Welcome! Sign In or Try it Free!
Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
Follow the red and green channel markers to the best marine education materials available on the Web. Enjoy your visit to the BRIDGE, and come back soon. New materials are added often. The Bridge is supported by Sea Grant and the National Marine Educators Full Review »
Manatee, common name for each of three species of a large water mammal, popularly called a sea cow because it grazes on marine grasses and other water plants. The Amazonian manatee ranges throughout the Amazon River basin in South America; the West Africa Full Review »
Celebrate the aesthetic delights of living jellies and the magical ways in which jellies and the marine environment have inspired artists in our new "Jellies: Living Art" exhibit. This exhibit includes jellies never exhibited in North America be Full Review »
Branching patterns, or tree-like forms, are everywhere in nature: river basins, organ vessels, trees, fungi, algae, hydroids, and corals, just to mention some. Most organisms on earth contain branching networks. It is remarkable that algae and sea fans or Full Review »
The largest turtle, with no hard shell, which can survive in cool waters and dive deep in search of jellyfish and other food. Largest of the marine turtles, the leatherback may attain a total length of about 1.8m (6ft) with a weight of about 540kg (1,200l Full Review »
Green turtles are one of the most widespread species of marine turtle, found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the globe. They are one of the largest marine turtles, reaching between 0.7-1.5m in shell length and weighing up to 200kg. Full Review »
Once, huge flotillas of this species would arrive at sandy beaches to nest, but human influence on their habitat has changed that. A small olive-coloured marine turtle, with a thin, heart-shaped shell. In the male, the tail protrudes further out than the Full Review »
F-18s are now the go-to jet for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The reason? They're plenty fast, they can carry a dizzying array of bombs and missiles, they have amazing onboard electronics and they can be reconfigured to accomplish a range of missions. Full Review »
September 27 - October 2, 2004 is Sea Otter Awareness Week. This week-long event is being held to educate the public about the integral role that sea otters play in the nearshore marine ecosystem as well as the importance of respecting biological diversit Full Review »
This is the home site of the National Geographic Daily News. This particular page contains numerous articles about all aspects of the environment, ecology, geography, etc.--from global warming to penguins. This is an excellent tool for science and socia Full Review »
Link to This
Email This
Share