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NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids: Gallery of Oceans

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of images showing Earth's oceans and how they are affected by climate change.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Branches of Earth Science

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the major branches of Earth Science.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Branches of Earth Science

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the major branches of Earth Science.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Local Winds

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Descriptions of various types of local wind patterns.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Local Winds

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how local winds are formed.
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Other

Sacnas: The Biography Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This site profiles dozens of Chicano/Latino and Native American scientists. Most are still active in their field of research. Searchable by field of science. Also contains links to some fantastic science sites by topic.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Branches of Earth Science

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interactive concept map that shows how the different branches of earth science. After completing the concept map, students can test their knowledge with a "challenge me" quiz.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Careers: Oceanographer

For Students 9th - 10th
Thinking about becoming an oceanographer? Learn what to expect and what types of requirements are needed for this career.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Surface Wave

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition and example of a surface wave, how the medium moves in a surface wave and why ocean waves break.
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Other

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution

For Students 9th - 10th
This research institute uses ROVs to study the ocean. Learn about news, research, and the ships and submarines used by HBOI.
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Other

Sea Sky: Explore the Sea

For Students 3rd - 8th
Climb aboard this submarine and explore the sea. This site has pictures and information about the oceans, coral reefs, as well as famous explorers of the deep. You can also play interactive games.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Planet: Staying on Top

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the story of the infamous Nike shoes that washed off a cargo ship. The shoes later showed up along beaches, giving oceanographers another clue as to how ocean currents move.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading/writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
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Website
Rice University

Rice University: Museums Teaching Planet Earth: What Is the Hydrosphere?

For Students 9th - 10th
Focus is on the hydrosphere and contains the definition as well as characteristics of the ocean and the effect of the ocean on climate.
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Other

Nanoos: Ocean Observation [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help familiarize students with methods scientists use to study the coastal ocean in the Pacific Northwest. It will encourage them to pose and investigate their own questions about the ocean.
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Other

Nanoos: Well, Well, Well [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity provides students the opportunity to investigate the relationship between winds, surface currents, sea temperature and upwelling and downwelling off the coast of Oregon and Washington.
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Other

Nanoos: What's a Water Column Profile? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan helps students discover the relationship between temperature, salinity, and density in coastal marine waters. Students access and retrieve water column profile data from the NANOOS and/or the WA Department of Ecology's...
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Other

Cape Farewell Arctic Voyage

For Students 9th - 10th
Cape Farewell is an organization dedicated to the study of the ocean's role in regulating global temperature and its relationship to climate change and global warming. Each year a trek is made in order to study these climate changes....
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Ocean and Climate Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Earth's oceans and the effects that climate have had on the rising temperatures over the past one hundred years. Discover how the Earth's ocean and atmosphere are interlocked so that when one changes, the other is affected.
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: Oceans

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out why the oceans are blue and what causes waves by clicking here. There is a table of information about the four oceans as well as interesting facts on waves, salinity, and tides.
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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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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Different Branches of Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many specializations in the field of geography within its two branches of physical and human geography.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Ocean Currents Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Jennifer Verduin dives into the science of ocean currents.
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Website
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: Undergraduate Resources: Marine Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
What does an oceanographer do and study? This site looks at what marine scientists and students do and the research expeditions they take part in.

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