Curated OER
Life in the Ocean
In this ocean worksheet, students review the different life forms that can be found in the ocean and how these organisms are connected to each other. This worksheet has 12 short answer questions.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Great Lakes Diatoms
Major groups of diatoms listed. Also genera list. A comprehensive site on diatoms.
Microscopy UK
Microscopy Uk: A Virtual Pond Dip
In this site, you will be introduced to some of the more common organisms found in a pond. Contains a thorough guide to small and microscopic pond life with links to other descriptive sources.
Other
The Academy of Natural Sciences
This site describes the museum. It shows the viewer what is currently on exhibit, interesting facts, and many links to other exhibits.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
University of California
Ucmp: Diatoms
Fossil records of diatoms. History, ecology, systematics, and morphology.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Plankton in the Bay
Students will learn about plankton in relation to the Chesapeake Bay and how they grow and are sampled.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Lakes and Ponds
This illustrated website features facts about lakes and ponds and their special place in geography, natural history, and as a biome.
Microscopy UK
Microscopy Uk: Diatoms
Definition of diatoms, habitat, pictures, marine diatoms, and various species of diatoms.
Other
Evidence for Evolution: Fossil Record
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. In this section he discusses how fossil records provide undeniable examples of evolutionary change.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Protists
View several pictures of protists while learning where they are found and what they consume.
Other
Antarctic Geological Drilling: Environmental Literacy Framework Activities
An impressive collection of lessons on climate science and climate change. The entire book can be downloaded. As well, each lesson has its own page with some combination of background information, PowerPoints, images, maps, glossaries,...
Other
Mbari: Marine Flora
For good information about marine flora, go to this site from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. It provides details about different types of seaweeds and phytoplankton. It also contains a photo gallery.
Middle School Science
Protist Lab
In this concise lab exercise, you will examine protists under the microscope, see examples of different protist types, and compare modes of locomotion.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Let's Do Science Programs
Site provides three lesson plans about global warming including one that discusses scenarios for future generations.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Economic Uses of Algae
Today, various species of marine algae provide not only food but also extracts used in numerous pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and industrial applications.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Diatoms Reproduction
Diatoms are a type of algae that reproduces both sexually and asexually. Its characteristics and methods of reproduction are described here.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Examples of Protists
Explains what protists are and describes some examples.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Diatoms Facts
Provides information about diatoms, including their physical characteristics, where they can be found, their classification, how they reproduce, how they form diatomaceous earth when they become fossilized, and their importance to...
Curated OER
Microscopy Uk: Diatoms
Definition of diatoms, habitat, pictures, marine diatoms, and various species of diatoms.