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PHYSICAL & EARTH SCIENCE

Atmospheric Science

A.R.M. Atmospheric science education page http://www.arm.gov/docs/education/tlessons.html

Health & Clean Air newsletter http://www.healthandcleanair.org/

N.A.S.A. Atmospheric Sciences Data Center http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/

NOAA Wind and Sea website reference page http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html

The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com

CurrentS

Container Ship spill http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/ducks.html

Deep ocean currents lesson (long download) http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/pdf/climatecurents/currents6.pdf

Major ocean surface currents lesson

http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/pdf/climatecurents/currents2.pdf

Nike shoe spill lesson http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/pdf/nike_invest.pdf

Ocean circulation powerpoint from OceanGlobe http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/ppt/oceancirc/INDEX.HTM

Plotting currents lesson http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/pdf/currents_buoy.pdf

Seas & Oceans http://www.meer.org/TOC-oceanography.htm

Wind Driven Ocean Currents http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/shoes.htm

Earth Science

Digital Library for Earth System Education http://www.dlese.org/dds/index.jsp

OceanGlobe Investigations http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/investigations.htm

Physical Science

El Nino/La Nina lesson http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/pdf/elnino_ca_lab.pdf

National Oceanographic Data Center Coastal Water Temperatures http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/spac.html

NOAA SeaWifs Satellite http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html

Office of Naval Research Ocean Water page http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/water/default.htm

Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/puscience/index

TOPEX El Nino/La Nina http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/science/el-nino.html

U.S.G.S. Water Use in the U.S. http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/

Sound

Acoustic Ecology Institute http://www.acousticecology.org/scienceprograms.html

NOAA Sound in the Sea gallery http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/sound01.html

Sound in the Sea http://omp.gso.uri.edu/dosits/dosits.htm

SURFING

Exploratorium Science Wire http://www.exploratorium.edu/theworld/surfing/index.html

Science of Surfing Waves and Surfing Breaks http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=sio

Surf physics http://sdcc17.ucsd.edu/~akushner/surfphysics.html

Technology

Modis Rapid Response System http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/

NASA Modis Satellite Image Gallery http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/

NASA How Satellites Work http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/satellites/

NOAA Satellites Theme page http://www.noaa.gov/satellites.html

TIDES

Investigating Tides and Phases of the Moon lesson http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/pdf/tides.pdf

NOAA's National Ocean Service page on currents and tides http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/navops/ports/welcome.html

NOAA's Tide Education page http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tides/welcome.html

NOAA Tides http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/

Ocean Tides PowerPoint from OceanGlobe http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/ppt/tides/INDEX.HTM

Princeton’s The Science of Tides http://www.princeton.edu/~pccm/outreach/scsp/water_on_earth/tides/science/outline.htm

Tide and current predictor http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html

Tides resources http://www.edusite.com/sci/tides.htm

Tsunami

2001 Peru Earthquake/Tsunami http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~geodept/earthquakes/tsunami!/short_peru_report.pdf

NOAA Tsunami Research Program http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/

NOAA Tsunami Database http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/tsu.shtml

NOAA Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/

Pacific Tsunami Museum http://www.tsunami.org/

PBS Tsunami animation http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/tsunami/main.html

USC Tsunami Research Group http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/

USGS Tsunami animation http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/GIFanimation.html

USGS Tsunamis & Earthquakes page http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/

University of Washington tsunami page http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/

WAVES

National Data Buoy Center wave page http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/waves.shtml

National Geographic wave simulator http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/interactives/waves/index.html

Ocean waves PowerPoint from OceanGlobe http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/ppt/oceanwaves/INDEX.HTM

Physics Classroom: Nature of a Wave http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/u10l1b.html

Physics Classroom: Properties of Waves http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/u10l2d.html

Waves resources http://www.edusite.com/sci/tides.htm

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