Discover the wonders of the ocean -- off California's coast and other coasts around the world -- with the resources at these Internet sites.

Ocean Planet: An Online Exhibition from the Electronic Smithsonian
This compelling resource, designed to "promote celebration, understanding and conservation of the world's oceans," features a variety of excellent multimedia tours (you can even custom-design your own!) as well as complementary educational materials. Ocean Planet is an online companion to the new traveling exhibit of the same name created by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
This famous institution has a great of information on Oceanographic education. Check out the K-12 resources which includes an excellent collection of links about oceanography.
http://www.whoi.edu/