Annotated
List of Web Sites for Oceanography
by
Ryan Eichman - Spring, 2000
The following is a list of 109 web sites that are related to the study oceanography. A variety of topics are addressed and the links provided can serve as an educational tool for most grade levels studying these topics.
This site explains what La Nina is, as well as list the La Nina events of the past. Several additional links related to La Nina can be reached from this site.
Alabama's Artificial Reef Program
This site describes a program to create artificial reefs along Alabama's coast. This is the largest artificial reef program in the world, and this site serves to help illustrate the importance of marine biology in oceanography.
Artificial Reefs of the Florida Keys
This site serves to illustrate the importance of marine biology in oceanography. Several links to various artificial reefs can be found with data that is accompanying the studies being conducted on these reefs.
Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12
This site provides educational links and activities for students in grades K-12 in various science subjects, including oceanography. In addition to resources for students teacher resources are given as well. This is a great site for study of any science topic.
Oceanography and Marine Science
This site is an ordering site for educational slides, but clicking on images enlarges them and these illustrations are directly related to the study of oceanography at the secondary level.
This site too is an ordering site for educational materials, but the images and descriptions that follow these images could serve as a valuable to in earth science education.
The Bering Sea and North Pacific
This site provides illustrations of the Bering and North Atlantic Seas. In addition to these illustrations descriptions about each are given. Several additional links are found on this page which take you to related topics. These images and background of this area can serve as a good learning tool for students.
This site has got it all. You can go on online fieldtrips and you can find links to take you to any area of earth science study. By clicking on the textbooks on the left of the screen you can go through online study guides to aid in comprehension of most oceanographic topics.
Earthquake Danger at Cape Blanco
This site provides a diagram of the plate boundaries between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates. The site also describes what types of tectonic events may occur in this region and provides links to numerous sites for additional information.
This site provides an overview in the idea of a global change in sea level. Links to tools such as a tidal gauge are give in addition to these descriptive link, and interactive viewer is present where students can observe data for themselves.
This site contains many educational links, and has separate sections devoted to such topics as hurricanes, El Nino, and Pressure. Within these section diagrams and explanations are provided. Within the Pressure link is a great explanation of the Coriolis Force, and resources for teachers are provided as well. This is a great educational site.
This site provides gravity anomaly atlases of the various ocean floors, and could serve as a valuable visual aid in a lesson on the topic of sea floor spreading rates and gravity anomolies.
This is an interactive site that allows students to look at the history of the planet and to manipulate some of the factors of the past that have created our world today. This is an excellent educational site and provides links to many earth science topics such as oceanography.
This web site is put on by Discovery Online, and deals with earthquakes. This is a great site for current events, and for the history of tectonic activity. Students can read about earthquakes and audio clips are provided as well.
This site provides great visual aids to what the ocean basins would look like if they were drained of their water. Clicking on any image will allow for it to become enlarged for greater detail. The descriptions that go along with each image can serve to aid in students' understanding of sea floor spreading.
Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics
This site provides diagrams and descriptions of all the layers that comprise the earth. Links are provided in a table of contents to describe features like the oceanic lithosphere in greater detail.
This is a great educational site that deals with every aspect of water on Earth. Links are provided to countless different areas of study dealing with water. This site is a great educational link for students studying Earth Science.
This site provides an introduction to the topic of El Nino. It also introduces the concept of Southern Oscillation and provides two useful diagrams that help illustrate what occurs during an El Nino.
The Current State of the Tropical Pacific-El Nino
This site provides more information on the topic of El Nino and on the topic of Southern Oscillation. This site also allows for real time viewing of the current ocean conditions. Links to an image archive and other sources are provided to help aid students in their understanding of this topic.
An explanation of El Nino with definitions of key concepts are provided by this site. Links to topics related to the cause of El Nino are also given. This site would be a good educational site for someone trying to understand the concept of El Nino.
This link provides another definition and explanation for El Nino. By clicking on the link labeled Remote.Sensing students can learn through application in an online activity. The other links provide very useful educational material as well. This is a good for students to gain comprehension of concepts related to El Nino.
This site provides students with an online activity and extension activities relating to hurricanes. Definitions of key words can be obtained in a glossary link. This site provides students an excellent learning opportunity in which they learn on their own.
This link is another web based activity where students study rift valleys. A glossary link is provided for key concept words and related extension links are present for additional instructional material. This is a great educational site.
This is the NOAA's theme page on El Nino. It provides links to the basic concepts that underlie what El Nino is, links to what is happening now, and links to data on El Nino. This site has a lot of useful information that could help students gain understanding of this topic.
The El Nino Southern Oscillation
This site provides information about what the Southern Oscillation index is and why it is important. This site could serve as additional information on Southern Oscillation but is written at too high a level to stand on its own as a primary source on this topic.
Environmental News-What is El Nino?
This is another El Nino site that provides and explanation as to what El Nino is. Links are provide to past El Nino events and to other topics such as effects, measuring, and prediction. This is a good site on a very popular topic in oceanography.
This is a great educational site for understanding how ocean waves work. Links to inside a wave, how a wave breaks, and how to measure a wave give students a great deal of information to aid understanding in this topic.
This site provides information on the all aspects of Tsunamis. This is a good site for students to learn about the dynamics and destruction that these waves can cause.
This is a great educational site with vivid pictures and interactions covering such topics as Marine Biology and Marine Geology. All students could gain educational insight from this web site.
This site provides high resolution maps of the ocean floor, and descriptions to accompany these maps. This site provides students with a great illustrated view of the dynamics of the sea floor.
This is the perfect site for a student to go to learn more about tides. The animation provided by this site greatly eases the understanding of this concept. Student of all levels can benefit from this site.
Understanding our Planet Through Chemistry
As the title implies this site offers a great deal of information regarding Earth and its chemistry. This site can be useful for grades seven and up, for such topics as determining earth's age, the atmosphere of the past the global changes that have occurred on earth over time.
This site contains a great diagram of the various surfaces of the ocean floor, as well as links to other oceanography topic. This site would be of great instructional value to any student studying oceanography in middle school an up.
This site offers a great simplified diagram of how upwelling works in an ocean system. The explanation along with links to other oceanography topics make this site a great student resource for middle school students and up.
This site illustrates the effects that wind has on ocean surface currents, and illustrates and explains the North Pacific Gyre and North Atlantic Gyre. This site also provides links to related topic in oceanography.
This site provides an explanation to global ocean circulation patterns and can serve as a useful supplementary material on this topic. Links are provided to real data which can allow students in the upper grade level to apply concepts.
In addition to links on the gulf stream and ocean pollution this site offers vivid photographs and diagrams to explain the topic of gulf stream rings. This site an topic is geared to an upper level student studying oceanography.
This site offers information and maps about activity of island building related to hot spots in the ocean. This site could be used as supplementary material when discussing sea floor spreading, and is suitable for middle school and up in grade level.
This site offers and explanation of how hurricanes work. In addition a chart is provided to relate wind speed to amount of destruction, links are provided about naming hurricanes and other related topics. This site is suitable for grades three through twelve.
This is a terrific site dealing with all aspects of El Nino. Links will take students to a wide variety of topics related to the subject. This site could serve great instructional purpose in grades seven and up.
This site is simply an illustration of the Coriliolis Effect. No explanation or links are provided with this site, so it could only serve to illustrate the concept in review.
This site offers great explanation about icebergs in addition to vivid picture examples and links to related oceanography topics. This is a good instructional site for students in middle school and up.
Iceberg Web Resources for Students
This site offers several links to a variety of information on icebergs and would be useful for any student in grades four and up seeking information on this topic.
This site is geared toward the younger student and offers a brief description on what an iceberg is and on how a boat could get beached on one.
This site is a great educational resource for all students of oceanography. Links are provided to all subjects related to the ocean floor including sea floor spreading and ocean topography. This is one of the top sites on this list.
This site takes students step by step with explanation through the water cycle. This site could be of benefit to students in middle school and up to aid in understanding this concept.
Links to Oceanography sites for students
This site offers students studying oceanography links to search various topics. Included in these links is a question and answer site where students can look for the answers of frequently asked questions. This site is of value to any student looking for resources in oceanography.
This site is enhanced color photos of the various ocean floors. This site could greatly enhance student understanding of the Bathymetry of the Ocean floor.
This site is from a college lecture on subduction zones, and is intended for upper level oceanography student but could benefit student in lower grades with the great amount of detailed pictures that are provided.
Major Tectonic Plates of the World
This site contains a map of the earth's major plates. In addition to this map links to resources on continental drift and a brief explanation are given. This site could be useful to students in middle school and up.
This site provides students with maps of different varieties of the entire world. This site serve oceanography by helping students to familiarize themselves with all of the regions on this planet and can be useful for all grade levels.
This site is a great link to the world of oceanography. It allows student to experience things in an online world.
This site is geared toward students at the elementary level. It is related to oceanography in that it explains the concept of pH, a factor directly relevant to the world's oceans.
This is a great educational site that explains all aspect about a Tsunami, from the its history, to the wave dynamics involved. Students in middle school and up could gain a great deal of instructional benefit from this site.
This site offers a tremendous amount of educational information about hurricanes. Included in this sites links is detailed descriptions of a wide variety of related topics. This site can serve students well in grades four and up.
This site offers trivia questions on a variety of oceanography topics along with explanations of the answers to the questions. This site would be a great review for any oceanography student, especially students in middle school and up.
This is the homepage for the NOAA. From this site students can research and supplement study on a wide variety of subject areas. This site would be most beneficial to students in middle school and up.
This site gives a great illustration and explanation as to what El Nino is and what its consequences are and have been. Additional links can take student to the variety of topics that surround this subject. This site would benefit the upper grade levels the most.
This site provides students with information about the deep ocean including topography and biology. Links take students to such places as a timeline of events in the past of oceanography. This is a great educational site for all grade levels.
Tracking El Nino-the Coriolis Force
This site provides an actual video demonstration of the Coriolis Force in progress. This site can help students at any grade level solidify this concept.
This is a link to various sites that have maps with information about El Nino. This site can help students to see the global scale of this event. This site is most useful to students in middle school and up.
This site provides illustrations and explanations of different causes of change in ocean color, related to plankton blooms. This site can help students solidify concepts on marine biology in middle school and up.
This site contains a search engine of ocean topics, an online museum tour and links to countless topics in oceanography. This site is a great resource for any student studying oceanography.
This site offers a different spin on El Nino. In addition an explanation about El Nino students can click on map locations to see how El Nino has effected various parts of the world.
This site explains some of the earth's ocean currents and has links to related topics and to a downloadable movie. This site could be used as a supplementary material for secondary students studying the currents of the oceans.
This site tells a story about a shipment of Nike shoes that got caught in a circulation gyre. It helps illustrate the concept of ocean circulation patterns and could be useful in for students in middle school and up.
Tracking Ocean Currents-Turbidity
This site gives an explanation as to what a turbidity current is in addition to how one can be tracked. This site could supplement study on turbidity, currents, or both.
This link is to a slide that shows how ocean waves can develop, the next slide shows how ocean waves can break. These two slides are useful for students dealing with understanding waves.
This site describes what an ocean is and what some of the important features of ocean are. Links are provided to additional sites on the topic. This site defines what oceans are, a useful piece of information for any student.
This site provides a link to a variety of information dealing with ocean topics ranging from pollution to the culture and society of ocean communities. This site offers some valuable supplementary information for students studying the topic of oceanography.
Oceanography for students K-12
This site provides information about all aspect of oceanography and provides links to various topics suited for all grade levels. This site is an exceptional educational tool for students and teachers alike.
Here you'll find links to other collections of links, a list of available numerical ocean circulation models, various educational and enlightening documents, a guide to the scattered and varied data sets available, a list of references or three, and a guide to the graphics and imaging resources available via the Web.
This site gives a definition to physical oceanography and lists some applications for it. This site could serve high school juniors and seniors well in providing them with possible career information.
Physical Oceanography From Space
This site is geared toward the lower grade levels but offers educational benefits for all students of oceanography. Links are provided to various topics such as the history of physical oceanography and the way scientists conduct measurements.
This site offers information on plankton blumes in the ocean, and provides an explanation of the topic in addition to some vivid photos and diagrams. This site would aid students who are studying the marine biology component of oceanography.
This is a great site dealing with all aspects of plate tectonics. Included in the site are great descriptions and vivid picture examples as well as questions to get students to think. This site is of value for students in middle school and up.
This site provide students with a definition of what a subduction zone is and allows students to take a type of virtual field trip to one. This site is of educational value for grades four and up.
This site provides a brief explanation as to what the definition of plate tectonic is and links to the history and theory behind plate tectonics. This site offers students in the middle school grades and up more information on an important concept to oceanography.
This site defines and compares El Nino and La Nina with very colorful pictures and good explanation, this site is a valuable tool to aid in student understanding of this topic.
This site deal with pressure and gradient forces. These two topics relate directly to wind and wave circulation, and this site will help students in grades nine through twelve to better understand these concepts so that they may be applied to oceanography.
This site allows for students to fallow along on an oceanographic expedition to a Hawaiian volcano three miles under the sea. This site allows students to see oceanography concepts in action an is valuable for all students.
This site explains and illustrates the motion of ocean waves. Understanding this concept is a very important part of oceanography and this site will help students understand wave dynamics.
This is a great Earth Science site that has links to such oceanography topics as Tsunamis. This site contains a lot of useful and interesting information that is suitable for students of all grade levels.
How to Build a Model of Sea-Floor Spreading
This is a fantastic site and one of the best on this list. It provides numerous and great illustrations and explanations on how sea floor spreading works. This site would be a great online activity site for students in grades nine through twelve.
This site provides students with information and countless links about NASA's Seawifs project. This site allows students to explore a variety of interrelated oceanography topics and apply what they have learned to new material.
This link takes you to an online activity and study guide page provided by SeWIF. This site provides students in middle school and up with activities that allow them to work independently, learning new material about oceanography in the process.
This site is geared toward younger students and describes many important topics related to marine biology and provides links for students to further explore related topics.
This site provides a history of Great Tsunamis that have impacted the earth. This information can be useful for students to gain a perspective of the magnitude and effects that Tsunamis have.
This site on the Coriolis Effect provides the most information of any of the Coriolis sites on this list. It is also the most complex and is geared at upper level students. Complete diagrams and explanations may help students further grasp this subject.
This site provides students with a history of how oceanography came to be and how it has evolved over time. This site is useful for students to see how what they are studying now was influenced by the past and how it has improved.
This site takes students inside the ring of fire and takes a look at the earthquakes and volcanic activity of the region. This is a great site for students in grades four and up because it illustrates many concepts of plate tectonics working together.
This site takes you to a hotlist of different sites related to plate tectonics. This site allows students explore and discover things for themselves and can be useful at any level.
This is great site for understanding the relationship between the moon and tides. The illustrations and explanations work well to make this concept easy for students to understand. This site could be especially useful for students in middle school.
This site is an interactive lesson on tides. Students have to use the information and definition of key terms provided to work through this lab. The level of this lab is grades seven through twelve.
This site allows students to view the current state of tides in various regions as well as to look up past information on tides. This site is a useful informational tool and could be used for students to conduct research off the data provided on this site.
This is a great site for the history of plate tectonics. This site has links to illustrate the ancient super continents, links to the function of plate motion, and other relevant topics related to earth science and to oceanography. This site is valuable for grades five and up.
This site describes hurricanes and how they move, form, and what their consequences are. Additional explanation is given to how hurricanes form. Students can take a virtual tour of a hurricane, and this site serves as an excellent supplementary source on the study of hurricanes for middles school students and up.
This site describes the ocean floor and is a great source for students seeking information on ocean topography and explanation of turbidity currents. This site is geared for students in middle school and up.
This site has an illustration of a turbidity current in cross section. A description of how a turbidity current occurs accompanies this diagram to aid students in the upper grades in understanding this concept.
This is an outstanding resource for information and explanation on all types of ocean currents. This site would be benificial for students of all grade levels studying oceanography. A hot list to oceanography sites is also given.
This site offers information and interactive learning about all aspects relating to water. This is a great site for students of all grade levels to gain new knowledge and apply existing concepts.
This site is an article about ocean pollution. It serves the purpose of getting students to think of how important the oceans are and how pollution can greatly impact them. This article has educational value for people of all ages.
This site offers a description as to what physical oceanography is. It also raise question, with answers for students to think about related to oceanography. This site is most appropriate for students in the upper levels.
Where to Find Answers About Oceanography
This site is a link to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. There are many valuable features at this site for students studying oceanography, especially a link for students to find answers to oceanography questions.
Where do Earthquakes Usually Occur
This site has excellent diagrams of the plates of the earth and of the zones of earth near the surface. In addition to these diagrams a good brief explanation is given to where and why earthquakes occur where they do. This site is a valuable for middle school students and up.
This link provides students with an account of features found at the bottom of the ocean and is suitable for grades four and up.
