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American Museum of Natural History

They Glow!

For Students 6th - 12th
Would you believe marine animals can make their own light? An online resource describes the process of bioluminescence and how animals in the ocean use it to survive. The lesson features a catchy tune that describes the behavior of ocean...
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Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariners' Museum: Age of Exploration: Tools of Navigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Sailors improved on many of the tools used in navigation to help them in their long journeys across an ocean. On this site from the Mariners' Museum, find many of these tools, perhaps in use already in the 15th century, but made even...
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NOAA

Noaa: Nccos: Exploring New Ways to Communicate Scientific Results

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the many types of media technology that scientists have available today to communicate the results of their research. These include social media tools, educational web pages, videos, virtual worlds, and podcasts. Many examples...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor

For Students 9th - 10th
Dive and Discover immerses you into the world of ocean exploration. Through stories, photos, and videos go on board research expeditions that use deep-sea tools and vehicles, and become part of teams of researchers making new discoveries.