Source: NOVA
Examine models and other graphics that reveal details of the 2004 tsunami from its initial generation in deep water to its deadly collision with coasts around the Indian Ocean.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Geology & Natural Disasters. Oceanography.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Test knowledge of the coelacanth's history, habitat, anatomy, reproduction and characteristics with this interactive online quiz.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Animals: Fish. Oceanography. Paleontology.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures
Explore the 13 National Marine Sanctuaries, encompassing thousands of square miles of Atlantic, Pacific, and Great Lakes waters. Learn how the sanctuaries conserve, protect and enhance local biodiversity, ecological integrity and cultural legacy.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Ecology. Oceanography.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Compare and contrast different life forms and their individual characteristics, understand how taxonomists classify organisms into a hierarchy and classify three life forms in this online interactive activity.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Botany. Classification. Oceanography.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Explore an interactive timeline that demonstrates the history of the universe according to the Big Bang Theory, from its birth to its eventual death in the so-called degenerate and dark eras.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Evolution. Geology & Natural Disasters. Oceanography.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Online NewsHour
Discover how Arctic buoys help researchers monitor ocean and climate changes - and fill in the gaps left by satellites - with this interactive slide show.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Oceanography. Technological Advances.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Online NewsHour
Learn about one way researchers can navigate the icy waters at the Earth's poles - aboard a rugged, steel-plated ship known as an icebreaker. Discover how sonar is used to map the sea floor in this interactive slide show.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Oceanography. Technological Advances.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Online NewsHour
Examine how unmanned marine robots, called autonomous underwater vehicles, can be used for myriad research purposes, including going to the Arctic's icy depths, with this interactive slide show.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Oceanography. Technological Advances.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Examine a shark's senses and determine how a shark uses its six senses to detect the location of its prey. Discuss how an understand of how the shark uses its senses can be used to protect its prey, seals.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Animals: Fish. Oceanography. Ecology.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Explore how the gravitational interaction between Earth and the Moon creates tides.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Atmosphere & Space Science. Oceanography.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Examine factors that affect how sound travels underwater and explore the range of sounds underwater creatures make.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Energy. Oceanography. Sound.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Learn about different diving equipment in order to determine which would be most useful in recovering a sunken object and exploring underwater. Find a location on a globe or map using latitude and longitude coordinates.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Science & Tech, Social Studies
Topics: Oceanography. Transportation. Geography.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Dragonfly TV
Simulate the use of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to investigate marine life in a coral reef in this online interactive activity. Find and photograph fish in three underwater locations.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Animals: Fish. Oceanography.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity