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Interactive game features two skill levels (novice and intermediate) that teach about water quality, watersheds, and management of this important resource. The intermediate level game is broken into four sections: National Parks, agriculture, neighborhood, and city, each with five questions. At the end of the quiz, the best choices for each question are explained.
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Excellent
teaching
resource
from
U.S.G.S
on
water,
from
basic
properties
to
water
quality,
inventory
of
world
water
sources,
how
to
measure
streamflow,
components
of
water
use
patterns,
human
impacts,
offers
a
quiz
in
the
interactive
Activity
Center.
Site
also
available
in
Spanish,
interactive
diagram
with
details
of
water
cycle
is
available
in
50
languages.
Provides
map
and
data
libraries
on
who
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Developed
and
maintained
by
the
Jason
Education
Project
at
the
Texas
A&M
University,
this
comprehensive
site
has
educational
information
and
activities
on
weather,
foraminifera,
coral
reefs,
satellites,
El
Nino,
ice
ages,
fisheries,
waves,
icebergs
and
currents.
A
wealth
of
student
and
educator
resources
is
available.
Teacher
resources
include
a
crash-course
in
oceanography,
a
section
on
using
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Learn
about
sound
in
the
ocean
to
help
"save"
endangered
right
whales.
In
this
WebQuest,
students
form
a
team
of
specialists
whose
mission
is
to
devise
a
method
to
reduce
whale
mortality
due
to
either
entanglement
in
fishing
gear
or
ship
collisions.
The
team
studies
the
feeding
behavior,
migration
patterns
and
geographical
distribution
of
Northern
right
whales,
whale
sensory
biology,
and
current
marine
...
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This
extensive,
interactive
website
describes
what
a
hurricane
is,
how
one
forms,
its
characteristics,
the
effects,
hurricane
prediction,
and
more.
Discover
the
power
and
destruction
of
past
major
hurricanes
such
as
Floyd,
Andrew,
and
Camille,
and
view
before
and
after
photographs.
In
the
Lab
section,
create
your
own
hurricane
in
different
parts
of
the
world
and
explore
the
effects
of
different
weather
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WW2010
(the
weather
world
2010
project)
is
a
WWW
framework
for
integrating
current
and
archived
weather
data
with
multimedia
instructional
resources
using
new
and
innovative
technologies.
Site
includes
open
ended
projects
and
classroom
activities
with
teaching
guides
on
weather-related
topics
such
as
pressure,
air
masses,
precipitation,
cyclones,
forecasting
and
more.
Site
also
contains
modules
on
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University
of
Delaware's
January
2000
on-line
expedition
to
study
hydrothermal
vents
in
the
Sea
of
Cortes.
Introduction
to
deep-sea
research
with
in-depth
background,
a
dive
log,
daily
journal,
photos
and
video
clips.
Topics
covered:
deep
sea
geology
and
hydrothermal
vents;
biology
and
chemistry
of
vent
marine
life;
technology
of
the
tools,
submersible
and
research
ship.
Teachers
can
access
a
resource
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In
November
1999,
a
team
of
scientists,
students,
and
film
makers
aboard
WHOI's
Atlantis.
ventured
to
hydrothermal
vent
sites
at
9
degrees
North
in
the
Eastern
Pacific.
Using
the
submersible
Alvin,
they
documented
how
the
biology
and
landscape
of
these
deep
sea
oases
had
changed
in
the
10
years
since
their
discovery.
This
expedition
report
contains
daily
logs,
images,
profiles
of
the
scientists
and
...
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Learning
resources
about
oysters
and
current
issues
in
Chesapeake
Bay.
Students
learn
about
oyster
anatomy,
ballast
water,
invasive
species
and
more
through
online
puzzles.
Teachers
can
download
10
multidisciplinary
lesson
plans
about
oyster
biology
and
fishery
issues.
Links
to
web
resources
on
the
Bay,
oysters,
plankton
and
biofilms.
Also
available:
day
programs
with
hands-on
and
shipboard
activities
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Excellent
site
by
Bigelow
Laboratory
presents
seasonal
data
from
the
Gulf
of
Maine,
introduces
principles
and
technologies
of
oceanographic
research.
Measurements
of
ocean
temperature,
salinity,
chlorophyll,
plus
research
cruise
logs
and
scientists'
insights,
are
used
in
data
analysis
activities.
Investigates
phytoplankton
productivity,
seasonal
layering
and
mixing
of
Gulf
water,
diversity
of
marine
...
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