Introduction to Oceanography:
***before we can start our journey into all the wonders of the Oceans of the World and their amazing characteristics, it is important to have a basic knowledge of the geography of our World's seas.
***before we can start our journey into all the wonders of the Oceans of the World and their amazing characteristics, it is important to have a basic knowledge of the geography of our World's seas.
THE SITE FOR LEARNING THE OCEANS OF THE WORLD IS CALLED =
world-geography-games.com
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Quiz will be next Wednesday---you ll need to know 20 of them for a A grade
Exploring the Ocean (read in textbook pages 130-135)
Below are the many routes taken by the HMS Challeger (first official scientific expedtions)
Below is an image of a early form of sea transportation by Hawaiian sailors
History of Exploring the Ocean -----why would anyone want to travel around the World for 3 years or more on a ship?
**Your boat is either powered by sails or a steam engine. But this is a scientific trip and you will measure and study many things? Can you think of some?
1. You can take water temperatures and also use cable to lower the thermometers
2. AS you lower the cable you can have instruments or tools that can scrap or collect objects/ and materials from teh ocean floot.
3. How would you find animals/ fish? ( use nets and/ or crates, traps)
4. Travels will also see many islands and experience forms or weather and winds.
HMS Challenger ( 1872-1875)
1. British crew that collected 50 volumes of data and over 4 000 new organisms.
2. Science team learned information on water chemistry, ocean currents, ocean-life,
and the shape of the ocean floor. It was the most succesful science journey ever.
Captain James Cook ( late 1700 s )
1. His crew traveled around the World to make maps of the oceans and the coutries of the World. This became or first official World map or atlas.
2. He lead 3 voyages of exploration and they also studied the stars, plants, animals and early oceanography scientific information.
Christopher Columbus: ( 1492, had 4 voyages to America)
1. Most famous for his first voyage to so call discovery of America.
2. He lead in 3 voyages to the two American continents and islands
Sir Frances Drake ( 1577-80)
1. He is given credit with two other men who lead their ships to travels all around the World and the findings of the many islands of the Pacific and other seas.
2. Other two famous explorers were Magellean and Balboa
Leif Ericson ( a Viking exlorer of the early 900-1000 A.D.
1. He and Erik the Red are sometimes given credit for finding North America
2. They also were famous for finding and naming both Greeenland and Iceland
The Trading- Routes: (since Ancient times 1000 s of years ago)
1. People all over the World have needed ways to travel by sea for food and goods
2. They find their goods for their needs and also to trade goods from other lands
3. Earliest sea travelers might have been a group called the Phoenicians ( 1200 BC)
or for us maybe over 3000 years ago
4. The Polynesians /Hawaiian descents"traveled the Pacific waters-2000 years ago .
Below are images of: a Viking ship, the Kon Tiki ( ancient Africa sailors ship),
a Phoenician -"middle east" ship, and the 3 ships of Columbus.
**Your boat is either powered by sails or a steam engine. But this is a scientific trip and you will measure and study many things? Can you think of some?
1. You can take water temperatures and also use cable to lower the thermometers
2. AS you lower the cable you can have instruments or tools that can scrap or collect objects/ and materials from teh ocean floot.
3. How would you find animals/ fish? ( use nets and/ or crates, traps)
4. Travels will also see many islands and experience forms or weather and winds.
HMS Challenger ( 1872-1875)
1. British crew that collected 50 volumes of data and over 4 000 new organisms.
2. Science team learned information on water chemistry, ocean currents, ocean-life,
and the shape of the ocean floor. It was the most succesful science journey ever.
Captain James Cook ( late 1700 s )
1. His crew traveled around the World to make maps of the oceans and the coutries of the World. This became or first official World map or atlas.
2. He lead 3 voyages of exploration and they also studied the stars, plants, animals and early oceanography scientific information.
Christopher Columbus: ( 1492, had 4 voyages to America)
1. Most famous for his first voyage to so call discovery of America.
2. He lead in 3 voyages to the two American continents and islands
Sir Frances Drake ( 1577-80)
1. He is given credit with two other men who lead their ships to travels all around the World and the findings of the many islands of the Pacific and other seas.
2. Other two famous explorers were Magellean and Balboa
Leif Ericson ( a Viking exlorer of the early 900-1000 A.D.
1. He and Erik the Red are sometimes given credit for finding North America
2. They also were famous for finding and naming both Greeenland and Iceland
The Trading- Routes: (since Ancient times 1000 s of years ago)
1. People all over the World have needed ways to travel by sea for food and goods
2. They find their goods for their needs and also to trade goods from other lands
3. Earliest sea travelers might have been a group called the Phoenicians ( 1200 BC)
or for us maybe over 3000 years ago
4. The Polynesians /Hawaiian descents"traveled the Pacific waters-2000 years ago .
Below are images of: a Viking ship, the Kon Tiki ( ancient Africa sailors ship),
a Phoenician -"middle east" ship, and the 3 ships of Columbus.
