Hydrosphere

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= Concept Map =

= Textbook =

=Additional References=

Useful websites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic Ocean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide

Reference Books
A short history of everything by Bill Bryson

= Teaching Outlines =

Key Idea #1 Water bodies on Earth
The Earth is more than 2/3rd water. Water bodies are of different kinds,constituting the hydrosphere

Activity No #1 using Marble to understand Oceans
(In Ubuntu, select Applications - Education - Marble) Video on ocean depths Discuss about the oceans,their relative sizes, locations etc.
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 * Materials/ Resources needed Computer/Laptop with Marble educational tool installed. (Ubuntu Kalpavriksha contains Marble) + Projector to show the class
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 * Multimedia resourcesSee video on Oceans, shown on this page.
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 * Process
 * 1) Demonstrate Oceans on the Marble atlas. Move the earth from west to east to show oceans across the earth.


 * What questions can you ask
 * 1) Why have the different oceans been given their names?
 * 2) Oceanic depth varies. How deep is the Indian Ocean compared to the Pacific (relatively).How deep is the Indian ocean close to the Southern land mass and further away?


 * Assessments - incorporating elements of CCEThe questions in the question corner test the understanding of the Latitude concept and can form part of CCE*Question Corner

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{https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_jackson Ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today]: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse
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= Project Ideas =

The Government of India has funded thousands of crores for 'cleaning the Ganga'project. Look for newspaper information and also from the Internet on the steps taken for cleaning Ganga. Write a short essay on river pollution in India.

= Community Based Project = Plan a digital story telling project on the local water bodies- river or lake or pond or sea shore. Meet people living on the shore/banks and ask their views about the water body and changes over the last several decades. Are people dependant on the water body for their livelihood (fishermen, farmers)?