NOAA
Noaa: National Ocean Service: Education: Currents
Illustrated tutorial explains the numerous factors which shape ocean currents. Animations help students visualize how these aspects constantly affect the water movement in the ocean and how scientists use this information to study ocean...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Ocean Tides
Did you know the rising and falling of the sea level is caused by the gravity of the Moon and the Sun? Kids learn about ocean tides including tidal currents and types of tides on this site.
San Diego State University
San Diego State University: Researching Research
This comprehensive unit site from the San Diego State University is geared towards seventh grade math and science students. "Students will chose a research project currently in progress and research it using traditional techniques, the...
Energy for Sustainable Development
Kids and Energy: Ocean Energy
Generating technologies for deriving electrical power from the ocean include tidal power, wave power, ocean thermal energy conversion, ocean currents, ocean winds and salinity gradients. Of these, the three most well-developed...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Blue Planet: Introduction to Oceanography
A collection of video lectures from an introduction to oceanography course taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. The course gives a general introduction to the processes and history of Earth's global oceanic system in...