Conservation

Endangered Sea Creatures - Conserving protected marine resources and maintaining marine biodiversity.

Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Wetlands - Oceans, and Watersheds - site also contains information about Nonpoint source pollution, volunteer monitoring, and TMDLs.

Especially for Kids - If you're a student who'd like to learn more about oil spills or hazardous chemical accidents, here is information we hope you'll find helpful.

Cultural Heritage

NOAA Ocean Explorer: Cultural Heritage Gallery - This gallery contains images of submerged shipwrecks, artifacts, and other cultural treasures that are the focus of several expeditions. Click on any image to view a larger version and additional information.

Facts on Ocean

Guide to OnlineSchools - Cool Facts and Resources on Oceans

Fisheries and Food

Great Ocean: Fishing - This student-created site discusses ocean fishing, including the uses of fishes, fishing methods, and problems in the fishing industry.

Cool Kid's Fishing - Explore this site for kids and read about ocean life.

Law of the Sea

Maritime law - So what is it and how were laws established? Check out this well-known site for a short history and clear explanation, as well as links to piracy and freedom of the seas.

The oceans are the very foundation of human life... - This site is the home of the UN's division for ocean affairs and law of the sea and has extensive, current articles related to international maritime law.

Oceanography

Ocean Planet Smithsonian - A large number of educational materials have either been developed specifically for the Ocean Planet Exhibition, or have been developed for other purposes but are a good complement to the materials presented in the Exhibition. If the materials are available in electronic form, you can retrieve them for use in your classroom. We will continue to add new materials as they become available.

Oceanography from the Space Shuttle - pictorial survey of oceanic phenomenon visible to the naked eye from space.

All About Oceans and Seas - Zoom School is an on-line elementary school classroom.

Treasures at Sea - Explore this site for fun facts and activities about various treasures at seas.

Marine Biology

OceanLink - dedicated to ocean education - Throughout these pages, you will find all kinds of interesting information about things like the effects of climate change, marine biology education , answers to questions about the ocean and marine organisms, and much more!

MarineBio.org - explore information on the biology, morphology, behavior, ecological relationships, taxonomy, and conservation status of the fascinating marine life that inhabits the ocean from nanoplankton to blue whales.

FishFaq - A bouillabaisse of fascinating facts about fish.

Secrets of the Ocean Realm - Materials from the PBS Series.

Corals/Coral Reefs - The oceans of the world are filled with so many interesting animals.

Coral Realm - A place to learn about coral reef marine life.

Deep Sea Bestiary - The ocean depths are home to a phantasmagoria of bizarre creatures, ranging from the footballfish to the "vampire squid."

Life without Light - Deep below the surface of the ocean is a realm without light.

Marine Geology

Creature Features: Voyage to the Deep - Explore the deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Meet lipstick-like tubeworms, ghostly vent crabs, the hottest animal on Earth and more.

Dive and Discover - Explore towering underwater volcanoes, black smokers, and bizarre creatures that live there. http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ Extreme 2000 - Voyage to the Deep! - We are ready to begin our dive aboard the deep-sea sub Alvin. Our destination: hydrothermal vent sites in the Sea of Cortes off the west coast of Mexico.

Into the Abyss (NOVA) - A mile and a half beneath the sea off the Pacific Northwest coast, a volcanic ridge has given birth to towering structures that spew toxic, superheated water.

Marine Heritage

Education Network of Marine Azores - Concerted effort to preserve the Azores Marine Heritage.

Marine Physics

Understanding Oceans - Follow the instructions for an experiment that focuses on ocean currents.

Ocean Energy

Energy Quest - is the award-winning energy education website of the California Energy Commission. It has an excellent introduction to ocean energy for kids.

Energy Information Administration's Kid's Page - provides a good overview of renewable ocean energy, fun and games and classroom activities.

World Ocean Observatory - a media rich presentation of the issues surrounding renewable and non-renewable energy from the ocean.

MMS Kids - This kids site has a lot of information about oil drilling. Read articles, view photographs, and learn about oil and gas platforms and the people involved in the drilling.

How Stuff Works: Oil Drilling - This article explains the process of oil drilling and includes excellent illustrations. NOTE: The site has links to ads.

Online Courses

AccreditedOnlineColleges.org - Complete Directory of Top Accredited Online Schools, Online Colleges and Online Universities of 2014

Tsunamis

Tsunamis - This article explains what is a tsunami and also its causes and effects.

Vessels

Follow the Fleet - is an innovative interactive computer-based learning package that allows schools to navigate the world from their desktops.

Images

NOAA Photo Library - View images from this collection of historic fish illustrations.