This resource introduces an understanding of currents and tides in water. How can we understand currents and tides, how can it improve our understanding of the world. Young people are encouraged to develop data literacy skills through an understanding of water. This material was taken from our Webinar – Making a Splash with Data
Looks at ocean currents, plastic ducks and garbage patches, water levels, flooding maps, tracking seals in the oceans, data on the Great Barrier Reef, and taking this all further with Climate Detectives and Microbit Do Your Bit STEM challenges.
- The Great Duck Adventure
- Drop your own Duck
- Garbage Patches in the Ocean
- Understanding Sea Level and Sea Level Change
- European Space Agency resources of climate change, ice and oceans
- Dynamic Earth Ocean Circulation Experiment
- Climate Central Rising Water Maps
- Scottish Flood Map
- Elephant seal tracking tools
- Great Barrier Reef Streetview
- Reef Data Analysis
- European Space Agency Climate Detectives
- MicroBit Saving Sea Creatures activity
© Data Education in Schools, University of Edinburgh, 2024. This resource is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, unless otherwise indicated.