Oceanography Websites
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by Melanie Severson, Fall, 2000
"A Few Words On Ocean Pollution." http://www.angelfire.com/ca/oceanpollution/
This site explains what pollution is and how to prevent it on an individual level. This site would be useful at all levels. This site also gives links to learn more about different ways to pollute the ocean.
"About Red Tide." http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us/~mhenry/WREDTIDE.phtml
This looks like a great site for middle school. The site explains what red tide is and how it affects marine life.
"About Water Levels, Tides, and Currents." http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html
This site looks like a good tool for teachers. It give a lot of good information on what a tide is, how to predict tides, measuring water level, and water currents.
"Animal Information Database." http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
This site gives students information on a variety of marine animals. It teaches them about animal rescue and rehabilitation. It also gives the students information about coral reefs. This site would be useful in fifth grade and above.
"Ask a Geologist." http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html/
This site gives information on volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, and rivers. This site would be useful for middle school students.
"Big Chalk." www.bigchalk.com
This site gives links to many different sites from tides to volcanoes. This site will be most useful for middle school students.
"Center for Marine Conservation." http://www.cmc-ocean.org/wading/wading.php3
From this site teachers can click on the icon labeled: "Students and Teachers." This site has everything from puzzles, to grading your school on how they treat natural resources and the ocean. The "Students and Teachers" portion of this website is useful for elementary students.
"Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services." http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/
This site is for high school students. They can get current information. This site also has links so the students can get more information from other organizations.
"Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics." http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001765.html
This site gives information on plate tectonics. There is also a chart with the continents put together into Panged.
"Coral Reef Alliance." http://www.coral.org/Education.html
From this site students and teachers can on what coral reefs. Students can also view pictures of coral reefs. This would be a good site of middle school students. Teachers could use the pictures on this site for elementary students.
"Coriolis Effect." http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~dvandom/Edu/coriolis.html
This site is a resource for teachers teaching the Coriolis effect. There are diagrams that will help teachers explain the Coriolis effect for middle school students.
"Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics." http://www.star.le.ac.uk/edu/solar/earthint.html
This site gives information on the Earth's interior. The site has charts, as well as detailed descriptions of each layer of the earth.
"Earth Quake Information." http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
This site gives information on earthquakes and how to reduce hazards. This site would be useful for middle school students.
"Earth's Water" http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearthall.html
This site is for upper elementary students. It has information about the water around us, as well as where water is located. This site also shows the students the water cycle, as well as information about ground water.
"Education Planet." www.educationplanet.com
This site is designed for 3-12 graders. From the homepage you can access information about coral reefs, different types of fish, dolphins, and ocean geography. This is a good site with great photos.
"El Nino and the Southern Oscillation: A Reversal of Fortune." http://www.umassd.edu/Public/People/Kamaral/thesis/ElNino.html
This site gives information on El Nino and the effects of it. It also gives information on the most recent occurrences of El Nino. The site has good charts that would be helpful in middle school.
"Especially for Kids." http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/kids.html
This site gives students information about oil spills, and their effect on oceans. This would be a great site for upper elementary students.
"Explore Zone." http://explorezone.com/earth/tides.htm
In this site students learn about the different tides. They learn about high tide and higher tides, and how the Moon controls the tides.
"Exxon Valdez Oil Spill." http://library.thinkquest.org/10867/
This site gives information on the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It also goes into how the oil was spilled and how they went about cleaning it up. This site would be good for teachers of middle school.
"Fins." http://www.actwin.com/fish/index.php
From this website students and teachers can get information on various fish. They can get photos and articles of different fish. This site would be good for elementary teachers.
"Fish Identification." http://indian-river.fl.us/fishing/fish/index.html
This site allows the students to view different types of fish. It gives them a description of the fish, and where they are found. This site would be useful in elementary and middle school.
"Global Volcanism Program." http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/
This site gives information on volcanoes around the world. This site would be useful for middle school students.
"Gulf Stream." http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=06003000
This site gives information on the Gulf Stream. This site would be good for high school students doing oceanography reports.
"Harbor Tides." http://www.harbortides.com/
This site was designed for teachers. Teachers can get quick information about the tides and tide tables.
"How to Escape a Rip Current." http://www.ehow.com/eHow/eHow/0,1053,6252,00.html?st=looksmart&cr=searchtext&lp=ie
This site would be great for an oceanography course in a surfing community. It would be useful for teachers teaching an interdisciplinary unit on water and water safety.
"How to Recognize and Understand Rip Currents." http://www.ehow.com/eHow/eHow/0,1053,6251,00.html?st=looksmart&cr=searchtext&lp=ie
This site would be useful for teachers teaching an interdisciplinary unit on water and water safety, in conjunction with other sites about rip currents.
"Impacts of El Nino and the Benefits of El Nino Prediction." http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/impacts.html
From this site students can get information on the global consequences of El Nino. They can also learn about the benefits of predicting El Nino events. This site would be useful for junior high students.
"Indian Ocean." http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/misc/coral/sor/sor_indian.html
This site gives information on the Indian Ocean. It talks about what shape the coral reef is in, and human consequences of it. This would be a good site for high school kids.
"Interactive Marine Observation." http://www.nws.fsu.edu/buoy/
From this site you can click on various areas of the world. The students can get information about different marine sites in the world. I would use this site for upper junior high students or high school students.
"K-12 Oceanography." http://www.ifmt.nf.ca/mi-net/ocean/index.htm
This looked like a good site for teachers. There were a lot of links to great information for teaching oceanography, however I noticed that some of the links could no longer be accessed.
"K-12 Resources." www.whoi.edu/k-12/k12-resourses.html
This site is obviously for grades k-12. When you get to the site you can click on various categories from Animals to Museums. I did not like this site. I think it could have used audio. At the homepage of the site I was excited, but I was let down. It took to long to get any solid information.
"Kids did this in Science." http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/kid-sci.html
At this site students can learn about waves, and the eco-balance of life. They can also learn about shore life, water quality and sand. "Life on the Reef."
"Kuroshio Current." http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=02F64000
This site gives information on the Kuroshio Current. This site will be useful for high school students writing reports.
"Labrador Current." http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=0352B000
This site gives information on the Labrador Current. It would be useful for a high school students doing a project on a specific current.
"Lunar Tides." http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/tides.html
This site gives information on how the Moon affects the tides. It also has diagrams for spring and neap tides. This site would be useful for middle school students.
"Major Oceanic Surface Current." http://www.acl.lanl.gov/GrandChal/GCM/currents.html
This site gives a map of the ocean currents and information on them. This site would be good for high school.
"Make a Tide Prediction." http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tp4days.html
This site would be good for a high school class to do together. The class would get the opportunity to make predictions on what the tide would be at different times, on different dates, at various cities in the country.
"Marine Debris Education." http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/books/debris/debris1.htm
This site would be good for middle school students and teachers. They can learn about how debris in the ocean affects marine life.
"Marine Wildlife Care Center." http://www.humboldt.edu/~mwcc/
This site gives information on how the wildlife was affected in the oil spill of 1997 and 1999. This site will be useful for middle school.
"Marine Pollution and Coastal Issues." http://environment.miningco.com/newsissues/environment/msubmp.htm
This would be a good site for high school students and teachers. There is information on ocean pollution to costal erosion.
"Marine Pollution Control Programs." http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/oceans/regs/
This site gives information on the clean water act, and ocean dumping. The site also gives links to more information on this topic. This site will be good for middle school students.
"National Earthquake Information Center." http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/qed/qed.html
This site gives students information about earthquakes. It also explains the data, as well as the abbreviations. This site would be useful for no lower that eighth grade.
"Nature: Life at the Edge of the Sea." http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/edgeofsea/
This site would be ideal for kindergarten and first grade students. They can click on information about different animals. This site is reduced down to their level.
"Oceans and The Seas, The." http://osage.voorhees,k12nj.us/FOURTH/LARSEN/OCEANS/LARSPAGE.HTM
A fourth grade class did this site. Each student chose a topic about oceanography and wrote about it. I would use this in a third, fourth, or fifth grade class, so students could get information from their peers.
"Ocean Atlas of Hawaii." http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/atlas/
This site gives information on the water temperature and salinity of the ocean. The site also gives charts on how it changes with the seasons.
"Ocean Color." www.http:inspire.ospi.wednet.edu
This website if for upper elementary and middle school students. Students can view maps on the colors of the ocean. They can use maps to track drifter buoys based on wave movement.
"Ocean Currents and Tides." http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/ocean.html
This site gives information on the different currents in the South Atlantic. This site would be good for high school students who are interested in sailing.
"Ocean Link." http://oceanlink.island.net/
This is a great site for elementary students. They can get news on anything going on in the oceans. The students can also ask questions to a scientist.
"Ocean Modelling Branch." http://polar.wwb.noaa.gov/
This site gives information on everything from ocean waves to sea ice. This would be a good site for middle or high school students.
"Ocean Pollution." http://lycos.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0861891.html
This site gives information on water pollution and the dangers of it. This site would be useful for teachers, or for high school students.
"Oceanic." http://www.cms.udel.edu/
From this site high school students can access information on ocean circulation, global observing systems, and research ship information.
"Oceanography." www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean
This site is geared toward upper elementary students. It is a very informative and fun site. It has everything from "Oceans in Motion" to marine animals and current research. This site also contains information for teachers on experiments, and why they work.
"Ocean in a Bottle." http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/ocean/oc-1.html
This site is a lesson plan for teachers. It gives the teacher step by step directions on creating an ocean in a bottle, as well as follow up discussion questions. This experiment is used to show students that oceans are a closed system. I would use this experiment in upper elementary.
"Ocean Planet" http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean-planet.html
This site was hard to maneuver. When you select sites you go in circles.
"Ocean Quest Classroom Materials." www.capecod.net/oceanquest/4class/index.htm
This site looked good. It had ideas for lesson plans. Each plan stated the grade level or levels it was appropriate for. Each discipline in the sciences was shown through icons. In order to get the lesson plan from this site you must order it.
"Ocean Sciences." http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/ocean/home.html
From this site you can click on many different links about oceans. There is information on turbulent mixing to salinity climates. This site would be useful in high school.
"Ocean Waves." http://explorezone.com/earth/waves.htm
This site discusses and shows what is inside a wave, how to measure a wave, and how a wave breaks.
"Oil and Marine Pollution." http://www.wn.com/?t=maritime%2Fpollution.txt
This site gives good information on recent oil spills and new technology on how to help clean up after an oil spill. This site would be good for high school students and teachers.
"Oil Spill Disaster." http://products.hprtec.org/wizard/HTML/900.html
This site is a site for 5th and 6th grade students. This site gives information on oil spills and how they affect wildlife.
"Oil Spill Intelligence Report." http://www.cutter.com/osir/primer.htm
This site gives information on how much oil is spilled yearly and how the oil is cleaned up after the spill. This site would be good for middle school.
"Oil Spills." http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001451.html
This site gives information on the most recent oil spills. There is also a link to get fun facts for kids. This site is useful for teachers.
"Offshore Weather." http://www.offshoreweather.com/
This site gives information on marine weather forecasts including tide tables, buoy reports, and satellite and radar imagery. Search by city name, zip code, or latitude and longitude.
"On the Move." http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/
This site gives information on plate tectonics. This site also gives evidence of continental drift. This site would be useful in upper elementary or middle school.
"Panged to Present." http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/tectonic_plates.html
This site is a slide show on Panged, and the interior of the earth. This site would be great for middle school students.
"Physical Oceanography from Space." http://podaac.ipl.nasa.gov/kids/
With this website you can learn about physical oceanography, how satellites measure the ocean, how scientists use satellite measurements, oceanography history, and oceanography news. This site is appropriate for junior high students.
"Physics of Tsunamis." http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.html
This site gives information on tsunamis. There are also links for more information on tsunamis.
"Plankton Net, The." www.uoguelph.ca/zoology/ocean
This site is for teachers. It gives you step-by-step instructions on how to construct you own plankton net. This would be useful in middle school.
"Plastics in our Oceans." http://www.umassd.edu/public/people/kamaral/thesis/plasticsarticle.html
This site would be good for any science class. This site gives information on the dangers and effects of plastics in our oceans.
"Plate Tectonic Map." http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/tectonic_plates.html
This site gives a map of all the plates. This site also gives information on all of the plates. This site would be useful for middle school students.
"Plate Tectonics." http://lycos.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0839323.html
This site gives information on continental drift and sea floor spreading. You can click to find out more about movement of the continents and the development of the sea floor spreading theory. This site would be good for middle school.
"Primer on Ocean Current." http://www.whoi.edu/coastal-briefs/Coastal-Brief-94-05.html
This site gives information on what a water mass is and the properties of seawater. This site would be good for high school students.
"Project Atmosphere." http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa/coriolis.htm
This is a lesson plan for teachers. It shows an experiment on the Coriolis effect. I think this lesson would explain the effect well for middle school students.
"Project Oceanography." www.marine.usf.edu/pjocean/
This site is for middle school students. There are games pertaining to oceanography. There is also a list of videos that teachers can show their class from the Internet.
"Reefnet." http://www.reefnet.org/
This site is designed to inform people about coral reefs and their ecosystems. This site would be more appropriate for high school students. Students can learn about current reef research and scientists field reports.
"Reef Zone Tour." http://www.cyberlearn.com/zones.htm
This site allows students to access information on the topography of coral reefs. There are some pictures for the students, however they are not very clear. This site would be useful for eighth or ninth grade.
"Saltwater Tides." http://www.saltwatertides.com/
This site gives information on tides, sunrise, and moonrise predictions for locations around the US coastline. This site would be useful for high school students.
"Sea, The." http://www.the-sea.org/
This is a great site. From the homepage you can select sea facts, ocean maps, hurricane current waves, tides, or sea creatures. The graphics are good, and the site is easy to work through. This site is a good tool for teachers.
"Sea Camp." http://www.seacamp.org/
This site is an educational camp for children. This camp offers science education for 12-17 year old students.
"Sea Secrets." http://www.secretsatsea.org/
This site is a textbook on whales and tides. There is also a teachers guide on this site.
"Slickbar." http://www.slickbar.com/index.html
This website is about a company who creates products for the cleanup of oil spills. Students can email the company to get more information on their products. This site would be useful for middle school students.
"Spilled Oil's Toll." http://abcnews.go.com/onair/WorldNewsTonight/wnt990322_exxonvaldez_story.html
This site gives information on how some species still have not recovered from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This site would be useful for middle school students.
"There are Algae in you House." http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education_lesson1.html
This is a website for teachers. It is a lesson plan for middle school students on algae.
"Tidal Information Page." http://www.catalina.org/goodies/tides.htm
This site calculates tides from the present for up to 30 days in the future for cities in the United States, Australia, and Canada. This site would be useful for high school students.
"Tides." http://explorezone.com/earth/tides.htm
This site tells students about high tides, and higher tides. It shows diagrams of how the Moon affects the tides. I would use this site for upper elementary grades.
"Tide and Current Prediction." http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html
From this sit you can select a region of the world and get tide information on it. This site would be useful for high school students.
"TOPEX." http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/
This site is more geared toward teachers. From this site teachers can get information on El Nino and La Nina. There are photos for teachers to share with their class, as well as activities for teachers to use.
"Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research." http://www.tristatebird.org/index.htm
This site gives information on how oil spill affect birds. It also shows pictures of how people tried to clean the birds after the oil spill. This site would be useful in elementary or middle school.
"Tsunamis." http://explorezone.com/earth/tsunamis.htm
This site is for upper elementary or middle school students. It tells the students where the name tsunamis came from. It tells the students how a tsunamis begins, and when you would feel it. It also gives the students information on recent tsunamis.
"Tsunami Warning System." http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/warning/warning.html
This site gives information on tsunami warnings. This site would be good for middle school science teachers.
"Under the Sea and Over the Sea." http://sln.fi.edu/oceans/oceans.html
This site a schools website on what they found when they studied the sea. This would be a good informational site for both teachers and students.
"Understanding the Coriolis Force." http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/ocn620/coriolis/
This site has pretty in depth information. I would only use this site for a high school physic class. The site is useful, because of the diagrams and the video.
"Victor Vector." http://www.ocean98.org/vict1.htm
This site uses cartoons as well as information to teach oceanography. There are scenarios with photos explaining what happened, and why. This is a very good site for children because of the cartoons.
"Virtual Earthquake." http://vcourseware5.calstatela.edu/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeIntro.html
This site is for middle school teachers. This site gives instructions for creating their own virtual earthquake.
"Volcano World." http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
This site gives information on the different volcanoes of the world. This site would be good for upper elementary or middle school students.
"Volcanoes." http://explorezone.com/earth/volcanoes.htm
This site talks about how volcanoes are formed. It shows diagrams. It also gives the history on active volcanoes. This site would be useful for upper elementary and middle school students.
"Volcanoes." http://hometown.aol.com/ckckside/reports/volcanoes/vol1.htm
A third grade student created this site. He talks about his science experiment. He explains what volcanoes are, and how he made his erupt. This would be great for students to read about their peers.
"Water, Our Greatest Need." http://www.lanikai.k12.hi.us/WATER/watermenu.htm
This site was created by Lanikai elementary school. From this homepage you can access information about waves, water recreation, and eco-balance etc. This is a good site for a class to explore together.
"What is an El Nino?" http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino-story.html
This site talks about what an El Nino is, and how to recognize it. There are graphs and animation that helps people understand El Nino. This site would be good for junior high students, or teachers who need more information about El Nino.
"What is La Nina?" http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/la-nina-story.html
This site talks about how a La Nina is characterized. This site has animation for better understanding. The site also gives information on recent La Nina events. This website is appropriate for junior high students, or teachers.
"What is Ocean Color?" http://xtreme.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/OCDST/what_is_ocean_color.html
This site talks about the different colors of the sea, and the uses of color data. This site would be useful in high school.
"Whale Net." http://whale.wheelock.edu/
This site would be useful for elementary and middle school students and teachers. There is a lot of information on whales, and how to go about adopting one.
"World Ocean Circulation Experiment." http://oceanic.cms.udel.edu/woce/
From this site students can get information about the oceans and how they work. Student can also view on-line models. This site would be useful for students in middle or high school.
http://www.discovery.com/exp/coralreef/coralreef.html
This site allows students to see coral reefs for themselves. You can get information about ongoing research, or the scientists. This site would be good for any grade level if modified. There are great pictures of animals on the reef.