Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Zones

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the different zones of the ocean.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Zones

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the different zones of the ocean.
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Other

Winston Salem/forsyth Schools: Neritic Zone

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This 25-page teacher resource (Word document) offers information and discussion questions on the ocean's neritic zone.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes organisms found in varying ocean ecosystems.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes organisms found in varying ocean ecosystems.
Unit Plan
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Oceanic Pelagic Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the oceanic pelagic ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
Handout
Other

Dictionary: Kids: Bathyal Zone

For Students 1st - 6th
This resource offers a brief definition of the bathyal zone.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Journey to Deep Sea Vents

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a submersible down to the seafloor. As you descend, passing through the ocean's sunlight, twilight, and midnight zones, you can observe how temperature, pressure, and light levels change. When your submersible reaches the seafloor,...
Interactive
BBC

Bbc Future: Journey to the Centre of the Earth

For Students 4th - 7th
Explore deep underground and deep in the ocean to discover what lies beneath the surface. Don't stop until the final destination: the core of the Earth.
Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Bringing Coastal Dead Zones Back to Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Increased amounts of nitrogen and phosphorous are leading to "dead" areas on our coastlines. Delve into the details and how to get involved with stopping this from happening.
Website
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Temperate Oceans Light Zones

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover the three zones in the ocean which are determined by the amount of light received from the sun. Pictures illustrate the three zones and there is a listing of the animals that live in each zone.
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Volcano Map: Oceanic Oceanic Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Get an inside look of a subduction zone with the animation on this page. Page includes a interactive animation and a short quiz.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Light at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Ocean?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What types of adaptations enable deep-sea fishes to survive and collect food in the darkness of the deep ocean? Interactive, hands-on lesson plan takes students on an exploration of deepwater adaptations by searching for Skittles in a...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What's the Big Idea? Marine Biology

For Students 3rd - 5th
An introduction to key concepts about the ocean, its ecosystems, and zones. With interactive flash cards that open in new windows to help you learn more.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Introduction to Marine Oceanography

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about marine biozones, marine organisms, and how humans interact with the marine environment.
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NOAA

Noaa: Ocean Facts on Coastal Tourism

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration surveys coastal travel and tourism, which is the largest industry, employer, and foreign-revenue earner in the United States.
Interactive
The Franklin Institute

Marshall Elementary School: Ocean Games & Puzzles

For Students 2nd - 6th
Complete interactive word searches to find animals of the intertidal zone. Learn ocean facts by completing a crossword puzzle. Match up pieces of a puzzle to display the water cycle. And after learning all that information, test yourself...
Website
NOAA

Noaa: Ocean Facts on Coastal Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides facts on Coastal Development as well as how it affects you.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ocean Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is about the different ocean zones: sunlight zone, twilight zone, and midnight zone. It contains video about ocean life in the different zones.
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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Oregon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes weather summaries, hourly weather reports, zone forecasts, weather watches, warnings and advisories etc.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Coastal Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How pollution creates dead zones in the ocean.
Website
Other

Aquarium Kaiukan: Creatures and Anecdotes (Japanese)

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Japanese-language homepage of the Osaka Kaiukan Aquarium, one of the largest in the world. It introduces visitors to the creatures that inhabit zones of the Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands in the north to Antarctica in the south....
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Coastal Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How pollution creates dead zones in the ocean.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Oceans: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will illustrate the unique characteristics of oceans and oceanic life. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Oceans."