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This Chesapeake Bay resource provides background information on the Bay and its ecosystem. It discusses salinity gradient, biota, geology, and information about the preservation of the Bay. It also provides a list of parks and recreation areas that allow access to the Bay. Three regional maps and a statewide map are included.
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Upwelling
Zones
is
a
highly
interactive,
data-rich
module
designed
for
students
to
explore
two
of
the
world's
most
important
upwelling
systems,
the
California
coast
and
the
equatorial
Pacific
Ocean,
using
inquiry-based
tools
that
allow
them
to
track
and
analyze
temperature,
wind,
and
chlorophyll
data.
Worksheets
include
step-by-step
instructions
on
investigating
the
two
study
areas.
An
extension
activity
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This
on-line
expedition
focuses
on
the
flow
of
ocean
water
along
with
its
climatic
impact
and
environmental
consequences.
Learning
objectives
include
an
awareness
that
ocean
waters
are
constantly
on
the
move,
that
ocean
currents
influence
climate
and
living
conditions
for
plants
and
animals,
even
on
land,
and
that
currents
flow
in
complex
patterns
affected
by
wind,
the
water's
salinity
and
heat
content,
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This
website
integrates
video
footage
and
information
with
lesson
plans
and
activities
to
teach
students
about
the
intertidal
zone
of
the
oceans.
This
zone
is
a
habitat
for
only
a
few
species
due
to
extreme
fluctuations
in
moisture
level,
heat,
salinity,
and
sunlight.
The
activities
in
this
unit
are
designed
to
enable
students
to
investigate
the
creatures
of
these
zones
and
how
they
have
adapted
to
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This
guide
provides
educators
with
information
on
the
classroom
use
of
buoy
data
from
the
Global
Drifter
Program.
This
data
is
produced
by
an
array
of
over
1000
drifting
buoys,
monitored
by
satellite,
that
make
measurements
of
sea
surface
temperature
(SST)
and
surface
velocity.
It
is
used
to
track
ocean
currents
and
measure
properties
such
as
sea
surface
temperature,
salinity,
wind
speed,
and
atmospheric
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The
NASA
Oceanography
site
contains
remotely
sensed
satellite
data
and
modeling
techniques
to
enable
the
global
mapping
of
seasonal
changes
in
ocean
surface
topography,
currents,
waves,
winds,
phytoplankton
content,
sea-ice
extent,
rainfall,
sunlight
reaching
the
sea,
and
sea
surface
temperature.
Studying
these
patterns
at
a
global
scale
help
forecast
and
mitigate
the
disastrous
effects
of
floods
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This
lesson
has
students
practice
proper
lab
techniques
of
coring,
seining,
taking
temperatures,
and
measuring
salinity.
Students
will
analyze
and
graph
data,
write
a
three
part
essay
which
identifies
and
answers
a
question
about
their
field
trip,
and
correctly
draw
and
label
a
food
web
of
their
field
site.
The
lesson
includes
a
list
of
materials,
the
procedure,
and
a
suggested
rubric
to
use
in
evaluating
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ThinkQuest
is
a
global
network
of
students,
teachers,
parents,
and
technologists
dedicated
to
youth-centered
learning
on
the
internet.
This
site
contains
information
about
limnology
and
its
relevance.
Topics
covered
include
the
water
cycle,
water
types,
catchments,
algae,
and
limnology
tests
(pH,
phosphate,
salinity,
turbidity,
nitrates).
There
are
experiments
for
the
classroom
and
a
case
study
on
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In-depth
website
by
researchers
describes
the
Gulf
Stream,
its
place
in
the
North
Atlantic
Gyre,
influence
on
weather
and
climate,
and
role
of
eddies
and
rings
in
distributing
heat
and
salinity.
A
history,
16th
to
20th
centuries,
describes
scientists'
developing
understanding
of
the
Gulf
Stream
and
evolution
of
oceanographic
instruments
used
to
study
it,
with
special
details
on
satellite
observations.
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This
guide
introduces
educators
to
the
classroom
use
of
oceanographic
data
from
the
Monterey
Bay
Aquarium
Research
Institute
(MBARI).
MBARI
provides
near
real-time,
quality
controlled
data
on
surface
and
subsurface
temperature
and
salinity;
CO2
and
O2
concentrations;
and
relative
fluorescence,
used
by
scientists
to
better
understand
the
Monterey
Bay
ecosystem
and
draw
parallels
to
the
ocean
as
a
whole.
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