1. How to make an ocean floor
model

2. EXAMPLE 1
The Ocean Floor - Plan:
Find the definitions for continental slope, trench, basin,
. continental shelf, and range. These definitions are the
required background knowledge.
Materials: Draw a quick plan of an ocean floor as seen from the
side; including the edge of a continent, a continental
shoebox with a lid - 1 per group of shelf, a continental slope, a basin, a trench, and a range.
2-3 They require their definitions to do this.
When the plan is checked and they can properly identify
paper mach, materials (flour, water, each part, the groups set out to create the ocean floor in
their shoebox with paper mach.
glue mixed in a bowl)
strips of newspaper or newsprint
pencil
scissors
Craft paper

3. When the paper mach is dry (or
close), the groups cut or punch
about 8 holes spaced evenly
apart down the centre of the
shoebox lid. The lid is then put on
the box, hiding the ocean floor. Once the graph is set up properly,
The students take their graph the students put the dowel in
paper and create a graph with the hole #1 until it hits "bottom".
numbers one to eight along the They record the measurement on
bottom (number of holes) and the graph with a simple dot. This
about 1-25 (measurement in cm) continues for holes #2-8.
up the other side. When all of the holes have been
measured, the students should
join their dots using a ruler in
order. When this is done, they
should turn their graph upside
down and label the parts of the
ocean floor appropriately. They
should see a representation of
the floor they created in the
shoebox.

5. EXAMPLE 2

6. EVALUATION
Evaluation:
Which feature forms most
of the ocean floor?
Where would you find the
best fishing zone
according to the features
of the ocean makeup?
Where is new ocean floor
created? How old is the
ocean floor? Explain.