Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Ocean Ad Ven Ture
Students can learn about hydrothermal vents with this web quest that explores the deep ocean. Site allows students go on an ocean adventure to learn about the vents from scientist that study them.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Find a Vent
Learn all about hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean and how scientists locate them. Then take a virtual expedition to the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the north Pacific and see if you can discover a new deep sea vent.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Geology and Geophysics
This webpage has two videos related to mid-oceaninc ridges. One of them examines the traits of hydrothermal vents and why their study is important. The other one describes the process by which new oceanic crust is created.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: Hydrothermal Vents
This resource is part of a larger online exhibit on the world of oceans. The information on this page is very brief in relation to hydrothermal vents, but the site links to a full-length pdf format article on the subject. The article is...
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: The Oceans
This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum is home to ten units covering various aspects of the world's oceans including frozen oceans, deep oceans, barnacles, coral reef, deep-sea fish, sponges, vents, and more.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Hydrothermal Vents O Logy Card
Check out this interactive OLogy card to learn about hydrothermal vents, also known as black smokers.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: Dive and Discover: Expeditions to Sea Floor
Join Woods Hole scientists as they search for new volcanic eruptions on the ridge system in the eastern Pacific.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Vent Basics
Use this interactive diagram to investigate the conditions which produce black smoker and white smoker hydrothermal vents.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Vent Biology
Investigate nine different types of organisms that occupy deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Hydrothermal Vents
Explore actual photographs of the organisms and geologic structures of an oceanic hydrothermal vent. Additional links provide information about many of the physical properties of this extreme environment.
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University of Delaware: On Line Expeditions
Dive into the world of the deep sea with this website! Site includes information about the missions and discoveries made by the dive team as they explore deep sea hydrothermal vents.