Oceanography Transparencies & Visuals

Supplement your current curriculum with visual resources that will help students' learn about seafloor spreading, ocean landforms, and tides. Use the printable illustrations, maps, and digrams below as overhead transparencies or handouts for your classroom. These oceanography resources will enhance your lesson plans for earth science.

Ocean Transparencies
The Ocean Tides
This printable on ocean tides illustrates the effects of the moon's gravitational pull on Earth's water.
The Ocean Floor
Identify ocean landforms, including guyots and trenches, with this labeled diagram of the sea floor.
Seafloor Spreading Diagram
Use this labeled diagram to help students visualize the geologic structures and geothermal activity involved in seafloor spreading.
Tectonic Plates
Identify tectonic plates around the world with this map. Use this printable to further students' understanding of geology, geophysics, and oceanography.
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Ocean Visuals
Oceans Map
Test students' knowledge of world oceans with this blank map.
Seafloor Spreading Map
This map documents evidence that supports the seafloor spreading theory.
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