Displaying 1-20 of 36 resources
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEl Nino: The Weather Maker
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEastern Boundary Currents
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, 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 / HyperLinkHurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science 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 / HyperLinkSea Level Slopes and Surface Currents
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, 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 / HyperLinkOcean Planet Exhibition
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, 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 / HyperLinkEarthComm Project - Curriculum
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning 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 / HyperLinkEl Nino - The Child Returns: What is El Nino?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science 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 / HyperLinkWeather Changing Waves Chartered from Space
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Electricity & Magnetism, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Heat & Thermodynamics 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 / HyperLinkEarth Observing System (EOS) Homepage
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science 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 / HyperLinkNaval Research Laboratory - Marine Meteorology Division
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science 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 / HyperLinkOcean Surface Topography From Space: El Nino/La Nina and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Biochemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems 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 / HyperLinkIntroduction to the Hydrosphere: Surface and Subsurface Ocean Currents
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Science, Life Sciences, Heat & Thermodynamics 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 / HyperLinkWind-Driven Ocean Currents
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Biochemistry, Science, Life Sciences, Heat & Thermodynamics 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 / HyperLinkTropical Atmosphere Ocean Project: El Nino and La Nina 3-D Visualizations
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science 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 / HyperLinkEl Nino - The Child Returns: The Spheres
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science 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 / HyperLinkCoring the Ocean Floor
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, 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 / HyperLinkTOPEX/Poseidon Online Coloring and Activity Book
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Earth & Space Science 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFathometer in a Box
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, 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 / HyperLinkOcean Currents: We All Go With the Flow
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Earth & Space Science 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 / HyperLinkTOPEX/Poseidon Outreach - El Nino
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Chemistry, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, 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