This OLogy matching game challenges kids to match pictures of eight ocean creatures with their descriptions. The reward? Eight new OLogy trading cards.

This reference list has more than 50 books on ocean life, with titles for both children and adults. A short description is given for each book, along with author name, publisher, and publication date. The list is divided into two sections: one for teachers with general listings and curriculum and one for students.

This reference list contains 35 web sites with resources that complement the museum's Hall of Ocean Life exhibit. The sites are broken into four categories: General, Conservation, Activities and Curriculum, and Ocean Folklore. A recommended grade level is listed for many of the sites.

Renowned penguin expert Gerry Kooyman moderates a live discussion with researchers at a colony of Adelie Penguins in Antarctica. (55 minutes)

Little is known of the initial phase of the sea turtle's lifecycle,especially the critically endangered leatherback. Ocean surface currents play an important role as "conveyer belts" for hatchlings, but these strong swimmers might still be able to influence their trajectories at sea. Join Scripps marine biology student Geoffrey Gearheart as he explains how scientists are determining the dispersal patterns and mechanisms of leatherback hatchlings of west Papua (Indonesia) and how this knowledge may help tailor more adequate conservation measures. (56 minutes)

Join Dr. Lynne Talley as she describes how she and others are using decades of ocean observations from floats, research vessels, and merchant ships to discern the long-term signal of climate change that is recorded in our oceans. (49 minutes)

In this hands-on OLogy activity, kids learn how blubber acts as insulation between an animal's inner organs and the chilly ocean. The activity begins with look at blubber that explains how it works and how an animal's behavior and environment can affect the thickness of its blubber. The illustrated, step-by-step directions show how to make and test two kinds of gloves,one with a layer of blubber and one without. It includes a fun look at pilot whales and how they use their blowholes to release excess body heat.

This video from Thinkport introduces the seahorse, an unusual, endangered fish that has puzzled scientists who are attempting to save it.

In this Nature video, watch a battle between a loggerhead turtle and a shark.

In this video segment from Nature, see the value that sharks can have on the tourism industry in an area.

In this hands-on OLogy activity, kids learn how the mammalian diving reflex works to help both land and sea mammals survive in cold water. The activity begins with a kid-friendly look at the way all mammals' bodies respond similarly when exposed to cold water. The illustrated, step-by-step directions show how to test the effect cold water has on circulation by measuring the pulse before and after they plunge their faces into icy water. It includes a fast fact about how the mammalian diving response is stronger in children than in adults.

In this hands-on OLogy activity, kids learn what happens when the rush of freshwater from a river collides with the gush of the ocean's tides. The activity begins with introductions to estuaries, salinity, and density. The illustrated, step-by-step directions show how to test the density of water at different levels of salinity and then investigate how a liquid's density affects the objects placed in it. It includes a fun look at the Dead Sea (Super Salty Sea) and why you can float effortlessly in it.

A variety of symbiotic relationships exist between sharks and other marine species in this segment from Nature.

This gallery of online resources is from the Museum's Seminars on Science, a series of distance-learning courses designed to help educators meet the new national science standards. Video Gallery: Man Bites Shark, part of the Sharks and Rays: Myth and Reality seminar, features three videos: Man Bites Shark I, which looks at the reasons sharks are threatened by people. Man Bites Shark II, which looks at Tampa Bay and how contamination from human development is affecting sharks. Man Bites Shark III, which looks at the role of sharks as a sentinel species, alerting us early on to problems within a habitat.

Students are asked to explain the interactions between the ocean and the shore. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.

This OLogy activity tests kids' knowledge about tides, bioluminescence, and more with an interactive quiz. The 10-question multiple-choice test covers a wide-range of topics. After making their 10 selections, kids can check their answers with a page that shows them how they did on each question and gives an explanation of the right answers.

This fun web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, they are introduced to some of the ecosystems within the ocean. This article looks at a tropical mangrove ecosystem. Students are introduced to the process of sampling and given an opportunity to virtually sample a mangrove swamp.

Students write about the important aspects of a species of sea life, including physical characteristics, habitat, behaviors and interaction with humans and also provide a video that addresses that sea life along with a short summary. The video and its respective summary are then required to be uploaded to a discussion board so students can share what they learned about the species that they selected.