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Oil Spills
...Oceanography... ...by Mr. Ewald's ... 5th Grade High School Links
- VICTOR THE VECTOR flows with the ocean currents. He learns about currents, temperature, waves, fronts, upwelling, etc. He gets into trouble along his journeys and makes many animal and plant friends. He and his mother Vera went in different directions. He searches for her and eventually they are united again. Designed for elementary students.
- Neptune's Web an oceanography education site from the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC)
- K-12 Oceanography Education sites list from Yahoo!
- Undersea and Oversee a collection of information and links for students compiled by the Franklin Institute.
- Oregon's Coastal X-Files odd, rare phenomena from the Oregon coast.
- Beachcombers' Alert! tracks what is washing up on the world's ocean beaches. Maintained by a University of Washington student.
- SeaWeb a multmedia public education project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it.
- El Niño From the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. This site has data and inion about what the El Niõ currents are and the effect they have on the weather and other climatic and ocean effects.
- The Underwater Caves of El Jacinto Pat Cave diving in the Yucatan. low an expedition into these recently discovered and explored caves.
- Ocean Planet a travelling exhibit from the Smithsonian. WAIT while the sound loads, close your eyes and you will be at the beach. Lots of good information on the health of the oceans.
- The Jason Project See what it's like to live aboard a nuclear submarine. Photo journal.
- Ocean Voice International. Environmental Organization
Oil Spills/Pollution
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- Oil Spill Public Information Center Now a part of Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS), this site provides update on the Exxon Valdez spill site and links to other oil spill related sites.
- The Polluted Oceans The causes of ocean pollution and what can be done about it.
- Rhode Island oil spill information and images from the January, 1999 spill.
- Sea Empress Oil Spill February 1996 spill on the coast of Wales.
- Oil spill sites at Yahoo!
Sites for Middle - High School- Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) Sound Travel in water. Good diagrams and explanation of the study of temperature and its effects on sound in water. From the University of California, San Diego. Also has information on Marine Mammals.
- OCEANIC, the Ocean Information Center has a lot of oceanographic information and links
- Tracking Drifter Buoys explores how scientists measure ocean currents using buoys.
- The Aquatic Network Subject areas covered include aquaculture, conservation, fisheries, limnology, marine science and oceanography, maritime heritage, ocean engineering, and seafood. This is a commercial site, so click on Subjects after the main screen. The Oceanography Education page lists phone numbers, addresses, and some links to appropriate sites.
- SeaWiFs Home Page A NASA site. There is a Teachers' Guide called The Living Ocean available. It is aimed at Grades 9-10. Also includes a Gallery temperature scans from the NASA satellites.
- World Data Center Geology and Geophysics data for the world's oceans.
The Data Zoo is a collection of actual data from oceanographic research projects in GOPHER format. From Scripps Institute at USCD.
Marine Watch is a quarterly newseletter from Point Reyes Station, CA. News and information related to oceans and oceanography.
For More Possible sites, go to Yahoo's directory of Oceanographic Sites.
Links checked and updated 3/9/99
©Lynn Ewing, 1998, 1999
