You can contact LEARNZ, part of CORE Education, at:
Postal Address:
PO Box 13 678,
Christchurch 8141,
New Zealand
Activities for Argo Floats
These activities test domain knowledge from the Background pages and their Easy-reading versions, assisting students to develop higher levels of inquiry.
Interactives
The following interactives play in any web browser supporting Flash or HTML-5 while iPad users are prompted to download and install Articulate Mobile Player for free from the iTunes App Store.
- What are Argo Floats?
- The Argo Floats programme
- World Oceans
- Properties of the sea: currents, layers and pressure
- Properties of the sea: salinity and temperature
- Properties of the sea: food webs and food chains
- Where in the world are we?
- NIWA, NOAA and the RV Tangaroa
- Collecting and analysing Argo Float data