Floating School Resources

Oceans/Oceanography Sites

This listing is by no means complete. Please evaluate each site for it’s appropriateness for your family. Enjoy! - Nina

(Editor's note: Nina is one of our floating school coordinators and graciously put together this extensive list of educational links with commentatry)

• OceanWorld at TAMU
  http://oceanworld.tamu.edu

• The Magic School Bus Visits the Ocean. Includes games and visiting ocean zones.
  Also check out the dolphin and whale page as well
  http://www.microsoft.com/kids/msb/ocean.htm

• SeaWorld’s Information Database. Check out the links on the left to short-cut to various topics and the Teacher’s Guides.
  http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
  

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Page.
  http://www.noaa.gov/

• Sea and Sky US - a non-commercial, non-profit Web site dedicated to sharing the splendors
  of our fragile oceans and the wonders of the universe with all members of the world Internet community.
  http://www.seasky.org/

• Kid's World - A "guide for the young cyber-traveler" that includes links to museums, zoos & aquariums, science, sports, and geography sites.
  http://now2000.com/kids/index.shtml

• (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site! It offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.
  http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/

• A Virtual Touch Tank
  http://oberon.educ.sfu.ca/projects/safari/3DTouchTank/3dlib/tank.html

• NAO - National Ocean Service - Learn about water levels, tides and currents
  http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/about2.html

• Enchanted Learning’s Site – worth a look
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/

• The Smithsonian’s Site on Oceans
  

  • http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/art-to-zoo/contrast/cover.html
    
  • http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/main.html
    

• Ocean Link: Clearinghouse of Oceanography info and links. The links page alone will make you dizzy.
  http://oceanlink.island.net/

• Mystic Aqauarium. Neat Aquarium Site
  http://www.mysticaquarium.org/

• Lessons from the Sea II
  http://www2.sptimes.com/aquarium/FA.4.2.html
  Lessons at this site include: Create a mangrove tree (Grades K-8); Naked Egg (Grades K-8);
  Press seaweed (Grades K-12); Build a hydrometer (Grades 5-12); Compare freshwater and saltwater (Grades 5-12).

• Ocean Voyagers Lesson Plans
  http://voyager.snc.edu/Ocean/lessonpage.html
  About a dozen multidisciplinary unit plans for middle school teachers
  which use oceanographic science as a theme for integrating all principal subjects.

• Secrets of the Ocean World
  http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/ Secrets of the Ocean World
  From PBS, this site has information for intermediate/junior high students on a number of sea dwellers.
  Teachers will be especially interested in the section "In the School" with its set of suggested activities to go along with the modules.

• Treasures @ Sea: Exploring the Ocean Through Literature
  http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html
  In this unit/module plan, students read story books about the ocean and then apply the information they have gained through creative writing, art and interactive activities

• Marine Biology Learning Center
  http://www.marinebiology.org/science.htm

• Oceans
  http://www.members.tripod.com/alongtheshore/Oceans/oceans.htm

• The Office of Naval Research’s site - packed with info
  http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/

Lesson Plans K-12 Many of these sites have games, worksheets, you name it for a wide range of ages.

• Water and Oceanography lesson plan links
  http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/water.htm

• Explore the Ocean for grades 3 – 6
  http://members.aol.com/shu91/

• Seas and Shores Unit Studies, Worksheets, etc.
  http://unitstudiesforkids.homestead.com/seashore.html

• Ocean lesson plan
  http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/ocean.shtml

More lesson plans:

• http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/ocean.htm

• www.ed.uiuc.edu/ylp/Units/Curriculum_Units/95 96/Desert_Ocean_TMoore/table_contents.html

• http://www.proteacher.com/110056.shtml

• http://viking.stark.k12.oh.us/~greentown/ocean/ocean.htm

• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SS23.htm scroll almost all the way down for lessons on oceans

• Science Lesson Plans
  Huge listing of various science lessons plans. It is not divided by science discipline but is divided by age-range. Take your time and look through the activities and you will find some gems on your subject
  http://www.col-ed.org/cur/science.html

• Elementary On-line Unit
  www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Oceanography/OCN_1.asp

• crafts and worksheets
  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6459/ocean.html

• animals in the ocean
  http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/eviau/edit557/oceans/laureen/komm.htm

• online aquarium
  http://www.mbayaq.org/

• Activities from the Franklin Institute
  http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/art.html

Sites with bibliographies of books about marine animals:

• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2714/oceanp2.html

• http://www.whaletimes.org/biblio.htm

• Online Guide for Aquariums
  www.fishlinkcentral.com/

• Hermit Crabs
  http://members.tripod.com/~animalcare/hcrab.html

Misc. Interesting Sites

The Following links come from this site, well worth looking at for detailed descriptions.
http://library.hilton.kzn.school.za/Geography/moreocean.htm

• AQUARIUS
  http://www.uncwil.edu/nurc/aquarius/
  Underwater ocean laboratory in the Florida Keys.

• BEACHNET
  http://www.beach-net.com/
  Atlantic Coast

• CAROLINA COASTAL SCIENCE
  http://www.ncsu.edu/coast/

• CHESAPEAKE BAY BOLIDE
  http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/epubs/bolide/

• CHESAPEAKE BAY LINK
  http://www.baylink.org/

• COAST
  http://www.coast-nopp.org/

• COASTAL OCEAN MODELING
  http://crusty.er.usgs.gov/

• EXPLORAQUARIUM
  http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/grads/scottv/exploraquarium/
  University of Washington Oceanography site 

• INTO THE ABYSS
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/
  NOVA Online's Presentation of an excursion to the Pacific Ocean floor

• MI-NET
  http://www.ifmt.nf.ca/mi-net/topics.htm
  The Marine Institute's site for over two dozen K-12 topics

• MUSICAL SAND
  http://www.wao.or.jp/smiwa/
  

• NEPTUNE'S WEB
  http://www.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/neptune.htm
  

• OCEAN LINK
  http://oceanlink.island.net/
  

• OCEAN PLANET
  http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
  Award winning Smithsonian traveling exhibit online

• OCEANS ALIVE
  http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/alive.htm

• PERSPECTIVES ON AN OCEAN PLANET
  http://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov/tecd.html
  Free CD ROM from NASA

• REMARKABLE OCEAN WORLD
  http://www.oceansonline.com/

• SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SATELLITE IMAGE ARCHIVE
  http://dcz.gso.uri.edu/avhrr-archive/archive.html

• SEAWEB
  http://www.seaweb.org/

• SECRETS OF THE OCEAN REALM
  http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/index.html

• SURF AND SUN
  http://www.surf-sun.com/

• TREASURES@SEA
  http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/

• VICTOR THE VECTOR
  http://www.ocean98.org/vicin.htm

• WATER FOR HEALTH
  http://www.real-water.com/
  High School level

• WATER RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
  http://water.usgs.gov/

ThinkQuest Site – These are international high school student - generated entries.

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=18828&url=18828/
  (Deep Sea )

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=758&team_id=17963
  (Dolphins)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=2005&team_id=28170
  (Diving)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=847&team_id=15931
  (Pacific Ocean)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=548&team_id=12880
  (Ocean animals)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=924&team_id=22403
  (aqua-culture)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=734&team_id=20901
  (el Nino)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=844&team_id=15312
  ( frontiers of the oceans, space and the field of medicine)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=948&team_id=22752
  (ocean study)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=784&team_id=22710
  (global warming)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=716&team_id=21035
  (The Ocean)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=4244&team_id=C005993
  (virtual aquarium)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=1554&team_id=25723
  (history of ocean going vessels)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=1795&team_id=26153
  (Atlantic Oceans)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=1693&team_id=27115
  (oceans)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=1530&team_id=25713
  (coral)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum.html?lib_id=5943&team_id=C0120120
  (sharks)

• www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=6067&cid=2&url=6067/
  (sea turtles)

• http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/kidsteachers/index.asp
  check out cool learning adventures about U.S. coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes resources.

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

• http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/planetocean/
  The Discovery Channel Site’s Ocean Curricula

• http://www.euronet.nl/users/janpar/virtual/ocean.html
  Site about plankton

• http://www.palomar.edu/oceanography/salty_ocean.htm
  Site about the water in oceans

• http://www.oceansonline.com/
  This site has lesson plans, pictures, online library and more.
  Probably geared towards the older student.

• http://www.oceanofk.org/sharks/sharks.html
  Shark Fan site

• www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2002/04/04182002/pewquiz_46932.asp
  Take an online Ocean Literacy Test

• http://www.stormfax.com/safeswim.htm
  Tips page on water safety near and on the ocean. Also teaches about the different types of tides/currents.

• http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/ocean.html
  crafts for early elementary

• Carolina Coastal Science. A quality educational resource with inquiry-based activities covering the Carolina coastline, including barrier island erosion, development pressures, and habitat conservation
  http://www.ncsu.edu/coast/

• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/index.htm
  nice general ocean site

• http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/index.html
  marine field guide for Baja California

• http://www.secretsatsea.org/
  An online investigative game exploring topics in Ocean Science

• http://www.whaletimes.org/
  Great kids site about oceans

• http://www.cousteausociety.org/tcs_people.html
  The Cousteau Society Site’s biography of Jacques Costeau

• www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/underwater/index.weml?&tried_cookie=true
  Learn about the different habitats and zones of Earth's oceans by watching the animated cartoon, taking the quiz, and trying the activities.

• http://www.nps.gov/calo/kids.htm
  learn all about the plants, shells, birds, and sea turtles that make this North Carolina oceanfront their home

• http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
  NOAA’s photo library. Small but beautiful.

Specific sites for Matagorda Bay and the area:

• http://www.matagorda-bay.com/

• http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/mr186.htm

• http://www.mcbnc.org/index.html

• http://www.texaswatermatters.org/region_k.htm

• http://www.texasmaritimemuseum.org/exhibits.html

• http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/facts.html

• http://www.texas-settlement.org/odyssey/





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