Subject: Coral Reefs

Link: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/coralreef.html

Description: Description of coral reef environment for high school level and higher. Photographs each featuring a descriptive caption. Topics discussed include ecology, symbiosis, and predator defense. The site features many different species and stages of coral from all over the globe, and also many of the fishes that are associated with coral reefs. Full description.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Photograph, Reference Material

Subject: Coral Reefs

Link: http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/classroom/01_coralreef.html

Description: Discovery Classroom. Coral Reef Conservation

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Lesson Plans

Subject: Evaporation (Oceans, Weather and Climate)

Link: http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/old_site/fifth/5M3.shtml

Description: Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches students about the relationships between oceans, weather, and climate.

Grade level: Elementary School

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Subject: Evaporation

Link: http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/old_site/second/2K1.shtml

Description: Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches young students about condensation, evaporation and the water cycle.

Grade level: Elementary School

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Subject: Sea Surface Temperature

Link: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/L22_Roettger.html

Description: Sea Surface Trends of the Gulf Stream

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Subject: Aquarius: Sea Salinity from space

Link: http://aquarius.nasa.gov/education-salinity.php

Description: Aquarius; a satellite instrument that measures sea surface salinity

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Background information about Salinity, Classroom Activity, Salinity Lesson Plans, and Imagery

Subject: Salinity

Link: http://rd.dlese.org/T=search&Q=salinity&R=0&ST=248&LT=13290&SC=DSV&ID=GLOBE-154*http://www.globe.gov/tctg/hydro_prot_salinity.pdf?sectionId=154

Description: The purpose of this resource is to measure the salinity of the water at your hydrology site.

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Field Activity, Lab Activity, Guide for Instructor

Subject: Salinity

Link: http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci166.html

Description: Students will observe how salt concentration increases in water and how the salt remains after the water evaporates

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity

Subject: Sea Ice

Link: http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/seaice/

Description: This site provides information regarding sea ice; including it's characteristics, processes, and role in the environment. Links to other educational resources are provided as well.

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Reference Material, Study Guide

Subject: Oceans

Link: http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/topex/

Description: TOPEX: a satellite equipped to measure the surface of the global ocean.

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: General Information on the Satellite TOPEX/POSEIDON, Tutorial, Activities

Subject: Believe it or Not Ocean Facts

Link: http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/education/cool-facts.html

Description: Interesting facts about Oceans

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Subject: El Nino

Link: http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/topex_make1.shtml

Description: Whip up some El Nino pudding!

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity