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Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
Interactive
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ESL: Find the Missing Word

For Students 4th - 5th
In this missing word worksheet, students complete 15 questions, finding the missing words in sentences. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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How's the Air Up There?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with soda cans and water to discover why air pressure is greater closer to Earth's surface.
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Picture It!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice visualization by picturing themselves in their minds at the beach. They share their visualization describing what they see, feel, and what they are doing. They discuss the importance of visualization, to picture in...
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Making a Taxonomic Key

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students work as a team of abalone taxonomists who examine and classify abalones based on their shell characteristics of the four most common species. They also study the visible details of each species shell, make notes and eventually...
Worksheet
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Breaking News English: Arctic Ice May Disappear in a Decade

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read " Arctic Ice May Disappear in a Decade," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the...
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Liberty Ships

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students complete a variety of activities that go along with the study of and possible fieldtrips to see various Victory Ships along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S.
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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Mapping It Out - Great Lessons For Geography

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Through geography lesson plans students can learn about history, science, and a variety of other subjects.
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Once a fact, always a truth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover there are many sources of accurate and inaccurate information. They use newspapers and, in small groups, develop a statement explaining why they believe the article is accurate or inaccurate.
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Uchiwa Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars view images from Japan's Summer Festival celebration. They create a uchiwa fan to use while doing the Kuma River Dance.
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Marine Communities

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners view a video and then complete lab exercises to help them explain marine communities and animals in them.
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Before It Was Wisconsin-Rock Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine how archaeologists make use of all forms of artifacts including rock art to try to piece together past cultures. They make their own rock art so they have a feel for how such pieces were made out of natural materials.
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What is the Problem of Boston Harbor?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students recognize the affects of technology on the environment. They examine data to determine methods to improve waater quality. A research paper is written to desribe recommendations for improving water in the future.
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Arts of Asia in Reach

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore the traditions and celebrations of another culture and research a city or community in Japan. They then examine traditional Japanese music as well as practice several dance steps and discover their significance in...
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Volcanoes Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, learners look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
Worksheet
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Beginning Analogies 9

For Students 4th - 5th
In this analogies worksheet, students read the word pairs and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair.
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Ocean Tracks: Fact or Artifact? Interpreting Patterns in Ocean Tracks Data [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ever wonder where marine animals go? How fast they swim? How deep they dive? Electronic tagging has opened a new window into the world of the open ocean. Ocean Tracks gives you access to data collected by tags on real live migrating...
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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: World Biomes: Pelagic Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different zones of the open ocean, the pelagic biome, and what organisms call each zone home.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations

For Students 9th - 10th
This course outline offers resources focused on the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Victor Appleton's Tom Swift And His Submarine Boat, Or, Under The Ocean For Sunken Treasure has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of...
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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.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Scent of an Alewife

For Students 3rd - 8th
This video segment from NOVA: "Sea Behind the Dunes" tracks the return of spawning alewife fish from the open ocean back to the freshwater streams and ponds where they were born. [3:34]
Website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Evolution of Physical Oceanography

For Students 9th - 10th
A college course featuring instructor's notes and textbook resources on the history of physical oceanography.

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