Oceanography for Kids

General Sites

Biomes

Sharks
and
Whales

Various Marine Creatures

Copepods

Marine Mammals

Miscellaneous

Aquariums Online

General Sites:

Assorted oceanography lesson plans from Virginia Institute of Marine Science - Bridge
     http://www.vims.edu/bridge/lesson.html

Exploring Earth Science from Geocities - see Chapter 6
          http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/9502/earthscience.html

Franklin Institute - Douglas School kids created an ocean webpage
          http://www.fi.edu/oceans/oceans.html
                Lesson Plans for Teachers from the Franklin Institute
             http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/teach.html
                More Web Resources from the Franklin Institute
             http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/web.html

Oceans Field Trip with trivia questions and more
          http://www.field-trips.org/sci/oceank/index.htm

Oceanography from Mrs. Seagraves' Web Page - oceanography, fish, mollusks etc.
          http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/Oceanlifeteacherguide.htm
Marine Biology Resources from Mrs. Seagraves' QUEST website
             http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/marinebiologylinks.htm

Ocean pages for kids  - waves, currents, El Nino, ice bergs, and satellites
           http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/index.html

Learn about the Ocean from the Missouri Botanical Garden
          http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/index.htm

Neptunes's Web - http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/Educate/Neptune/Neptune.htm
              More sites: http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/PAO/Educate.htm

Oceans from Athena - http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/oceans/index.html
                Ocean Color From Space -http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/oceans/ocolor/index.html
          El Nino lessons - http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/oceans/elnino/index.html
          Tracking Drifter Buoys - http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/oceans/drifters/index.html

Ocean Planet - Smithsonian 1995
           Exhibit http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov:80/ocean_planet.html
               Lesson plans
http://smithsonianeducation.org/db/detail.asp?id=893

Oceanography from 4th and 5th Grade Resources
          http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/earthsci.html#c

Oceans Alive from Australia
           http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/alive.htm

Oceans - Worlds of Water from Scholastic
              http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/ocean01.htm

Ocean Unit Links from Greentown Elementary School in Ohio
           http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/ocean/ocean.htm

Oceanography Lesson Plans and Activities
           http://www.edhelper.com/oceans.htm

Planet Ocean from Discovery School
           http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/planetocean/ocean.html

Project Wild Aquatic Education
              http://www.projectwild.org/ProjectWILDK-12AquaticCurriculumandActivityGuide.htm

Savage Seas from PBS
           http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/

Woods Hole Oceanographic
           http://www.whoi.edu/home/education/index_k12_main.htm

Year of the Ocean
           http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/kids.htm

        Biomes:

Shorelines, Temperate Oceans, and Tropical Oceans - http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/index.htm
Rocky Shores - http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/sandy/rocky.htm
Tide Pools - http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/sandy/tidepool.htm
Barrier Islands - http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/sandy/barrier.htm
Estuaries - http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/sandy/estuaries.htm

Tide Pool Web Page  from Corrina Chase and James Fitzpatrick
   http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/projects/rocky/
Tide Pool page from Maine
   http://octopus.gma.org/katahdin/tidepool.html
Contrasts in Blue:Coral Reef/Maine Coast
  
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/contrast/cover.html
Life in a Massachusetts Tidal Pool
   http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/kamaral/tidepools.html
Tide Pool from Minnesota Zoo
   http://www.mnzoo.com/animals/discovery_bay/tidepool.asp
San Diego Tidepool study - My Tidepool, My Home
   http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/valencia/tidepools/

Ocean Environment - Explore the California coast
   http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/valencia/explore/vp.html

The Magic School Bus - Ocean Adventures - Tidal Pools Etc. - scroll down
   http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/educational_activities_k6/90930

   The Magic School Bus Tour - http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tour/tour.htm?marine

Life on the Rocky Shore from ThinkQuest includes tidepool data
  
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=3168&team_id=J001418

Secrets of the Tide Pool from ThinkQuest
   http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=3520&team_id=J002608

Sharks:
                Secret World of Sharks and Rays from PBS
           
       http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sharks/

                        Sharks from Enchanted Learning
                        http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/

Sharks from Gander Academy web page
   http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/sharks.htm

The World of Sharks from PBS
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/

Shocking Sharks from San Diego
    http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/sessions/sharks/

Sharks and their Relatives
    http://www.buschgardens.org/infobooks/Sharks&Rays/home.html

Shark Safari from National Geographic
     http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/sharks/

Sharks from Kidzone - http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/
      Facts http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/facts.htm
      Activities http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/activities/index.html
      Pictures http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/photos/index.htm

Shark Friends - http://www.sharkfriends.com/

Sharks from SeaWorld - http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Sharks&Rays/home.html

Australian Sharks - http://www.deh.gov.au/coasts/species/sharks/

Monterey Bay Aquarium Shark Information
    http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_hp/eqf_sharks.asp
    Saving Sharks - http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_se/se_vwl_shark.asp

Shark Cam - http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_smm/smm_cam.asp?bhcp=1
       
MN - http://www.channel4000.com/sharkcam/index.html

          London - http://www.camvista.com/england/london/sharks.php3

  Whales:

Whales of the World - from Australia
     http://www.omplace.com/omsites/discover/index.html
Whales on the Net - from Australia
      http://www.whales.org.au/home.html

Whales by David Kidd - http://dkd.net/whales/index.html
Whales Theme Page from Gander Academy http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/whales.htm
Whale Dreams from Australia includes interactive map
    http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/whale/default.htm
Whales information from Enchanted Learning
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/

Whales from Australian-Antarctic Data Centre
    http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=6110
*Types of Whales - International Wildlife Coalition - excellent info
     Student pages http://web.archive.org/web/20040701211825/http://iwc.org/teachers_kit/tksix.html
    Teacher pages http://web.archive.org/web/20040702092358/iwc.org/teachers_kit/tktix.html
*
Whale "Hunt" Activity online search and discovery
     http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/whalehunt/
Still More Whales - Whales and Their Habitat Around Man Thinkquest
     http://library.thinkquest.org/2946/facts.htm
*Whales Continued
    http://www.nfld.com/nfld/other/whales/whales.html
Killer Whales from Sea World
    http://www.buschgardens.org/infobooks/KillerWhale/home.html
*Whalenet - http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
Whales - A Thematic Unit from Kimberlye Joyce - 
     http://www.richmond.edu/~kjoyce/Whales/

Marine Mammals
                Marine Mammals from the Electronic Zoo - http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm
                Seaworld Animal Facts - http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm
                Marine Mammals from NOAA - http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/education/marinemammals.htm
            
Sea Otters - http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/otterpage/otter.html
            
Dolphins - http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=758&team_id=17963

Marine Creatures

Turtles - All About Turtles http://www.gma.org/turtles/index.html
              Sea Turtles - http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/home.html
              NOAA - http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR3/Turtles/turtles.html
              Florida - http://www.co.broward.fl.us/bio/seaturtle.htm
              NPCA - http://www.npca.org/marine_and_coastal/marine_wildlife/seaturtles.asp
              KidsPlanet - http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/sea_turtle.html

Tunicates - http://depts.washington.edu/fhlk12/StudentProjects/Tun.biology.html
              
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/urochordata.html
               http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/sea_squirt.cfm

Arthropods -  Crustaceans - http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/animals/crustaceans.htm
                       
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:KEiBdqFZauoJ:www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2e.html+crustaceans&hl=en
                    http://www.floridasmart.com/subjects/ocean/animals_ocean_crust.htm

  
                 Crab  - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/Crab.shtml
  
                 Shrimp - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/crustacean/Shrimp.shtml

                     Lobster - Overview and Activities http://www.gma.org/siteindex.html#lobsters
                                http://octopus.gma.org/lobsters/
                       
Lobster Kids Page - http://www.lobsterinstitute.org/index.php?page=18
                       
Lobster anatomy - http://www.lobsterinstitute.org/index.php?page=20
                      
 Quiz - http://www.lobsterinstitute.org/index.php?page=51  
               
         Maine lobster - picture and info -http://www.maineaquarium.com/lobster.html

  
                 Barnacles - http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/barnacles.html
                                 http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/mdc/Species%20Register/barnacles.htm

                                       http://library.thinkquest.org/J001418/barnacles.html?tqskip1=1

Copepods -
  (special thanks to Isabelle for introducing this topic) 

The World of Copepods from the Smithsonian
    http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/copepod/
Biology of Copepods
    http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/zoomorphology/Biology.html
Introduction to Copepoda from U Berkeley
    http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/maxillopoda/copepoda.html 
Electron microscope images from University of Hawaii
    http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/bemf/microangela/gaussia.htm
Copepod facts
    http://www.reef.edu.au/asp_pages/secb.asp?FormNo=39
Diagram of a Copepod plus information about reproduction
   
  http://www.at-sea.org/missions/maineevent/docs/copo/bottom.html
Copepod Neuroecology - lots of text but info about bioluminescence and myelin
   
http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/~petra/copepod.html
Enchanted Learning -  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/crustacean/Copepod.shtml

Mollusks - http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2f.html and http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/animals/mollusk.htm
     Nudibranches and Crinoids - DiveGallery - http://divegallery.com/
          
Nudibranches - http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/nudibranch/nudibranch.html
    
Clams - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/bivalve/Clamprintout.shtml
           Clam dissection - http://sps.k12.ar.us/massengale/clam_dissection.htm
   
Mussels - http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/fwmussel.html
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussel

     Cuttlefish -
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/mollusk/cephalopod/Cuttlefishprintout.shtml
     Scallops -
http://www.ocean.udel.edu/mas/seafood/scallops.html
                 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/bivalve/Scallopprintout.shtml
                 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scallop
     Cowries -
http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/stender/marine/mollusks/gastropods/cowries/cowries.htm
     Octopus -
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/octopus/Octopuscoloring.shtml
                 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/octopus/
                 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/speciesid/fish_page/fish24a.html              
     Squid -
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html
     Nautilus -
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=168
    
Conch - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/mollusk/gastropod/Conchprintout.shtml
 

Echinoderms - http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/animals/echinod.htm
                 
More echinoderms - http://www.starfish.ch/reef/echinoderms.html
                     Still more -
http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2d.html
                 
Wonders of the Seas - echinoderms and mollusks from the Oceanic research group
                http://www.oceanicresearch.org/lesson.html

Coral and Anemone - http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2b.html
                 
Jellyfish -from Oregon Coast Aquarium -http://www.aquarium.org/jellies/index.htm
                 
Coral http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/coral/Coralprintout.shtml
                 
Mon of War - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/jellyfish/Manofwar.shtml

Sea Worms - http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2c.html

Porifera - Sponges - http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2a.html
    


Miscellaneous: 

               Oceanography questions and answers from Oceanlink
                
http://oceanlink.island.net/ask/oceanography.html

Tide Chart Index NH
  http://www.maineharbors.com/nh/tidenh.htm
Tide Tables from NOAA - Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
   
http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tp4days.html
Tide Tables for New Hampshire
  http://www.tidesonline.com/
Tide Tables for Maine and NH
  
http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/maineallsites.html

               Odiorne Point State Park web page
                 http://www.nhparks.state.nh.us/ParksPages/Odiorne/Odiorne.html

                        Seacoast Science Center
                 http://www.seacentr.org/main.html


Ocean lessons from MCPS Connect for Grade 5
   http://web.archive.org/web/20050207120930/http://www.mcps.org/ces/connect/ocean/frames.html

Wet Web - a Thinkquest Junior project
   http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=2305&team_id=4065               

NOAA's Resource Guide for Teachers of Marine Science  
      Grades K-12 - includes books, AV materials, Teacher Resources, and Web sites
   http://swfsc.ucsd.edu/BIBLIOGRAPHY/GUIDE.htm

Marine Life web page from Westport, CT
   http://teachers.westport.k12.ct.us/resource/marine_life.htm

Teachers' Resources for Oceans Field Trip
   http://www.field-guides.com/sci/oceank/tr.htm

Magic School Bus CyberGuide from California
       http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Magic/magictg.htm

Thinkquest Projects about the ocean - http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=151

Octopus Report - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/octopus/

The Amazing Octopus - http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/octopus/

Lobster Activities - http://www.gma.org/lobsters/lobsterActivities/lobactindex.html



Aquarium Websites for Teachers and Kids:

                   Miami Seaquarium - sea turtles, manatees, pinnipeds, and dolphins -  
                      http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=78&date=2006-04-01
                      http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=83&date=2006-04-01
                      http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/content/view/50/83/
                     
http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/content/view/53/74/

                   Monterey Bay Aquarium - http://www.mbayaq.org/                 

                   Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut - http://www.mysticaquarium.org/
                         Mystic Seaport - http://www.mysticseaport.org/

                   National Aquarium in Baltimore - animal species -  
                   http://www.aqua.org/animals.html

                   New England Aquarium in Boston - Science and Learning -  
                   http://www.neaq.org/scilearn/index.html

                   Oregon Coast Aquarium - http://www.aquarium.org/jellies/index.htm

                   Shedd Aquarium in Chicago - click on Animals - http://www.sheddnet.org/

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