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Website
Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Pitcairn Islands

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a virtual destination guide and country profile of the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific Ocean, background details, and numerous links to key information on the islands' culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population,...
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Activity
Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: California, Protecting the Golden State

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the rich habitats and natural beauty of the California landscape in this interactive video.
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Activity
Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: California

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the rich habitats and natural beauty of the California landscape in this interactive video.
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Unit Plan
Other

Heritage History:vasco Nunez Balboa

For Students 4th - 8th
Timeline and history of explorer Vasco Nunez Balboa
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Website
NOAA

Noaa: Ocean and Coasts

For Students 9th - 10th
This website highlights the oceans of the world. Even though June is World Ocean Month, learning about oceans never ends! There are links here to many resources and lesson plans regarding the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and...
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Interactive
Museum of Science

The Museum of Science: Oceans Alive: Ocean Profiles

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive map of the world's oceans allows you to access profiles for each of the four oceans.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge: Palau: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the island nation of Palau in the Pacific Islands.
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Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Temperate Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
Easy data tables compare the ocean depth of the four oceans, list the deepest point in each ocean, and list how much of different elements are contained in the oceans.
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Graphic
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Atlantic & Pacific Oceans

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Atlantic & Pacific Oceans are both very large, but they differ in some important ways. View the two animated illustrations to learn some important facts.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Pacific Ring of Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on the location of the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Map included.
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Website
Other

Vasco Nunez De Balboa

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief biography of the life of Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
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World Geography Games

World Geography Games: Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify the world's oceans through this interactive quiz.
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Website
NOAA

Noaa: Pmel: Noaa: What Is La Nina?

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, you can find out the characteristics of La Nina. You can find out about the lastest La Nina and the places it effected. Links are provided for additional information.
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Website
Mariners' Museum and Park

The Mariner's Museum: Vasco Nunez De Balboa

For Students 5th - 8th
A biography of the life of explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Earth's Oceans

For Students 4th - 6th
Oceans contain 97% of the water on the Earth and are home to a huge number of living creatures. View an informative slideshow of the ocean and its inhabitants and then test yourself on what you learned.
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: Vasco Nunez De Balboa

For Students 5th - 8th
A short biography of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, a Spanish explorer, who is credited with sighting the Pacific Ocean while crossing the isthmus of Panama.
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Oceans

For Students 1st - 6th
Learn about the five oceans of the Earth, life in the oceans, and why oceans are salty.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: The Ring of Fire

For Students 2nd - 8th
Information on the Ring of Fire, what caused it, where it is located, and the active volcanoes.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Pacific Ocean

For Students Pre-K - 1st
pacific ocean
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Pacific Ocean

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a satellite image of the Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean in the world. For more information on the Pacific Ocean and other oceans of the world, check out our fun ocean facts for kids.
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Graphic
Curated OER

National Geographic for Kids: Find People and Places: New Zealand

For Students 3rd - 8th
Welcome to New Zealand! Follow this interactive overview of the country's history, geography, people, government, nature, and more.