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Activities | The Southern Ocean and global climate

1. Thermal expansion of water

Other activities

  • Exploring oceans (Australian Science Teachers Association, 1998)
    • Sea water versus fresh water (pages 20-23)
    • How and why does the sea move? (pages 30-33)

  • Australian Science Teachers Journal
    • Climate change: An activity – use foraminifera data to discover the relationship between water temperature and sea level change (Vol. 41, no. 4, 1995, pages 74-79)

  • Discovery Channel School

  • Australian Antarctic Division
    • Deep freeze – provides nine activities that explore the global force of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (eg, 'Ice cycle' and 'Ice melt').
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