World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Oceans
An introduction and overview of the ocean habitat, the largest habitat on Earth. Includes links to information about three animals that live in this habitat.
Other
Aquarium Kaiukan: Creatures and Anecdotes (Japanese)
The Japanese-language homepage of the Osaka Kaiukan Aquarium, one of the largest in the world. It introduces visitors to the creatures that inhabit zones of the Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands in the north to Antarctica in the south....
Other
Voyage to the Deep: Vent Crab
Learn about vent crabs in this overview that includes a QuickTime video clip and several photos.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Biomes
Discover the hidden treasures in the different habitats on the earth! The earth is filled with many biomes. Examples of different biomes are listed and include hyperlinks to additional information such as the animals found there.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Plumbing the Deep: Using Sound Waves to See
In this lesson, students learn about echolocation: what it is and how engineers use it to "see" things in the dark, or deep underwater. Also, they learn how animals use echolocation to catch their dinner and travel the ocean waters and...
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Differences Between Benthic and Pelagic Zones
Learn the characteristics of these two oceanic zones and of the plants and animals that live in them.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Facts About the Marine Biome
Describes the characteristics of the marine biome, the plants and animals that live in each of the four ocean zones, coral reefs and estuaries, the climate of the marine biome, and the marine food web.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo
Here is the National Zoological Park right at our fingertips. Students will find many things to explore at this colorful and engaging site. Any study of animals will have a successful start here. Chances are students can catch their...
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Oil and Natural Gas Formation
Young scholars will learn that oil and natural gas taken from the earth's crust today originated as small plants and animals that lived in the ocean millions of years ago.
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: Sea Turtles
Sea turtles are one of the earth's oldest animals living in the ocean. They have been around since the time of the dinosaurs. That's over 100 million years! Sea turtles are different from land turtles in two primary ways. Learn about Sea...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Fish for Kids: Learn All About Aquatic and Ocean Marine Life
Kids learn what makes up a fish. What are gills and how do they breathe in the water?
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Giant Kelp
Learn about forests under the Pacific Ocean! Giant kelp is a forest under the ocean that is divided into layers based on the kind of animal life found there. Kelp is useful in making adhesives, dairy products, and pharmaceutical...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Tropical Oceans: Coral Reefs
An interesting site about coral reefs. It explores where the reefs are found, what the reefs are, animals that live in the reefs, and preservation of the reefs.
Sesame Street
Sesame Street Games
These interactive games allow young children to explore the jungle, the oceans and the arctic regions. Children can look for animals in that area of the world.
Other
Voyage to the Deep: Tubeworm
This is a very brief overview of tubeworms, a hydrothermal vent marine animal.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Learners will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Dolphins
Kids learn how dolphins eat, sleep, and live together. Bottlenose dolphins and orcas travel the ocean in pods.
Other
Dayton Art Institute an African Slit Gong
Art and music are very much related. In fact, the African culture often times designed fun looking instruments like the gong on this website. Includes directions on how to make your own gong.
Globio
Glossopedia: Environments
This article defines "environment" as a collection of animals and plants in a specific landscape and climate. The concept of differing types of environments is introduced. The impact of humans on environments and all environments'...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Coral Reefs Under Stress
Coral reefs, home to many vibrant plants and animals, are suffering from the affects of climate change and the increase of acid in ocean waters. Delve into the benefits and concerns of these beautiful ecosystems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cnidarians
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cnidarians, in the phylum Cnidaria, include organisms such as the jellyfish and sea anemones. These animals are found in shallow ocean water. Learn more about...
Other
Switch Zoo: Where Do I Live?
In these games, you will move the animals who live in Switch Zoo to their original home continent or ocean.
Curated OER
Unesco: Iceland: Surtsey
Surtsey, a volcanic island approximately 32 km from the south coast of Iceland, is a new island formed by volcanic eruptions that took place from 1963 to 1967. It is all the more outstanding for having been protected since its birth,...