Oceans & Oceanography

Earth & Environmental Science: K-12 TLC Guide Fish & Marine Wildlife: K-12 TLC Guide Offshore Drilling and the Environment: K-12 TLC Guide Oil Spills: K-12 TLC Guide Water: K-12 TLC Guide

Boats and Boating: K-12 TLC Guide

Clip Art
Aquaculture
Exploration, Maps
Organizations, Institutions, Museums & Aquariums
ZONES
Continental Shelf, Coral Reefs, Rifts

Nekton, Plankton
Climate Change, Pollution
Currents
Tidal Power, Tsunamis & Tidal Waves

Oceans & Oceanography	Climate Change and Sea Levels: K-12 TLC Guide. Gulf Islands National Seashore: K-12 TLC Guide. The Hydrosphere: K-12 TLC Guide. Monterey Bay, CA: K-12 TLC Guide. Phytoplankton: K-12 TLC Guide. Texas Coastline: K-12 TLC Guide. African Easterly Waves: Florida's Dusty Season, Mount Washington Observatory. Bahia Honda State Park, FL. BBC: Computers Show How Wind Could Have Parted Red Sea. Indian Tidal Power. Climate Processes Over The Ocean, University of Washington. Cousteau, Jacques, My Hero. EarthandSky. How Stuff Works: Factors Influencing Wave Size. Goce Gravity Mapping Satellite: K-12 TLC Guide. International Ice Patrol Oceanography, United States Coast Guard International Ice Patrol. The Jason Project. Living Oceans Program, National Audubon Society. The Mariners' Museum. NASA Today: Get To Know Our Ocean Planet. Largest Moon Likely Has a Hidden Ocean. Life Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. National Geographic: Ballard & the Black Sea: The Search for Noah's Flood. Dawn of the Ocean. Giant Undersea Volcano Revealed. I Am the Ocean. Little Fish Are Taking Over the Oceans. Marine Protected Areas. Sealab: Antarctica. The National Park Service: National Maritime Initiative: Vessels & Shipwrecks. National Public Radio: Bush Declares Marine Preserves in Pacific. Deep Sea Sponges Are Master Builders in Glass. Florida Faces Drastic Change From Sea Level Rise. Frosty Asteroid May Give Clues About Earth's Oceans. Google Invests in Atlantic Coast Wind Power Line. Giant Lobsters a Side Effect of Global Warming? Mussels Lose Out As Carbon Dioxide Changes Ocean. Near Icy Waters, Marine Life Gets By Swimmingly. Radio Expedition: Frontiers in the Sea. Radio Expedition: Oceans of Life: The Great Pacific Roadmap. Studying and Surfing the Ocean's Monster Waves. The U.S. Coastline. Whales Help Fertilize Ocean with Floating Dung. - AUDIO - Are the Oceans Warming?: 3/23/00 (4:30). Clamflats Return in Maine: 11/16/99 (3:40). Clinton Attempts to Control Pollution: 5/26/00 (3:00). EPA Attempts to Cover DDT Deposit: 8/25/00 (3:39). Finding Things on the Ocean Floor: 11/5/99 (4:30). Future of Exploration & Discovery: 12/20/99 (6:49). Global Climate: 11/4/99 (4:00). Killer Algae: 10/21/00 (5:31). Measuring Ocean Pollutants 3/27/00 (8:46). The Palmyra Atoll: 5/4/00 (4:29). Renegade Iceberg: 3/25/00 (2:45). Salt Making & Grey Whales: 3/3/00 (3:13). Toxic Algae Blooms: 1/6/00 (4:25). Underwater Cities Discovered Intact: 6/3/00 (4:00). Volcanic Island Born: 5/26/00 (4:00). Seashore Creatures, eNature: Oceanography On The Net, University of California, San Diego. Ocean Planet, Smithsonian Institution. Oceans, John's Word Search Puzzles. Oceanweather. On-This-Day: 09/25/1513: Balboa First European to See Pacific Ocean. Origin of Earth's Oceans and Atmosphere, University of Oregon. PBS: Creatures of the Deep: Science Under the Sea . Hidden Depths. Voyage of the Odyssey. Philippine Trench, Britannica.com. Public Radio International: Ocean Noise May Threaten Dolphins, Whales. Science Update (audio: 1:25), American Association for the Advancement of Science: Protecting Oceans with Marine Reserves: 03/20/01. Sea Salt and Ground-level Ozone: 03/06/01. Seasat: K-12 TLC Guide. SeaWiFS Projects , NASA. Shuttle Views the Earth: Oceans From Space Slide Set, NASA Lunar and Planetary Institute. Sinking of the Andrea Doria (audio), Radio Days. Space Radar Images of Oceans, NASA. Thanet Offshore Wind Farm: K-12 TLC Guide. Tides and Tide Prediction, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Treasures@Sea: Exploring the Ocean through Literature, The Franklin Institute: Art Activities. Book Activities. Interactive Activities. Writing Activities. United Nations Oceans and Law of the Sea. Whale-Watching-Web, University of Helsinki. The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Oceanography, University of East Anglia.
Oceans & Oceanography Clip Art	Nature Wallpaper: Aquatic Life Picture Index. Aquatic Wallpaper #1. Aquatic Wallpaper #2. Scubaravens Reef.
Oceans & Oceanography Continental Shelf	Argonne National Laboratory. Columbia University. Defenders of the Wildlife. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Merriam-Webster. National Public Radio: Battle Over Offshore Drilling In Arctic. NOAA (pdf). U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Department of State. U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Geological Survey. U.S. Senate (pdf). United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. United Nations Environmental Programme.
Oceans & Oceanography Coral Reefs	BBC: Ancient Coral Reef Uncovered in South Pacific. Coral Bleaching: Effects of Global Warming: K-12 TLC Guide. Australian Academy of Science. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Earth and Sky: Sponges Overgrowing Caribbean Coral Reefs. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. National Geographic News. NOAA: Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment. Coral Health and Monitoring Program. Current Operational Coral Bleaching HotSpots for the Year 2008 . NOAA Announces Unprecedented Coral Bleaching. ReefBase. U.S. Department of State. Virginia Institute of Marine Science. World Wildlife Fund. Coral Reefs Under NPS Jurisdiction, The National Park Service. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, FL. National Geographic: Giant Coral Die-Off Found�Gulf Spill "Smoking Gun?" National Public Radio: Caribbean Coral Catch Disease From Sewage. Massive Coral Kill in Belize (audio: 4:00). Preserving Coral Reefs (audio: 4:09). Protecting U.S. Coral Reefs (audio: 3:13). World's Coral Reefs Facing Serious Threats. *The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory: Coral Reefs and the Warming Oceans. The Virtual World of the Great Barrier Reef, National Geographic. Teacher Resources*.
Oceans & Oceanography Rifts	Plate Tectonics: K-12 TLC Guide. BookRags. Consortium for Ocean Leadership (pdf). Defenders of the Wildlife. Emporia State University. eNotes. Long Island State University (pdf). National Science Foundation. ScienceDaily. University of California, San Diego (pdf). University of California, Santa Cruz. University of Colorado. University of Hawaii. University of Nebraska-Omaha. U.S. Geological Survey: Lake Baikal - A Touchstone for Global Change and Rift Studies. USGS CMG InfoBank: Rifts Split Continents. Venture Deep Ocean. NOAA (pdf).
Oceans & Oceanography Climate Change	Global Change: K-12 TLC Guide. EarthandSky: Ocean Acidification. Living on Earth: Getting to the Bottom of Methane. National Public Radio: Rising Temperatures, Disappearing Coastlines. Ship Logs Help Scientists Trace Oceans' Warming. Study: Sea Levels Won't Rise As Much As Predicted. Ocean Currents and Climate Change: Currents: K-12 TLC Guide: American Institute of Physics. Britain Faces Big Chill as Ocean Current Slows, The Times. David Suzuki Foundation. *New Scientist. Ocean and Climate Change Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. University of Southern California*.
Oceans & Oceanography Currents	Climate Change: K-12 TLC Guide: South American Currents: K-12 TLC Guide: About.com. Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program. How Stuff Works. Johns Hopkins University: Conveyor Belt. Gulf Stream. Mediterranean Sea. Lyndon State College. NASA: Ocean Planet. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administraiton: Basics of Ocean Currents. Data Center. Office of Naval Research. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. University of Miami. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.
Oceans & Oceanography Aquaculture	Business & Economics: K-12 TLC Guide. Fish & Marine Wildlife: K-12 TLC Guide. Florida Division of Aquaculture. Global Aquaculture Alliance. Global Education Project. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. Food & Drug Administration. University of California-Davis. World Aquaculture Society. World Wildlife Federation.
Oceans & Oceanography Exploration	Seasat: K-12 TLC Guide. Submarines: K-12 TLC Guide. BBC: Climate Secrets of Marianas Trench Probed. National Public Radio: The Deep-Sea Find That Changed Biology. An Unmatched Journey to Mysterious Ocean Depths.
Oceans & Oceanography	BBC: Oceans' Deepest Depth Remeasured. Maps of the Indian Ocean, The University of Texas. Multibeam Bathymetry, National Geophysical Data Center. Ocean Mapping, UNESCO. Ocean Topography, NASA. Oceanography On The Net, University of California, San Diego.
Oceans & Oceanography Organizations, Institutions, Museums & Aquariums	Museums of Natural History: K-12 TLC Guide. Museums of Science & Technology: K-12 TLC Guide. Ocean Museums: K-12 TLC Guide. Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory. Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska. Maine Maritime Museum. Monterey Bay Aquarium On-Line. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Nat'l Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Penobscot Marine Museum. Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Oceans & Oceanography Tsunamis & Tidal Waves	12/26/2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami: K-12 TLC Guide. 09/29/2009 Samoa/South Pacific: K-12 TLC Guide. 10/25/2010 Indonesian Tsunami: K-12 TLC Guide. 03/11/2011 8.9 Magnitude Japan Earthquake & Tsunami: K-12 TLC Guide. Earthquakes: K-12 TLC Guide. Volcanoes: K-12 TLC Guide. FEMA for Kids, Federal Emergency Management Administration. TheHistoryNet: 11/02/1570: North Sea Tidal Wave Destroys Kills 1,000. Infoplease. National Geographic: The Science of Tsunamis. National Public Radio:: California Town Still Scarred by 1964 Tsunami. History of Tsunami: The Word and the Wave. Tsunami Possible Along U.S. Coast? (audio: 4:28). Natural Hazards, Canadian Government. NOAA. Public Radio International: Documenting the World's Monster Waves. U.S. Geological Survey. University of Southern California. West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. WWW Tsunami Information Resource, University of Washington.
Oceans & Oceanography Ocean Life	Fish and Marine Life: K-12 TLC Guide. Benthic Dwellers: Access Excellence. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Freshwater Benthic Ecology and Aquatic Entomology Homepage, Chebucto Community Net. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Mote Marine Laboratory. NOAA: Benthic Habitats of the Florida Keys. Benthic Habitats of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. Geological Survey. Nekton: Fish and Marine Wildlife: K-12 TLC Guide. Australian Institute of Marine Science. FishBase. New Hampshire Public Television. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Plankton: Australian Antarctic Data Centre. BBC: Plankton Decline Across Oceans as Waters Warm. Chesapeake Bay Program. Enchanted Learning Software. Gulf of Maine Aquarium. Image Quest 3-D. *Journal of Plankton Research. NASA. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Make a Plankton Net. National Public Radio: 10/12/2000 (audio: 3:40). Nature: 10/12/2000. State University of New York at Stony Brook. University of California, Sanata Barbara. Virginia Institute of Marine Science*.
Oceans & Oceanography	*Encyclopedia of the Sea, Richard Ellis: Amazon.com. Author Interview, National Public Radio: 02/05/01 (audio: 51:21). Treasures@Sea: Exploring the Ocean through Literature, The Franklin Institute. The Works of Jules Verne, The Literature Network: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The Mysterious Island. Primary: My Life With the Wave, Catherine Cowan, Octavio Paz, Mark Buehner (Illustrator). Amazon.com. Reading Rainbow. Adult: In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick. The Loss of the Ship Essex...First-Person Accounts*, Thomas Nickerson, Owen Chase, Nathaniel Philbrick:
Oceans & Oceanography	Kindergarten: The Ocean: A Watery World, Kathleen Ware, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Grades K-6: Global Environmental Coastal Changes, Linda F. Malanson, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute: Convection: Warming Fluids. Deep-Water Currents. El Nino: Making Your Own. Global Pollution: Drowning In Meltwater. Grades K-12: Lessons Caught in the Net, The Franklin Institute. Grades 2-3: Ocean Habitats, Teresa Moore, University of Illinois: Lesson #1: Ocean Environment. Lesson #2: Ocean and Salt Content. Lesson #3: Water Pressure Demonstration. Lesson #4: Ocean Animal Adaptations. Lesson #5: Oil Spill Experiment. Lesson #6: Sea Turtle Game. Grades 4-6: The Franklin Institute Science Museum: Ocean In A Bottle. Slick Sea Spills. The Spring Sailing Regatta. The Ocean's in Trouble, Peyri Ingram, San Diego City Schools. Grade 5: Saving Polluterville: Ocean Pollution Investigation, University of Richmond. Grades 6-8: Coral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter, National Geographic Xpeditions. Pollution Solutions, Discovery School. Grades 6-12: Digital Lab: Observing a Coral Reef, Educational Web Adventures. Grade 7: Ocean Pollution and Solutions, San Diego State University. Grades 9-12: Cleaner Oceans, The United Nations. WebQuest:Coral Reefs Rescue, Zeek Gladstone, University of Richmond.

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This guide last edited 03/03/2012
This guide last revised 06/12/2010