OceanWorld
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/index.html
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The OceanWorld website from Dr. Stewart (otherwise known as Dr. Bob), a professor of physical oceanography at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX contains illustrated information about a variety of oceanography topics, interactive quizzes, and real time data. This site also contains background oceanography information for teachers who are brushing up on their knowledge, suggestions for using limited technology in the classroom, and some activities based on the information in the website. You will also find the beginning of Our Ocean Planet - Oceanography in the 21st Century, an online textbook for high school and college students.The major topics explored on this website include:
- Fisheries
- Weather
- Waves
- Forams
- Jason-1
- Ice Ages
- Coral Reefs
- Satellites
- Icebergs
- Currents
- El Nino
