This site contains several activities for different age level students that model the beneficial aspects of coastal wetlands. These activities will illustrate the value of wetlands as a nursery for young organisms, in controlling erosion and retaining water, and in absorbing and filtering pollutants and excess nutrients that would ultimately affect the Gulf of Mexico. Full description.

In this lesson, students construct functional replicas of oceanographic tools and demonstrate and explain their use. Students consider how the oceans are studied and are introduced to modern oceanographic sampling tools. Full description.

Ocean Portal is a high-level directory of ocean data and information related websites. Links can be searched by category: abstracts and bibliographies, associations, commercial equipment and services, data catalogs, expertise, International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Program (IODE) world data centers, meeting and event calendars, ocean libraries, online data servers, projects/agencies/institutes, ... Full description.

This site focuses on the subject of oceans, including basic facts and properties about oceans, plant and animal sea life, fishing in the oceans, coral reefs, ocean ecology, and tsunamis. Designed as an electronic tour, it guides the user through different web sites as stops, providing a comprehensive overview of oceans. The learning objectives and concepts are clearly presented, and a teacher resources ... Full description.

These resources on the ocean include ten interdisciplinary activities for the classroom that address the size of the oceans, marine habitats, weather, oil spills, marine fauna, and others. Each activity is accompanied by a list of online and preint resources. There is also an article on the 'Odyssey', a 93-foot sailing ketch deployed by Ocean Alliance to learn about the health of the oceans of the ... Full description.

In the shallow waters off the coast of Andros Island in the Caribbean, corals of all shapes and sizes form the Andros Reef, one of the largest barrier reefs in the world. Like other coral reefs, Andros was created by massive colonies of coral polyps, which are small, soft-bodied animals. These creatures have hard skeletons that form much of the structure of a coral reef. The once thriving Andros Reef ... Full description.

This slide show was designed specifically for secondary schools. It contains comprehensive text and colorful images that help illustrate many aspects of tropical marine ecosystems, including the anatomy and physiology of corals, ecology of coral reefs, and habitat destruction. In addition to discussing the ecological aspects of coral reefs, this slide set also addresses topics in climatology giving ... Full description.

In this activity, students use an interactive timeline to learn about the history of the exploration and study of the ocean. The timeline includes persons and events in both surface and deep sea exploration, which ranges from the invention of the diving bell through the exploration of William Beebe to Conshelf One. Surface exploration information includes the ancient Phoenicians, Ben Franklin and ... Full description.

This site provides the research community access to advanced underwater technologies and information on the Center's research programs and operations. There are interactive maps, links to regional information and undersea technology, a list of publications, and news. Full description.

The two activities at this site allow students to conduct hands-on experiments exploring the basic principles of why ships float, and to build simple models which show how special tools on deck, using levers and pulleys, allow researchers and crew to handle heavy equipment and sample water layers deep in the ocean. In the first activity students will conduct experiments demonstrating the effects of ... Full description.