Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Ocean Interactions
Ocean and Atmosphere connecting Scientists, Teachers & Students

Science at Sea ~ Links

For Students

• Web Weather for Kids (http://www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather/)
• NOAA Education - For students (http://www.education.noaa.gov/students.html)
• International Year of the Ocean (http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/links07.htm)
• EPA: Weather Detectives (http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/detectives.html)
• El Niño (Making Sense of the Weather) (http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/nino/intro.html)
• Adopt a Buoy - NOAA (http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/books/adopt/adopt2.htm)
• Preparing yourself for a career in oceanography (http://www.palomar.edu/oceanography/links/Careers.html)
• Ocean Planet (The Smithsonian) (http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html)
• Oceans and Coasts (National Geographic) (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/oceans.html)
• Poseidon's Library (http://www.ocean.com/Library/)
• US Navy's Sea of Knowledge (http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/student.htm)

For Teachers

• Tutorial on El Niño/Southern Oscillation (http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml)
• NASA's Observatorium Teacher's Guide - El Niño (http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/education/teach_guide/el_nino.html)
• Project NOPP Drifters (http://drifters.doe.gov/)
• Tracking Drifter Buoys (http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/oceans/drifters/)
• AMS: The Maury Project (http://64.55.87.13/amsedu/maury/)
• AMS: Water in the Earth System (DataStreme WES) (http://64.55.87.13/amsedu/WES/)
• AMS: DataStreme Ocean (http://64.55.87.13/amsedu/DS-Ocean/)

For Parents

Interested in doing science at home? Here is your chance. Below are a list of links to at-home, easy to do projects.

• Build a Model of the Water Cycle http://www.mos.org/oceans/planet/watercycle.html
• Water Currents http://www.mos.org/oceans/motion/density.html
• Of Tides and Time http://www.mos.org/oceans/motion/graphingtides.html
• The Web of Life http://www.mos.org/oceans/life/game.html
• Hot Air over Hot Water http://www.fi.edu/weather/nino/nino.html
• Water Planet http://fen.com/studentactivities/CCCNet/sciencelab/water_planet/water_planet.html

For Everyone

• Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project (http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/)
• Tour of TAO Project (http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/proj_over/tour/tao_tour.html)
• National Ocean Sciences Bowl (http://www.coreocean.org)
• CIRES Education Outreach Program
• DLESE (http://www.dlese.org)
• BRIDGE (http://www.vims.edu/bridge/)
• NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov)
• Ocean and Seas (http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi/earth/Water/ocean.html)
• Glossary of Terms Associated with El Niño (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ENSO/enso.glossary.html)
• Links to El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Education Resources (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ENSO/enso.education.html)
• El Niño FAQ (http://www.fi.edu/weather/nino/general.html)
• WIND and SEA, An Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Locator (http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html)
• The NOAA Central Library Teachers' and Students' Corner (http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/wind/education.html)