Ucla: Marine Science Center

High schoolers explain diversity and abundance in marine life. In this oceanic biology lesson, students collect information for various geographical areas to collect a census of marine life.

Human impacts on the environment can sometimes be difficult to measure, especially under water! An activity centered on ocean acidification gives science scholars the opportunity to examine the effects of carbon dioxide on marine life....

Step into the role of a zoo director with several activities about animal training and running a zoo. Kids calculate the amount of food each animal needs, design a habitat for penguins, decide how to breed bottlenose dolphins, and train...

Check out the research and current topics sections for ways that this rehabilitation center for marine mammals is using tracking methods to keep tabs on some of the patients they have released back into the wild.

Students research and identify ocean animals characteristics and life styles using the Internet and books. They create a PowerPoint presentation and an iMovie to present to the class.

This Glover's Reef Marine Reserve site gives information one of Belize's marine reserves. It discusses all aspects of the reserve including why it is necessary and what types of wildlife and plants live there. This site offers links to...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of fifteen data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine the impact rising sea levels is having on marine and coastal regions. They look at mangrove...

This home page provides access to information about research and conservation efforts to protect and preserve living marine resources.

Listing of various fact sheets created and published through the Long Island Sound Study. Topics include How Low Dissolved Oxygen Conditions Affect Marine Life in LI, Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Long Island Sound, Sound...

A non-profit center for applied ocean and physics engineering, biology and marine chemistry and geochemistry with a focus on physical oceanography.