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Internet Field Trip: Underwater Exploration

Internet Links

NOVA Online: Into the Abyss
See bizarre life forms that thrive beyond the reach of the Sun's light.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss

ThinkQuest: Ocean AdVENTure — Welcome Aboard!
Discover how scientists locate and study ocean vents by
using a combination of intellect, instruments, and intuition.
http://library.thinkquest.org/18828/

Internet Field Trip: The Ocean Floor

Internet Links

NOVA Online: Into the Abyss/Living at Extremes
Explore the pitch darkness, the frigid water, and the enormous pressure
of the sea floor.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/life/extremes.html

Science Learning Network: Treasures@Sea
Strap on your scuba gear and jump right in to see what treasures await
you at sea.
http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html

Extreme Science: Deepest Ocean
Take a trip into the deepest place in the ocean and learn about
hydrostatic pressure and subduction zones.
http://www.extremescience.com/DeepestOcean.htm

United States Geologic Survey: Mapping the Sea Floor
Discover how scientists map the sea floor to monitor erosional and
environmental changes.
http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/fs172-97/mapping.html

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration:
Exploring the Ocean Basins with Satellite Altimeter Data

Learn how a radar altimeter aboard satellites measures the structures
of the ocean floor.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/announcements/text_predict.HTML

Internet Field Trip: Tsunamis

Internet Links

PBS Online — Savage Earth: Waves of Destruction
See the great waves that can travel for thousands of miles across the sea.
http://www.wnet.org/savageearth/tsunami/index.html

Washington University: Tsunami! The WWW Tsunami Information Resource
Learn all the facts about tsunamis.
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html

United States Geological Survey: Local Tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest
Explore the Pacific Northwest and learn about the local tsunamis
that have ravaged that region.
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/cascadia.html

Tsunami Pacific Museum Homepage
Visit the Tsunami Museum, which serves as a living memorial to those
who lost their lives in past tsunami events.
http://www.tsunami.org/

Internet Field Trip: Ocean Resources

Internet Links

Texas A & M University—TOPEX/Poseidon Education Project Oceanworld: Fisheries Facts
Discover why the ocean is an important source of food and other resources.
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/fisheries/index.html

Wisconsin Sea Grant: Fish/Great Lakes Online
Learn about the fish that swim in the Great Lakes; then take the freshwater fish quiz. http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/fish.html

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Jewels of the Sea
Discover Australia's diverse sea life.
http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/jewel/default.htm

Smithsonian Institution—Ocean Planets: Sea Store
See what the seas have to tickle your fancy or tease your taste buds.
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ocean_planet_sea_store_fish.html


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