Curated OER
Rachel Carson
In this famous person activity, students read a passage about Rachel Carson and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
Utah Education Network
Uen: The World Game
Play the World Game to become familiar with continents, oceans, countries, and states.
National Geographic
National Geographic: The World Ocean
A collection of four lessons where students look at the vital role oceans play in our lives, at the hydrosphere and the impact humans have on it, how humans use the oceans and who is responsible for protecting them, and the rationale...
Other
Noaa: Large Marine Ecosystems of the World
A detailed look at large marine ecosystems throughout the world. See animated maps showing the growth of chlorophyll in oceans, seas, and river systems.
Lizard Point Quizzes
Lizard Point: World Oceans and Continents Quiz
Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the world's continents and oceans.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: The Oceans
This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum is home to ten units covering various aspects of the world's oceans including frozen oceans, deep oceans, barnacles, coral reef, deep-sea fish, sponges, vents, and more.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: World Atlas: The World
Provides continent, country, and ocean floor maps from all over the world. Click on a continent's name to access the detailed maps which also include statistical facts on each available country.
Read Works
Read Works: Mountains and Oceans: The Earth's Oceans
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the oceans of the world. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Oceans of the World
A set of illustrated fact pages, and some activity sheets, on coral reefs, tidal pools, and ocean ecosystems. Find maps, graphic organizers, and a movie link to tidal zones. Hyperlinks to specialized vocabulary words are also provided....
PBS
Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Seas of Grass
A part of the PBS series "Journey to Planet Earth," this section explores the world's grasslands, some of which are in environmental danger. Includes video and educational resources.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Sylvia Earle's Ted Prize Wish to Protect Our Oceans
What's been happening to the world's oceans over the past 50 years? Ocean researcher, Sylvia Earle, shares breathtaking images of the ocean and surprising details about the many problems plaguing its health. [18:12]
Museum of Science
The Museum of Science: Oceans Alive: Ocean Profiles
An interactive map of the world's oceans allows you to access profiles for each of the four oceans.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Exploration Through the Ages
A history of the world from the perspective of those who sailed the seas in great waves of exploration, from ancient times through the nineteenth century. Learn about the explorers, their ships, the tools they navigated by, and their...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Round the World
An account of Sir Francis Drake's voyage to the South Seas, and then around the Earth, that he began in 1577. The narrative is attributed to Francis Pretty, a member of the crew.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Round the World
A recount by a member of the crew of the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan to the Philippines in the 16th century, where he was killed, and of the remaining voyage his crew took in the eastern oceans, then back to Spain.
Other
Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War
Entire online text of an original book written by the chief German Admiral in World War One.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: The Fascinating World of Jellies
Learn about the mysterious jellyfish blooms that have occurred in the world's oceans. Because the resulting alteration to the marine food web has had devastating effects, researchers grow and study jellyfish at the Monterey aquarium....
The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Oceanic Pelagic Biome
Learn about the oceanic pelagic ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
University of California
Ucmp: The World's Biomes
This is an introduction to the major biomes on Earth. This page groups biomes into five major types: aquatic, deserts, forests, grasslands, and tundra. Information on climate, animal/plant life, and much more is given for each of type...
Museum of Science
Oceans Alive! Physical Features of the Ocean
Oceans site explores the physical features that lie deep below the surface of our world's oceans.
Sea World Parks & Entertainment
Sea World and Busch Gardens Animal Bytes: Seahorse
Discover how many kinds of seahorses exist, how they are born, and how they survive in the world's oceans and seas.
Other
Save Our Seas Organization: Home Page
Home page of the Save Our Seas Organization which seeks to protect all the oceans of the world.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Shallow Seas
Investigate the fascinating world of the shallow seas and discover what lives and grows there through pictures, news, and external links.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games: Oceans
Identify the world's oceans through this interactive quiz.