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This site offers facts and information, photographs, classroom activities, games, and other materials related to marine biology and geared towards elementary schol students and teachers. Topics include fish, mollusks, crustaceans, echinoderms, mammals, endangered species, and others.
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With this interactive simulation, students can learn about Mako sharks, Sandbar sharks, and Nurse sharks, including facts about their habitats and migration. They will study the tagging procedure, including tools and processes used, and try to predict where a shrk will be in order to try to tag one.
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In
this
activity,
users
download
and
graph
modeled
climate
data
to
explore
variability
in
climate
change.
Most
people
know
that
climate
changes
are
predicted
over
the
next
hundred
years,
but
they
may
not
be
aware
that
these
changes
are
likely
to
vary
from
region
to
region.
Using
data
from
the
University
of
New
Hampshire?s
Earth
Science
Information
Partner,
a
digital
library
of
Earth
Science
data,
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This
El
Nino
site
explains
the
abnormal
warming
of
surface
ocean
waters
in
the
eastern
tropical
Pacific
and
how
it
affects
global
weather,
ocean
circulation,
and
coral
reef
ecosystems.
The
activities
involve
wind
direction
and
the
Coriolis
effect,
global
wind
patterns,
and
cloud
formation.
There
are
sections
comparing
normal
conditions
to
El
Nino
conditions
and
a
video
clip
of
the
1982-1983
El
Nino
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WhaleTimes
will
take
young
users
on
an
adventure
to
the
ocean.
This
resource
provides
a
wealth
of
information
and
pictures
on
popular
sea
life,
such
as
whales,
seals,
sea
lions,
sharks,
penguins,
and
walruses.
It
helps
the
user
to
find
out
how
animals
survive
in
the
sea,
what
they
eat,
where
they
live
and
much
more.
There
are
several
computer
activities
for
young
kids,
and
a
list
of
books
that
focus
...
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Relevant
sections
in
this
resource
include
What
are
Harmful
Algal
Blooms
(HABs),
an
Introduction
to
Algal
Blooms
and
"Red
Tide",
Algae
Species
(which
algae
are
responsible
for
the
harmful
effects?),
Adverse
Impacts,
Human
Illness
(food
poisoning
associated
with
harmful
algal
blooms
&
information
on
diagnosis
and
treatment),
HAB
Distribution
Maps,
HAB
events
in
the
United
States
and
around
the
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The
majority
of
Ocean
World
is
devoted
to
a
series
of
ten
reference
sections:
coral
reefs,
currents,
El
Nino,
Fisheries,
Ice
Ages,
icebergs,
JASON-1
(a
satellite),
the
role
of
the
ocean
in
weather,
satellites
and
ocean
exploration,
and
waves.
Each
section
culminates
with
an
interactive
quiz,
links
to
sources
of
related
real-time
data,
and
a
list
of
additional
related
links.
Also
available
is
a
set
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Ocean
Planet's
six
lesson
plans
are
adapted
from
several
themes
in
the
Smithsonian
Institution
exhibition
created
to
share
with
the
public
what
recent
research
has
revealed
about
the
oceans
and
to
encourage
ocean
conservation.
"Sea
Secrets"
explores
ocean
geography;
"Sea
Connections"
looks
at
the
plants
and
animals
that
live
in
different
marine
ecosystems.
"Ocean
Market"
identifies
and
values
many
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In
this
lesson,
students
will
play
the
role
of
a
member
of
an
International
Team
of
Marine
Biologists
tasked
with
predicting
and
monitoring
possible
harmful
algae
blooms.
They
will
evaluate
changes
in
the
ocean's
chlorophyll
counts
from
1997-2007
using
data
sets
from
MyNASAData
website,
draw
conclusions
about
how
the
chlorophyll-a
levels
in
the
ocean
may
effect
its
ecological
characteristics
and
infer
...
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Phytoplankton,
microscopic
floating
plant-like
marine
organisms
(plankton
means
wanderer)
are
at
the
bottom
of
the
marine
food
chain.
They
perform
photosynthesis
using
water,
carbon
dioxide,
and
sunlight
to
produce
glucose
for
their
own
use,
as
well
as
oxygen.
Humans
and
all
land
animals
and
sea
creatures
are
dependent
on
phytoplankton.
The
chlorophyll
in
phytoplankton
can
be
observed
by
remote
sensing
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