Ocean currents transport heat and moisture around the planet with constantly moving energy. The arrows on this map show the directions cold (green) and warm (yellow) currents move in the Pacific Ocean.

1. Imagine you are a warm ocean current in the Pacific. Describe what happens to you when you reach the Alaska coastline. ________________________

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2. Now imagine you are a cold ocean current. Describe what happens to you from looking at this map.___________________________________________

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Do you see a connection between ocean currents and emerging test gardens?

The Test Garden in Haines, Alaska emerged last week. Did you predict the garden would emerge this early? What do you notice about the gardens along the Pacific Coast? Make new predictions about when these gardens will emerge, then wait and see what happens. Write a fact sentence:

Because I see warm Pacific Ocean currents are moving _____________________

_______________________ I predict _______________________________________

will happen to the gardens along the Pacific Coast.