Assorted oceanography lesson plans from Virginia Institute of Marine Science - Bridge
http://www.vims.edu/bridge/lesson.htmlExploring Earth Science from Geocities - see Chapter 6
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/9502/earthscience.htmlFranklin 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.htmOceanography 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.htmOcean pages for kids - waves, currents, El Nino, ice bergs, and satellites
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/index.htmlLearn about the Ocean from the Missouri Botanical Garden
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/index.htmNeptunes's Web - http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/Educate/Neptune/Neptune.htm
More sites: http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/PAO/Educate.htmOceans 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.htmlOcean Planet - Smithsonian 1995
Exhibit http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov:80/ocean_planet.html
Lesson plans http://smithsonianeducation.org/db/detail.asp?id=893Oceanography from 4th and 5th Grade Resources
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/earthsci.html#cOceans Alive from Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/alive.htmOceans - Worlds of Water from Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/ocean01.htmOcean Unit Links from Greentown Elementary School in Ohio
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/ocean/ocean.htmOceanography Lesson Plans and Activities
http://www.edhelper.com/oceans.htmPlanet Ocean from Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/planetocean/ocean.htmlProject Wild Aquatic Education
http://www.projectwild.org/ProjectWILDK-12AquaticCurriculumandActivityGuide.htmSavage Seas from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/Woods Hole Oceanographic
http://www.whoi.edu/home/education/index_k12_main.htmYear of the Ocean
http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/kids.htm
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.htmTide 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.htmlThe 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?marineLife 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=J002608Sharks:
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.htmThe 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.htmlShark 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.htmShark 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.aspShark 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.php3Whales 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 CreaturesTurtles - 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.htmlTunicates - http://depts.washington.edu/fhlk12/StudentProjects/Tun.biology.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/urochordata.html
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/sea_squirt.cfmArthropods - 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.shtmlMollusks - 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
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.htmlWet Web - a Thinkquest Junior project
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=2305&team_id=4065NOAA'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.htmMarine Life web page from Westport, CT
http://teachers.westport.k12.ct.us/resource/marine_life.htmTeachers' 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.htmThinkquest 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.htmlNew England Aquarium in Boston - Science and Learning -
http://www.neaq.org/scilearn/index.htmlOregon Coast Aquarium - http://www.aquarium.org/jellies/index.htm
Shedd Aquarium in Chicago - click on Animals - http://www.sheddnet.org/
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