Educational Links-Oceans

Educational Links

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Web Cameras

ADF&G Classroom Salmon Egg Incubation Program

Museums and Aquariums

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition - Ocean Planet

• National Museum of Natural History
• educational materials
• lessons and marine science activities

Features a Smithsonian exhibit on the world's oceans. Visitors can see an overview of the exhibition, find lessons and marine science activities, and read a final report documenting the educational impact of the undertaking.

Smithsonian Institution - Science and Technology

Offers 11 lesson plans for Grades 3-8 on minerals and gems, Ben Franklin, spiders, archaeology, oceans, pollination, reptiles and amphibians, and more.

American Museum of Natural History
AMNH - OLogy

The Museum's Web site for kids, at home, or at school; whenever and wherever kids are curious. At OLogy, kids can play games, meet scientists, collect Ology cards, and read stories as they dig into topics that interest them, from paleontology to astronomy to genetics.

• BioDiversity
• Earth
• Marine Biology

AMNH - Rescources for Learning

Explore our extensive collection of scientific and educational materials. Browse this online catalog to find resources such as profiles, lesson plans, interactives, videos, and essays. The resources are organized and searchable by topic-such as astronomy, earth science, biology, paleontology, and anthropology.

• Oceans
• Climate/Climate Change
• Biology

AMNH - Black Smokers at Juan de Fuca Ridge

Everything you ever wanted to know about black smokers and the animals that live there

• Black Smokers - animation
• Video and Image Gallery
• Take a Dive - quiz game
• Crossword Challenge

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Kids Section
• Activities and Games
• Aquarium Careers
• Discover Diving
• Live Web Cams
• Video Library
• Student Oceanography Club
• Aquarium Adventures Programs

NOAA

Ocean Explorer

• Lesson Plans
• Multimedia Learning Objects
• Curriculum
• Professional Development
• Education Alliances
• Ocean Explorer CD-ROM
• OceanAGE Careers
• CoRIS Glossary
• Ocean Challenge Puzzle

Provides 165 lesson plans developed to bring entire classrooms "on board" for exploration and discovery. Topics include deep-sea hydrothermal vents and their spectacular animal communities, benthic creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (one of Earth's most geologically complex regions), seafloor methane, unexplored deep reef habitats off the Carolinas, the Titanic, and the mystery of the Steamship Portland (lost in a 1898 storm off New England).

International Year of the Ocean -- Kid's & Teacher's Resources

Offers information about oceanography, meteorology, resource conservation, and marine biology. Links are provided to information about coral reefs, threatened and endangered species, and educational programs such as GLOBE, where students and teachers collect data that is used by scientists and researchers, and Adopt A Buoy, where National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration measurement equipment can be brought into the classroom.

National Marine Sanctuary

Provides information about our nation's marine sanctuaries -- how they were established, how they're managed, their scientific and educational programs, and events that occur in them throughout the year. Within the 13 sites are a range of creatures, habitats, historical artifacts, and flourishing maritime cultures.

NeMO Explorer

Allows students to explore a seafloor observatory geographically or by topic. Learn about seafloor animals, hydrothermal vents, mid-ocean ridges, axial volcano, lava flow, and technology and tools. Operate (remotely) a vehicle that takes you to the seafloor near an active submarine volcano. Explore black smoker vents, new lava flows, and unusual life forms.

The New Millenium Observatory (NeMO)

Which studies interactions between submarine volcanic activity and seafloor hotsprings, offers a unit called "The Case of the Missing Rumbleometer." High school and middle school students learn about locating the epicenter of an earthquake, calculating the distance to the epicenter from hydrophones (underwater microphones), identifying evidence of a lava eruption, detecting a hydrothermal vent, estimating the age of lava based on animal species in the area, and more.

Sustainable Seas Expeditions

Focuses on exploration and discovery, scientific research, cutting edge underwater technologies, and public awareness of the marine environment. Visitors will find high-quality marine science teaching materials (linked to national standards), a multifaceted approach to teacher professional development, fascinating educational opportunities for students, and much more.

Paleoclimatology Slide Sets

View slideshows of various topsics on paleoclimates. Appropriate for college level audiences.

National Science Foundataion (NSF)

Digital Library for Earth System Education

Is a geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. Find thousands of reviewed resources on topics that include atmospheric science, biology, chemistry, climatology, cryology, ecology, environmental science, forestry, geography, geology, mineralogy and petrology, hydrology, mathematics, natural hazards, ocean sciences, physics, soil science, and space science.

Oceans Alive

Explores the mountains, abysses, and other physical features of the ocean floor, as well as the movement of the continents, the water cycle, the four oceans, waves and wind, currents, tides, marine life near the surface, and ocean predators and prey. Activities are provided for learning about the water cycle, water currents, web of life, and tides.

Teach the Earth

Offers hundreds of teaching activities, visualizations, and resources for teaching earth science. Categories include biosphere, climate change, energy/material cycles, geology and human health, geochemistry, hydrosphere and cryosphere, mineralogy, ocean systems, petrology, solar system, and earth history. Special sections are provided on using data and teaching quantitative skills.

National Science Teacher's Association (NSTA)

Teaching resources and more.

University and Institutions:

The COOLroom

Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Outreach materials for fisherman, boaters,sailors,swimmers,surfers and divers

The c.o.o.l. Classroom

he folks at Rutgers Marine and Coastal Sciences have built a special website for you and your teachers so that you can join the scientists in the COOLroom as they explore the waters off New Jersey. Learn how to predict if it will be a good beach day or if the fish are running. See for yourself what the ocean looks like from 500 miles above the earth and 15 meters below the surface.

• What's C.O.O.L.?
• c.o.o.l. facts
• c.o.o.l. projects
• Teacher's guids

SCCOOS-Scripps- Forces of Nature: Southern California Weather
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

- WHOI Polar Discovery

Explore polar science with information and activities

- WHOI Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor

Take a virtual tour with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the place which pioneered trips to hydrothermal vents in its deep sea submersible, Alvin.

• Guaymas Basin - Gulf of California
• East Pacific Rise
• East Pacific Rise 2
• Indian Ocean
• Galapagos Islands
• Galapagos Rift
• New England Seamounts
• Juan de Fuca Ridge
• Galapagos Rift 2
• Antarctica

WHOI Deeper Discovery Interactives

• Antarctica
• Antarctic Ecosystem
• Deep Ocean Circulation
• Earth's Anatomy
• History of the Earth
• History of Oceanography
• Hydrothermal Vents
• Ice Ages
• Mid Ocean Ridges
• Oceanographic Tools
• Plate Tectonics
• Vent Biology
• Hot Topics
• Interviews

WHOI Dive and Discover for Teachers

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution

• Aquaculture research
• Marine Mammal research
• Marine Biomedical research
• Marine Science
• Ocean Engineering

Societies:

American Cetacean Society

• ACS Cetacean Curriculum A teacher's guide to introducing and using whales, dolphins, & porpoises in the classroom
• ACS Cetacean Fact Packs The American Cetacean Society has prepared Whale and Dolphin Fact Packs that contain concise information about selected whales and dolphins on Fact Sheets. Each Sheet provides information on one species, including distribution map, feeding, natural history, current status, physical description, biology and behavior. Experts in the fields of marine biology and marine mammal research have reviewed all Fact Sheets for accuracy.
• ACS Educational Outreach ProgramsEducating young and old about the plight of our cetaceans is extremely important and is one of the core missions of the American Cetacean Society.

Other

How Stuff Works - Earth Science

• How Global Warming Works
• How Hurricanes Work
• How Rip Currents Work
• How the Earth Works
• How Tsunamis Work
• How the Georgia Aquarium Works

How Stuff Works - Life Science

• How Evolution Works
• How Jellyfish Work
• How Shark Attacks Work
• How do stingrays kill?

Missouri Botanical Garden

• ShorelinesLearn about sandy shores, barrier islands, rocky shores, tide pools, estuaries, salt marches, mud flats, mangrove forests, tides, waves, currents, and shoreline animals.
• Temperate Oceans Learn about zonation, forests, patterns, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, Food from the Sea, Dolphin Safe Tuna? and Ocean Animals.
• Tropical Oceans Learn about coral reefs, and tropical ocean animals.

Office of Naval Research - Oceanography/Marine-Related Careers

Profiles careers in the oceanography and marine related fields.

Office of Naval Research - Oceanography: A Science and Technology Focus Site

Explores ocean habitats, regions, and more. Learn how waves are created and where hydrothermal vents are found, or conduct one of the site's experiments to find out why big ships don't sink.

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Offers information about managed fish populations throughout the U.S., as well as watershed-based data and state-by-state fishing resources. Learn about freshwater and marine fishes, aquatic invertebrates, water quality and habitats, and dams and fish passage. Fishbase, a global database, provides names, pictures, and key facts about more than 25,000 fish species.

NASA Oceanography

Provides online field trips, information about ocean phenomena (such as phytoplankton, carbon, and reefs), remote sensing tools for monitoring ocean changes, and more. This website is based on NASA research and satellite missions focused on global ocean science.

Project Oceanography

Describes a marine science education program produced by the University of South Florida. It consists of weekly live television broadcasts to middle school students designed to enhance science education in middle schools and to contribute to staff development of science educators. (Multiple Agencies)

Ocean World Links

Links to web tutorials, online museums, teacher rescources, professional organizations, government agencies and more

Oceanlink

• Oceanlink - Tides
  
• Oceanlink - Teachers and Marine Educator Links
  
• Oceanlink - Marine Labs, Institutions, and Aquariums Links
  
• Oceanlink - Information Sites on Marine Animal and Plant Groups

Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) Photos

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Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

Steller sea lions range along the North Pacific Rim from northern Japan to California. Pupping and breeding occur late May to early July throughout their range. Males set up territories on rookeries in late May, females arrive shortly thereafter and give birth to a single pup. They alternate between nursing their pup and feeding trips; most pups are weaned by the end of their first year. The species is not known to migrate, but individuals disperse widely outside of the breeding season, particularly adult males and juveniles. Adult males are up to 3.25 m long and weigh up to 1120 kg; females are considerably smaller at up to 2.9 m and 350 kg. Pups weigh about 23 kg at birth. Two separate stocks of Steller sea lions are recognized within U. S. waters: an eastern and western stock. As a result of a precipitous decline in numbers beginning in the 1970s, the western stock is presently listed as Endangered under the ESA.

National Marine Mammal Laboratory
Marine Mammal Image Gallery
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Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) Photos

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Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

Steller sea lions range along the North Pacific Rim from northern Japan to California. Pupping and breeding occur late May to early July throughout their range. Males set up territories on rookeries in late May, females arrive shortly thereafter and give birth to a single pup. They alternate between nursing their pup and feeding trips; most pups are weaned by the end of their first year. The species is not known to migrate, but individuals disperse widely outside of the breeding season, particularly adult males and juveniles. Adult males are up to 3.25 m long and weigh up to 1120 kg; females are considerably smaller at up to 2.9 m and 350 kg. Pups weigh about 23 kg at birth. Two separate stocks of Steller sea lions are recognized within U. S. waters: an eastern and western stock. As a result of a precipitous decline in numbers beginning in the 1970s, the western stock is presently listed as Endangered under the ESA.

National Marine Mammal Laboratory
Marine Mammal Image Gallery
Back to Pinniped photo gallery
Back to gallery main page

Giant Anemone, Condylactis gigantea

Giant Anemone, Condylactis gigantea
It may look like a large flower with its 10-inch-wide mass of pink- and purple-tipped tentacles, but this predator can paralyze and engulf animals as large as sea urchins. The stinging tentacles surround a slit-like mouth that gapes open to swallow prey. The giant anemone is home to various shrimps, which gain protection from predators within the anemone's tentacles.

Weird Deep-Sea Creatures Found in Atlantic

With a fearsome grin fit for a movie monster, this viperfish is a real-life predator that lurks in one of the world's most remote locations.An international team of 31 researchers found this and other strange animals while exploring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range that runs from Iceland to the Azores islands west of Portugal (see Europe map).Over the course of five weeks, the team cataloged a host of exotic worms, colorful corals, unusual sea cucumbers, and weird fish. Clearly, viperfish has plenty to eat. Many of the species found on the ridge are rare and had only been discovered in recent years, scientists said. At least one species found during the survey—a tiny crustacean called a seed shrimp—is thought to be new to science. "It was like going to a new country," said expedition leader Monty Priede of Britain's University of Aberdeen. The survey was coordinated by the Norway-based MAR-ECO project and the Census of Marine Life program.

Weird Deep-Sea Creatures Found in Atlantic

With a fearsome grin fit for a movie monster, this viperfish is a real-life predator that lurks in one of the world's most remote locations.An international team of 31 researchers found this and other strange animals while exploring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range that runs from Iceland to the Azores islands west of Portugal (see Europe map).Over the course of five weeks, the team cataloged a host of exotic worms, colorful corals, unusual sea cucumbers, and weird fish. Clearly, viperfish has plenty to eat. Many of the species found on the ridge are rare and had only been discovered in recent years, scientists said. At least one species found during the survey—a tiny crustacean called a seed shrimp—is thought to be new to science. "It was like going to a new country," said expedition leader Monty Priede of Britain's University of Aberdeen. The survey was coordinated by the Norway-based MAR-ECO project and the Census of Marine Life program.

Mysterious Greenland Shark lives in polar waters-Photos

Photographs by Nick Caloyianis

Huge Greenland shark as it approaches Harbor Branch’s Johnson-Sea-Link submersible Credit: HARBOR BRANCH/Youngbluth

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Somniosus microcephalus -- known as the the sleeper shark, Greenland shark, or gurry shark -- lives in polar waters all year round. It is a large shark: lengths of 8 to 14 feet are not unusual, and the largest measured specimen was 21 feet long. (Only the whale shark, basking shark, and great white shark are known to reach a greater length.) This shark eats a wide variety of food, from fish of its native polar waters to seals, carrion, flesh from dead whales, and even (in one captured specimen) an entire reindeer. The Greenland shark has a reputation for being very sluggish, but its diet includes salmon and other fast-swimming fishes.
This shark suffers from a parasite called a copepod that attaches itself to the cornea of the eye: Most of them have one copepod -- a whitish-yellow creature from 3 mm. to 3 inches in size -- on each eye.
Other facts: bears live young; said to have highly toxic flesh unless dried or boiled in several changes of water; has smooth-edged teeth with thorn-like appearance in upper jaw and squarish, overlapping appearance in lower jaw.
The Greenland shark has a place of its own in Eskimo culture. The lower teeth are made into a tool for cutting hair. Eskimo mythology has a story that all other Greenland fishes were created from chips of wood, but the Greenland shark smells so strongly of ammonia, its origin is different. Long ago, as legend has it, an old woman washed her hair with urine and was drying it with a cloth. A gust of wind carried the cloth to sea and there it turned into skalugsuak, the Greenland shark.

Mysterious Greenland Shark lives in polar waters-Photos

Photographs by Nick Caloyianis

Huge Greenland shark as it approaches Harbor Branch’s Johnson-Sea-Link submersible Credit: HARBOR BRANCH/Youngbluth

see the Video

Somniosus microcephalus -- known as the the sleeper shark, Greenland shark, or gurry shark -- lives in polar waters all year round. It is a large shark: lengths of 8 to 14 feet are not unusual, and the largest measured specimen was 21 feet long. (Only the whale shark, basking shark, and great white shark are known to reach a greater length.) This shark eats a wide variety of food, from fish of its native polar waters to seals, carrion, flesh from dead whales, and even (in one captured specimen) an entire reindeer. The Greenland shark has a reputation for being very sluggish, but its diet includes salmon and other fast-swimming fishes.
This shark suffers from a parasite called a copepod that attaches itself to the cornea of the eye: Most of them have one copepod -- a whitish-yellow creature from 3 mm. to 3 inches in size -- on each eye.
Other facts: bears live young; said to have highly toxic flesh unless dried or boiled in several changes of water; has smooth-edged teeth with thorn-like appearance in upper jaw and squarish, overlapping appearance in lower jaw.
The Greenland shark has a place of its own in Eskimo culture. The lower teeth are made into a tool for cutting hair. Eskimo mythology has a story that all other Greenland fishes were created from chips of wood, but the Greenland shark smells so strongly of ammonia, its origin is different. Long ago, as legend has it, an old woman washed her hair with urine and was drying it with a cloth. A gust of wind carried the cloth to sea and there it turned into skalugsuak, the Greenland shark.

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Dugongs-facts and photos

Dugong

Common name: Dugong

Scientific name: Dugong dugon

Family: Dugongidae

Description: The dugong is a large herbivorous marine mammal that has a long rotund body and a tail or fluke for propulsion. Adult dugong can reach lengths of more than three metres and weigh up to 420kg.

Dugongs have relatively poor eyesight, so rely on the sensitive bristles covering the upper lip of their large snouts to find and grasp seagrass. Cows and calves communicate by producing 'chirps'.

Habitat and distribution: Major concentrations of dugongs along the Queensland coast occur in wide, shallow, protected bays and mangrove channels, and in the inside edge of large inshore islands. These areas coincide with significant seagrass beds. They also use deep-water habitats. Large numbers have been sighted in water more than 10m deep in several areas, including the Torres Strait, the northern Great Barrier Reef region, and Hervey Bay in southeast Queensland.

Also known as a sea cow, Dugong's feed in the seagrass beds of the Indo-Pacific. They are the only herbivorous, truly marine mammal. (The related manatee spends some of its life in fresh water.)

Being a slow swimmer, you'll find dugongs in sheltered lagoons and bays in warm water such as are found in the Red Sea (eg Marsa Alam), East Africa, the Philippines, and Australia.

Adult dugongs can grow to over 3.5 m (11 ft), and may weigh over 900 kg (2000 lb). Male dugongs begin to grow tusks between the ages of 12 and 15 years. If food is plentiful, the habitat protected, and predation low, dugongs may live more than 70 years.

More pictures of Dugongs are in the Red Sea rooms of our photo gallery.

A large proportion of the world’s dugong population is found in northern Australian waters from Moreton Bay in the east to Shark Bay in the west, they have also been found down into New South Wales.

Diet: Dugong feed almost exclusively on seagrass, a flowering plant found in shallow water areas. An adult will eat about 30 kilograms of seagrass each day. As dugong feed, whole plants are uprooted leaving telltale tracks behind. They will also feed on macro-invertebrates.

Known as ‘cultivation grazers’, dugong feed in a way that promotes growth of Halophila ovalis – their preferred seagrass species. Pulling out the seagrass aerates the sea floor and increases the amount of organic matter in the area, therefore encouraging regrowth of the seagrass.

Behaviour and life history: Dugong may live for 70 years or more and are slow breeders. The female dugong does not begin breeding until she is 10-17 years old, and only calves once every three to five years, providing seagrass and other conditions are suitable. This slow breeding rate means that dugongs are particularly susceptible to factors that threaten their survival.

Dugongs-facts and photos

Dugong

Common name: Dugong

Scientific name: Dugong dugon

Family: Dugongidae

Description: The dugong is a large herbivorous marine mammal that has a long rotund body and a tail or fluke for propulsion. Adult dugong can reach lengths of more than three metres and weigh up to 420kg.

Dugongs have relatively poor eyesight, so rely on the sensitive bristles covering the upper lip of their large snouts to find and grasp seagrass. Cows and calves communicate by producing 'chirps'.

Habitat and distribution: Major concentrations of dugongs along the Queensland coast occur in wide, shallow, protected bays and mangrove channels, and in the inside edge of large inshore islands. These areas coincide with significant seagrass beds. They also use deep-water habitats. Large numbers have been sighted in water more than 10m deep in several areas, including the Torres Strait, the northern Great Barrier Reef region, and Hervey Bay in southeast Queensland.

Also known as a sea cow, Dugong's feed in the seagrass beds of the Indo-Pacific. They are the only herbivorous, truly marine mammal. (The related manatee spends some of its life in fresh water.)

Being a slow swimmer, you'll find dugongs in sheltered lagoons and bays in warm water such as are found in the Red Sea (eg Marsa Alam), East Africa, the Philippines, and Australia.

Adult dugongs can grow to over 3.5 m (11 ft), and may weigh over 900 kg (2000 lb). Male dugongs begin to grow tusks between the ages of 12 and 15 years. If food is plentiful, the habitat protected, and predation low, dugongs may live more than 70 years.

More pictures of Dugongs are in the Red Sea rooms of our photo gallery.

A large proportion of the world’s dugong population is found in northern Australian waters from Moreton Bay in the east to Shark Bay in the west, they have also been found down into New South Wales.

Diet: Dugong feed almost exclusively on seagrass, a flowering plant found in shallow water areas. An adult will eat about 30 kilograms of seagrass each day. As dugong feed, whole plants are uprooted leaving telltale tracks behind. They will also feed on macro-invertebrates.

Known as ‘cultivation grazers’, dugong feed in a way that promotes growth of Halophila ovalis – their preferred seagrass species. Pulling out the seagrass aerates the sea floor and increases the amount of organic matter in the area, therefore encouraging regrowth of the seagrass.

Behaviour and life history: Dugong may live for 70 years or more and are slow breeders. The female dugong does not begin breeding until she is 10-17 years old, and only calves once every three to five years, providing seagrass and other conditions are suitable. This slow breeding rate means that dugongs are particularly susceptible to factors that threaten their survival.

Poison Dart Frogs-beautiful little jewels

The family dendrobatidae is composed of the genus Dendrobates, Phyllobates, Epipedobates, Minyobates, Colostethus and Aromobates. They live in tropical forests from Nicaragua to Bolivia and you can find them from sea level to 2.600 m. in the Venezuelan mountains ("Tepuis") as is the case of Epipedobates rufulus.

The skin of these frogs has a powerfull poison and, normally, they've striking colours and patterns to advertise its predators they're dangerous, this is called aposematic coloration. The poison is very strong in the case of Phyllobates terribilis, P.auratoenia and P.bicolor. These three species could be very dangerous even for humans. Some tribus of Colombia use them to poison their darts to hunt, it's instantaneous and it lasts for a long time in the darts. The captive breed poison dart frogs don't have this toxicity because the diet we give them in our terrariums lacks some alcaloids or another chemical compounds which are the precursors of the poison.

As a rule these frogs adapt and breed well in captivity. Its wonderfull coloration, the elaborate and nice mating methods and the diurnal activity make the poison dart frogs a desirable subject for the terrariums. A big number of people breed them in captivity.

Poison Dart Frogs-beautiful little jewels

Introduction

The family dendrobatidae is composed of the genus Dendrobates, Phyllobates, Epipedobates, Minyobates, Colostethus and Aromobates. They live in tropical forests from Nicaragua to Bolivia and you can find them from sea level to 2.600 m. in the Venezuelan mountains ("Tepuis") as is the case of Epipedobates rufulus.

The skin of these frogs has a powerfull poison and, normally, they've striking colours and patterns to advertise its predators they're dangerous, this is called aposematic coloration. The poison is very strong in the case of Phyllobates terribilis, P.auratoenia and P.bicolor. These three species could be very dangerous even for humans. Some tribus of Colombia use them to poison their darts to hunt, it's instantaneous and it lasts for a long time in the darts. The captive breed poison dart frogs don't have this toxicity because the diet we give them in our terrariums lacks some alcaloids or another chemical compounds which are the precursors of the poison.

As a rule these frogs adapt and breed well in captivity. Its wonderfull coloration, the elaborate and nice mating methods and the diurnal activity make the poison dart frogs a desirable subject for the terrariums. A big number of people breed them in captivity.

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