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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOcean Tides Lost and Found
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..The Moon's gravity imparts tremendous energy to the Earth, raising tides throughout the global oceans. What happens to all this ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLocate Your Watershed
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..Watersheds are those land areas that catch rain or snow and drain to specific marshes, streams, rivers, lakes, or to ground wate...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGlobal Water Reservoirs, Fluxes, and Turnover Times
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Physics, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This graphic illustration and accompanying text description show the distribution and relative proportions of water in the form ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Our Environment
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This article explains how the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite has been used to measure changes in sea level due to heat storage in the ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWind-Driven Circulation and the Ekman Balance
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..Materials presented here describe how the Ekman theory of wind-driven circulation in ocean basins was confirmed by measurements ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Vast Oceans
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 5 additional..This site provides background information about the relationship between ocean currents and surface winds. There are links to im...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentVisit to An Ocean Planet: Salinity and Deep Ocean Currents
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Electricity & Magnetism, Physics, Biochemistry and 8 additional..This resource uses text, images, maps and a laboratory exercise to explain how differences in the temperature and salinity of oc...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHurricanes
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Physics, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's hurricane website. Features include weather watches, warnings, and...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLevel 3 Standard Mapped Images
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Physics, Life Sciences and 4 additional..This archive of ocean-color imagery produced by SeaWiFS and Aqua-MODIS contains images from 2002 to the present. The images are ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSearching for Atlantic Rhythms: Winter Weather and the North Atlantic Oscillation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Physics, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..Much like El Nino, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) varies in a rhythmic pattern from decade to decade. The NAO is the relat...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVisit to an Ocean Planet - Timing the Tides
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..Tide tables, commonly seen in newspapers and on television in coastal areas, show that comparable local high and low tides occur...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGlobal Seafloor Topography from Satellite Altimetry
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 4 additional..This site offers links to maps, posters, globes, and CD-ROMS showing seafloor topography, gravity anomalies, and bathymetry. The...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Do Ice Ages Occur? - Part 1
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Physics, Geology & the Dynamic Earth and 7 additional..This document discusses possible factors that contributed to the formation of massive continental glaciers during four periods o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSavage Earth Animations- Tsunami Attack
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This animation illustrates how tsunamis can be caused by underwater earthquakes, which are frequently located at subduction zone...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOcean and Climate: Chemical Coupling with the Atmosphere
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Cells, Physics and 5 additional..The ocean and atmosphere continually exchange particles and gases in a kind of ongoing "dialogue" that influences regional and g...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOcean Water: Density
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Physics, Biochemistry, Life Sciences and 6 additional..This site explains how temperature, pressure, and salinity work together to determine the density of ocean water. The three dens...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTOPEX/Poseidon Outreach - El Nino
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 7 additional..Students can learn basic information about El Nino from this description, which makes use of data from the TOPEX/Poseidon missio...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOcean Currents: We All Go With the Flow
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This document provides a brief description of the major currents and general circulation patterns of the world's oceans. Links t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFathometer in a Box
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Physics, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..In this activity, students construct a model of the seafloor, prepare profiles, and learn how ocean depth is measured. A materia...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTOPEX/Poseidon Online Coloring and Activity Book
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources and 2 additional..This kids page offers printable drawings to color, games, and puzzles. While performing these activities, students will learn ab...Views: 0Favorites: 0