This series of activities for elementary (K-5) classrooms demonstrates effects of rising levels of greenhouse climate. Specifically, it shows how: an increase of heat-trapping gases atmosphere raises temperatures; higher temperatures affect the water cycle; and rising sea levels could affect coastal a result of glacial and polar ice. Designed to teach through scientific inquiry, the activities seek ... Full description.

This is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) sponsored website that includes a variety of resources for educators and students. Oil spills are defined by scientists and further explained using photographs and questions previously submitted by students and teachers. Experiments for students and teachers are categorized by grade level and information on how to obtain instructional kits ... Full description.

This CD-ROM engages students in a journey where they must navigate their own ship, operate modern research tools, and manipulate satellite and climate model data to investigate and help predict El Nino - one of our planet-s largest global climactic disruptions. Full description.

This CD contains material for a series of live interactive Internet events during the 1999-2000 field seasons of the National Geographic Society's Sustainable Seas Expeditions. The three curriculum units on this CD feature clips, Web chat Q and A, labs, activities, and related resources materials. The units have also been mapped to National Science Education Standards, California, Texas, and Florida ... Full description.

NASA's ocean color satellite instruments are more sensitive than the human eye, surveying our global oceans in a few hours. Discover more about the connections among marine ecology, phytoplankton, light's behavior at the ocean surface, and satellite observations. The back of the poster includes activities and Web references for more information. Full description.

Since the early 1970s, experts have recognized that petroleum pollutants were being discharged in marine waters worldwide, from oil spills, vessel operations, and land-based sources. Public attention to oil spills has forced improvements. Still, a considerable amount of oil is discharged yearly into sensitive coastal environments. Oil in the Sea provides the best available estimate of oil pollutant ... Full description.

As the importance of the oceans to society grows, so does the need to understand their variation on many temporal and spatial scales. This need to understand ocean change is compelling scientists to move beyond traditional expeditionary modes of investigation. Observing systems will enable the study of processes in the ocean basins over varying timescales and spatial scales, providing the scientific ... Full description.

In the summer of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey to establish an American presence in a land of unqualified natural resources and riches. Is it fitting that, on the 200th anniversary of that expedition, the United States, together with international partners, should embark on another journey of exploration in a vastly more extensive region of remarkable ... Full description.

Deep-diving manned submersibles, such as Alvin, which gained worldwide fame when researchers used it to reach the wreck of the Titanic, have helped advance deep-ocean science. But many scholars in this field have noted that the number and capabilities of today's underwater vehicles no longer meet current scientific demands. At the same time, the relative value of manned and unmanned vehicles is often ... Full description.

Elements for a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board provides guidance for the NPRB as they work towards fulfilling key organizational goals. The report makes specific recommendations on long-term research priorities, the NPRB management structure and the development of future programs. Full description.