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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCoring the Ocean Floor
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This site explains how core samples are taken from the ocean floor. Topics include how research cruises are planned, who makes u...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEl Nino - The Child Returns: The Spheres
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..This webpage is part of NASA's Classroom of the Future program. It provides background information about how ocean temperatures,...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTropical Atmosphere Ocean Project: El Nino and La Nina 3-D Visualizations
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems and 4 additional..Users can view a selection of animations of ocean surface temperature and dynamic height derived from data from the TAO/TRITON b...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWind-Driven Ocean Currents
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 7 additional..In this activity, students create a model ocean over which "wind" will be blown, and observe the relationship between the wind a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroduction to the Hydrosphere: Surface and Subsurface Ocean Currents
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Life Sciences and 7 additional..This illustration from an online textbook features a map showing the major ocean currents of the world. A set of links provides ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOcean Surface Topography From Space: El Nino/La Nina and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 5 additional..Materials presented here are intended to help the learner understand the complex interactions between the oceans and the atmosph...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNaval Research Laboratory - Marine Meteorology Division
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geology & the Dynamic Earth and 4 additional..This is the homepage of the U.S. Navy's research lab in Monterey, California. Visitors can access materials on the lab's six maj...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Observing System (EOS) Homepage
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems and 4 additional..The Earth Observing System (EOS) consists of a series of Earth-observing satellites, a data system, and teams of scientists who ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeather Changing Waves Chartered from Space
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Electricity & Magnetism, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 7 additional..This article explains how the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite has been used to track large-scale ocean waves called Rossby waves. This ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEl Nino - The Child Returns: What is El Nino?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..This site, part of NASA's Classroom of the Future program, describes how oceanic temperatures, currents, and atmospheric pressur...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarthComm Project - Curriculum
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems and 4 additional..This secondary-level educational program in Earth Sciences includes an extensive selection of student learning materials, teache...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOcean Planet Exhibition
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Nature & Method of Science and 4 additional..This virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institution's Ocean Planet exhibit can be navigated by clicking on the floor plan which is ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSea Level Slopes and Surface Currents
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..In this activity, students will learn how radar altimetry is used to measure sea surface height, and determine the direction and...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Structure and Function in Living Things, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 5 additional..This site provides general information on hurricanes, including how they form, where and when conditions favorable to hurricane ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEastern Boundary Currents
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..Materials presented here describe how new data from surveys, satellite imagery, and buoys have led to a revised view of the natu...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEl Nino: The Weather Maker
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems and 5 additional..This lesson focuses upon the scientific phenomenon of El Nino. Learners will also explore the possible link between human-induce...Views: 0Favorites: 0