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Submersible Designer
Students work in groups to design, build, and test a submersible prototype. In this engineering lesson, students learn about the importance and design of submersible vessels and apply their knowledge by building one of their own. They...
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Noaa: Photo Library: National Severe Storms Laboratory
This National Severe Storms Laboratory Photo Album features amazing photographs of tornadoes, instruments, sky scenes, lightning, and hail.
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Noaa: National Ocean Service: Education: Tides and Water Levels
A great resource for explaining and understanding tides. Find out what tides are and why it is so important to monitor them. This is an extensive tutorial followed by a set of review questions. All of the information can be downloaded as...
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Noaa: National Ocean Service Education: Nonpoint Source Pollution
Illustrated tutorial explains nonpoint source pollution and its role in the health of the environment. Students learn about different sources of pollution and how these pollutants contaminate the land, air, and water. Click on the links...
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Score One for the Estuaries
Invasive plants and animals can damage the estuary. Students learn about invasive plants and get hands-on experience getting rid of them, plus they get tips on other ways to restore and protect our important estuaries.
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Noaa: Pmel: El Nino Theme Page
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors this El Nino and La Nina resource site that features current and historic information about these weather systems with diagrams.
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Noaa: Estuaries: Noaa: Science Data: Graphing
Create graphs of marine ecosystems using real-time data.
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Noaa: Estuaries: Noaa: Teachers: Middle School
This resource provides a middle school curriculum on the topic of estuaries. Includes a PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Estuary Food Pyramid
Students learn about the feeding relationships in an estuary ecosystem with this interactive energy pyramid activity. A second activity involves research and a video clip to elaborate the learning.
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Hooray for Horseshoe Crabs
Learn about the anatomy and ecological relationships of the horseshoe crab.
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Seasonal Swings
Students use an interactive map to compare environmental conditions in different estuaries around the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. A second activity allows students to use the Graphing Tool to find, select, and graph data...
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: The Great Oyster Mystery
Like a canary in a coal mine, oyster health and oyster abundance can tell us about changing conditions in an estuary.
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Water Going Up, Water Going Down
In this interactive learning module, students discover the effects of the changing tides on the life and health of an estuary ecosystem.
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Where Rivers Meet the Sea
A complete learning module where students watch an introductory video, take an estuary quiz, learn about landforms related to the environment, and use maps and real-time data to study estuary ecosystems in the United States.
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Port to Port
Many people depend on the estuary to earn a living. Meet a Louisiana man who makes his living by harvesting crabs and shrimp, and is worried about the health of the estuary. Includes downloadable teacher guide and student materials.
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Noaa: Homepage
This is the homepage and online publication of National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which provides weather and environmental-related news from around the world.
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Noaa: Ship Okeanos Explorer: "America's Ship for Ocean Exploration"
Follow teams of scientists as they explore marine life and habitats of the deep ocean. Covers past and current expeditions in various regions of the world. Includes webcasts, videos, lesson plans and modules, and career resources. An...
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Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Thunder Bay Sinkholes 2008: Cells That Changed the World [Pdf]
A class experiment on cyanobacteria and green algae. The lesson is based on research conducted during a 2008 expedition to study sinkholes in the waters near Thunder Bay, Ontario. An annotated list of websites with source materials and...
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Bountiful Birds
Learn about different species of birds that make the estuary their home, and why the estuary is an important stopover for others. Includes teacher and student materials for download.
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Middle School Curriculum Overview [Pdf]
The Estuaries 101 Middle School Curriculum is a multimedia curriculum focused on the theme "Estuaries & You." It includes a series of online activities for middle school students that highlight our nation's living laboratories, all...
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Pbs: El Nino
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
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Noaa: Year of the Ocean, Kids and Teachers Corner
Great resources on a variety of ocean and environmental concerns, endangered plants and animals, climate and habitats, frequently asked questions and fact sheets.
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Noaa: Ocean Facts on Marine Fish Habitats
The depletion of marine fish habitats from NOAA affects more than just the fish - it can affect you too! Learn facts about the importance of habitat preservation for science, and for people like you.
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Noaa: Ocean Facts on Coastal Development
Resource provides facts on Coastal Development as well as how it affects you.