Ocean Potions

Ocean Potions

Marine Education Resources for K-8 Teachers and Students

Summer Research and Training Oportunities - (please email me with any additions to this list)

Operation Pathfinder (OP PATH '97 ) - Two-week graduate course in Oceanography and Coastal Processes for Middle Atlantic K-12 teachers held on the coast of North Carolina.
- Includes trips to the Outer Banks and Roanoke Island, Gulf Stream and continental shelf research aboard the Cape Hatteras, and intertidal explorations and aerial overflights. Federal funding provides transportation, lodging and a small stipend.
- General information on Operation Pathfinder
- Program coordinator is:
  Lundi Spence, NC Sea Grant, Box 8605, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695
  email lundie_spence@ncsu.edu

Join the Kaikoura expedition at National Geographic and explore one of the sea's last great mysteries

Plunge into the depths of New Zealand's Kaikoura Canyon and search the abyss for a creature never before observed in its habitat, the giant squid. The canyon is home to sperm whales and their prey including the giant squid, a creature that can grow to feet long and weigh more than 1,000 pounds.
Take a virtual dive with an international team of scientists and National Geographic Society underwater photographer Emory Kristof as they lower a robotic submersible and video cameras into the depths, hoping to find and photograph the giant squid.
A special National Geographic on-site web team will zap you frequent dispatches, including firsthand reports of this maritime adventure, animated gifs of breaching whales, videos, and interactive 3-D models of remote underwater vehicles. Brad Johnson, the award-winning web site designer, is "on deck" producing this feature.

Organizations

Mid-Atlantic Marine Education Association - resources for teachers in the Mid-Atlantic region.
American Littoral Society - has a great collection of field trips and educational resources

Ocean Links for Teachers

Oceanography Resources on the Web - extensive bibliography of Web resources - valuable list but many may be too advanced for K-12 students
Marine Education - a bibliography of Educational materials available from the Sea Grant College Programs
Virtual Marine Education Center Links for teachers and students.
Sea World Teacher Guides Great ideas for the classroom.
Ocean Planet On-line version of a Smithsonian exhibit - sponsored by NASA

Oceanographic Resources

National Sea Grant Sites - Links to the regional Sea Grant college programs.
Chesapeake Bay Link List

Other Resources

AIMS Education Foundation - Activities to integrate science and math.

Students Recommend these Beach Books .......

Ocean Books and Field Guides

MANATEE Melissa Tukey's home page

Prepared by Melissa Tukey and her students at B. E. Jordan in Saxapahaw, North Carolina .

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Last updated January 15, 1997

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