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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What Are You Blubbering About?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Baby Beluga may swim in the deep blue sea, but the song doesn't mention how cold it is out there. Find out in this short project how a bit of blubber can be a useful adaptation when the water is ice cold.
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NOAA

Noaa: Cpc: Weekly Enso Update

For Students 9th - 10th
Weekly updates on data collected and analyzed by the Climate Prediction Center. Includes sea surface temperature, subsurface tropical Pacific analyses and much more. Extensive site: check it out!
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Other

Voyage to the Deep: Tubeworm

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is a very brief overview of tubeworms, a hydrothermal vent marine animal.
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Other

Skyenimals: List of Ocean Animals: Ocean Habitat

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the largest animal habitat on Earth with this website that gives facts and images of the ocean habitat. Site contains pictures and images of ocean animals.
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Other

Zoo De Madrid: Aquarium

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to explore the wonders of the aquarium in Madrid. You can select the animal link to see pictures and get additional information about the animals.
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Curated OER

Path of Development (Animal Developmental Pathways)

For Students 9th - 10th
An exciting explanation of animal development using sea urchins as a model. Animations, still images and supporting explanations make for a great learning experience.
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Curated OER

Path of Development (Animal Developmental Pathways)

For Students 9th - 10th
An exciting explanation of animal development using sea urchins as a model. Animations, still images and supporting explanations make for a great learning experience.
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Curated OER

Path of Development (Animal Developmental Pathways)

For Students 9th - 10th
An exciting explanation of animal development using sea urchins as a model. Animations, still images and supporting explanations make for a great learning experience.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Rhamphorhynchus

For Students 9th - 10th
Rhamphorhynchus, a flying reptile from the Late Jurrasic period, had wings up to a meter long. Learn other facts about this prehistoric animal, revealed to us through its fossils, and view a variety of images.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Meet Our Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site from the National Zoological Park provides extensive information about many types of animals. Just click on the category you need. Includes pictures and live web cams.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Marine Mapping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The marine environment is unique and requires technologies that can use sound to gather information since there is little light underwater. The seafloor is characterized using underwater sound and acoustical systems. Current...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Greenland Mass Variation Since 2002

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists study ice sheets because they influence weather and climate, playing a role in atmospheric and ocean circulation. Ice sheets can also have huge impacts on global sea levels because they store so much water. Explore this...
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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Abalone

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn some "cool facts" about abalone as you study its description and read about conservation efforts.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Are Tourists Harming Endangered Florida Manatees?

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about manatee migration and the impact that tourists who get too close to the endangered animals may be having on their ability to survive. Includes video.
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University of California

Earthguide: El Nino: Illustrating the Concept

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you know what happens during a typical El Nino? This overview provides a description, characteristics, and animated maps showing sea surface temperature changes during past El Nino events.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: New Millennium Observatory (Ne Mo) Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This digital curriculum is an interactive deep-ocean mystery based on daily reports from expeditions at sea and results from NeMO and consists of four parts: Introduction and Background Information, Classroom activities, Movies and...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Eli the Eel: A Mysterious Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
James Prosek tracks the life journey of Eli the Anguilla eel as she travels her mysterious "backward" migration from the sea to fresh water and back again. [4:39]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: Brief History of the First Earth Day and What We Can Learn From Its Success Lesson Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
Earth Day grew out of the environmental movement in the late 1960s in response to a series of environmental disasters that took lives, marred natural beauty and threatened animal species. An estimated 20 million Americans participated in...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Cuttlefish

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the world of the cuttlefish, a unique cephalopod. Students will gain a greater understanding of this mollusk through fun facts, information on the anatomy, diet, predators and more at this site.
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Other

Vocabulary Training Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains multiple vocabulary tests of 100 words each that drill word sets from animals to words of the soul. It also contains grammar quizzes and a personalized test generator.
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Curated OER

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Starfish Morphology

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled diagram of a starfish.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Animals of Asia, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A pictorial map from 1906 illustrating the various animals that live in regions of Asia. "The white bear, the seal and many sea birds are found near the Arctic shore. In the cold parts of Siberia tribes of yellow people keep herds of...

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