Students explore facts about South America in the four lessons of this unit. Booklets are created from the materials produced as the class delves into the topic.

Second graders look at the United States often over the next few months. Help them to see how the United States has changed as territories have become states. They may be surprised to know the areas of our country that were territories...

Students work together to agree on the days "preferred weather conditions." They choose a city in the world they think will have the preferred current weather conditions.

Students, in groups, track the seasonal journey of a species, such as a shorebird, sea turtle, or marine mammal, using various sources of migration data

This National Geographic feature allows visitors to create their own world maps complete with capitals, oceans, climate information, satellite view, personalized trail markings and more. Choose from a detailed color map or the second...

Make your own full color or black and white mosaic wall map on your own printer. World maps, continents, Asian regions, and oceans are available for downloading, printing, and assembling.

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...

Provides continent, country, and ocean floor maps from all over the world. Click on a continent's name to access the detailed maps which also include statistical facts on each available country.

This global map from NASA's Earth Observatory shows the sea surface temperature from July 2002 to October 2008. Learn the influences that sea surface temperature has on climate and weather.

Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...

Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the world's continents and oceans.

This URL will start you out at the site map for Rice University's study of longitude and navigation. Scroll to the section titled "Oceans" and you will find some very good information on surface currents, especially those of the South...

This lessons explores the different ways we can view our world along with the different parts of a map or globe.

Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, and even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping....

You can click on whale spotting in Australia, types of whales, global whale sanctuary and whale songs. View maps and diagrams that can help you spot whales.

A set of illustrated fact pages, and some activity sheets, on coral reefs, tidal pools, and ocean ecosystems. Find maps, graphic organizers, and a movie link to tidal zones. Hyperlinks to specialized vocabulary words are also provided....

Use this site to explore the United Kingdom. Learn about the UK's flag, geography, map, explorers, animals, scientists, explorers and more.

Study a labeled world map showing the oceans and seas, and then try to match their names to their locations on a blank map.

Maps in different categories such as fishing, climate change, and pollution were pulled together into a composite map that shows the impact of humans on the world's oceans. Analysis at the time (2008) showed that 40% of the world's...

A staggering 25,000 workers lost their lives. And artificial limb makers clamored for contracts with the canal builders. In a quest to fulfill a centuries-old dream to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the builders of the Panama...

This site features information and related links that can be used by students and scientists to understand the events that led to the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

A lesson unit for Grades 4-9 on how the ocean affects climate and weather. Includes worksheets (also in Spanish) and maps.

This site is provided for by the Monroe County Women's Disability Network. Some basic information about water on our planet and the various water forms that make up three-quarters of the earth's surface. Includes some simple quizzes to...

With these vibrant and stunning photos, you don't have to be a scuba diver-or even know how to swim-to explore and experience the Great Barrier Reef.