand & gravel aggregates

Questions• Which ocean is the newest member of world

ocean family?– Southern Ocean/Antarctic Ocean – The IHO (International Hydrographic Organization)

settle that debate through a year 2000 publication by declaring, naming, and demarcating the Southern Ocean.

Extremes• The largest ocean• The smallest ocean• The newest ocean• The ocean that counts for 28 percent of total

global surface • Water bodies count for 70 percent of total global

surface • Deepest Ocean Point Over 7 Miles Down! -

Mariana Trench (video)!

Reference• http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blocean.htm