This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum is home to ten units covering various aspects of the world's oceans including frozen oceans, deep oceans, barnacles, coral reef, deep-sea fish, sponges, vents, and more.

For any educator preparing a teaching theme/unit on oceans, this is the site for you! Included are links to a myriad of lesson plans, worksheets, hands on activities, web quests, interactive sites, teacher resources, and more.

Seven hands-on lessons module in which students explore oceans. Inquiry-based investigations include properties of seawater, ocean water and currents, and features of the ocean floor.

This large PDF file integrates math, science, and language into several lessons about characteristics of the oceans. Topics include ocean currents, tides, density, marine life, and pollution.

This tutorial overviews the ocean ecosystem and human's impact on it.

This site contains a wealth of information. You can click on shorelines, temperate oceans and tropical oceans. Each page contains links to even more information.

Students discover the role that the oceans play in climate change, and how climate change affects the oceans. It is lesson eight in a nine-lesson module "Visualizing and Understanding the Science of Climate Change."

Learn about issues that are major threats to the health of our oceans; read personal stories of how these threats affect people whose lives are connected to these valuable resources. Includes possible solutions and things you can do to...

Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students learn how to create animated waves in an ocean setting and then compose a high seas story.

Students will identify the role of the oceans in the formation of weather systems such as hurricanes.

A part of the PBS series "Journey to Planet Earth," this section explores the world's grasslands, some of which are in environmental danger. Includes video and educational resources.

Will our descendants enjoy lives that are richer, more fulfilled, healthier, and in general better than those of today? Or will human societies collapse under the strain of depleted resources, brutal conflicts, and environmental damage?...

This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden is a comprehensive site covering various topics related to temperate oceans. Be sure to check out the ocean animals link on the left side to learn more about the invertebrates that live in the...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the oceans sustain life, are part of the water cycle and moderate climate.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the oceans sustain life, are part of the water cycle, and moderate climate.

There are links to the water planet, oceans in motion, life in the sea and resources. You will learn about the physical features of an ocean, changes in the ocean and the water cycle.

The chemical composition of our oceans varies depending on location, but the primary ingredients are oxygen, hydrogen, chlorine, and sodium. View this downloadable infographic on the earth's oceans.

How are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans different? At this site from the Missouri Botanical Garden you can click on the "Atlantic and Pacific Oceans," link to learn all about this topic. Study the two animated illustrations given to...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How Earth's atmosphere and oceans formed.

This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 20 vocabulary words pertaining to oceans. It also offers an extensive list of ocean and maritime vocabulary and some lesson plan ideas.

This lesson will describe the effect that oceans have on the global climate.

What's been happening to the world's oceans over the past 50 years? Ocean researcher, Sylvia Earle, shares breathtaking images of the ocean and surprising details about the many problems plaguing its health. [18:12]

Students explore the potential problems and fascinating phenomena of the oceans. Some topics investigated are climate change, nutrient pollution, and fishing. The resource consists of a quiz, slideshows, articles, and video clips.

Dive into a greater understanding of the oceans by tagging along on this exploration of the oceans.