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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Arctic Ocean: How Can We Change Materials?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Join Jacob on the Nova Zembla Expedition, and help him use suitable materials for building his house.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Arctic

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the climate, permafrost, vegetation, wildlife, environmental concerns, and ocean in the Arctic Region of the world.
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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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arctic Ice Extent, 1999 2016

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists study sea ice extent closely because it influences global climate. Follow the decline in Arctic sea ice in this animation adapted from NASA showing the yearly maximum and minimum sea ice extents from 1999 to 2016. Resources...
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Activity
The Franklin Institute

Missouri Botanical Garden: Ocean Facts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click on all the links to find out many interesting facts about the ocean. Why is the ocean blue? Why is it salty? Where do most of the animals and plants live? Which ocean is the biggest? The deepest? How much of the Earth is covered by...
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Website
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Polar Discovery: Arctic Seafloor Expedition: July 1 Aug. 10, 2007

For Students 9th - 10th
This polar expedition to study the Arctic seafloor took place in 2007, but you can still enjoy following the footsteps of these scientists. The goal of the expedition was to see if there were active hydrothermal vents on the ocean...
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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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Graphic
Curated OER

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Arctic Region

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of the Arctic Ocean region.
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Activity
NOAA

Noaa: Following the Ocean Unicorn [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what a narwhal is and how climate change may be challenging their existence. Make a poster that demonstrates your understanding.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab 2: Earth's Frozen Oceans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that investigates climate and the cryosphere. In this particular lab, students explore how sea ice forms, how sea ice thickness changes over time, and how sea ice can affect ocean currents...
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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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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center: Killer Whales

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very brief overview of the orca or "killer whale."
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Unit Plan
Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Oceanographers

For Students 3rd - 7th
The planet Earth has more ocean than land, so oceanographers have a lot to work with! Whether they study marine biology, tides, engineering, or water quality, there is always more to learn about the ocean and the life within it. While...
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Website
Princeton University

Princeton University Library: Exhibition: Of Maps and Men: Samuel Hearne

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry about eighteenth-century explorer Samuel Hearne, from a larger exhibition about the search for a passage to the Orient through Canada. Hearne is credited with surveying the Coppermine River and with being the first European to view...
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Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Habitats and Biomes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Find a variety of activities for children to do as they learn to identify varying habitats and biomes. Included are links to an even more extensive list of resources under coral reef, desert, grassland,...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Polar Sea Ice

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Polar sea ice, its seasonal variability, and the impact of a changing climate are investigated in this activity. Students will also explore the differences between polar regions that result from Antarctica being a continent and the north...
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Interactive
Sesame Street

Sesame Street Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
These interactive games allow young children to explore the jungle, the oceans and the arctic regions. Children can look for animals in that area of the world.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Polar Seas O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip over this interactive OLogy card and start learning bite-size pieces of useful information about the marine life that lives in polar-sea regions.
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Article
Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: Ice Breaking Ship Gets Fired Up

For Students Pre-K - 1st
One of the ships the United States has stationed in Antarctica is heading to warmer waters for intense cleaning.
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Handout
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

Pittsburgh Zoo: Polar Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
The polar bear is native to the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding seas. Use this resource to discover other unique facts about the largest carnivore found on land.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Oceans

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about the world's five great oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic on this site.
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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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World Geography Games

World Geography Games: Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify the world's oceans through this interactive quiz.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Heart: Penguins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this site if you want to find ideas, lessons and activities related to penguins.

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