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Anatomy of a Tsunami

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Tsunami waves can be distinguished from ordinary ocean waves by many factors, including the tremendous amount of energy they carry, the great distance between their wave crests, and their capacity to travel at jetliner speeds across an entire ocean. In this interactive from NOVA Online, explore how the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami -- the deadliest in recorded history -- was triggered, how its waves traveled thousands of kilometers largely unchanged, and what happened once the waves reached coastlines both near and far from their source. Grades 6-12 ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.

Subject:: Environmental Science; Education; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Astronomy; Chemistry; Geology; Oceanography; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Interactive
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development; Teachers' Domain
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 10/21/2005

Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Fall 2008

Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Fall 2008

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"This undergraduate class is designed to introduce students to the physics that govern the circulation of the ocean and atmosphere. The focus of the course is on the processes that control the climate of the planet.AcknowledgmentsProf. Ferrari wishes to acknowledge that this course was originally designed and taught by Prof. John Marshall."

Subject:: Atmospheric Science
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Ferrari, Raffaele
Date Added:: 01/01/2008

The Atmosphere, the Ocean, and Environmental Change

The Atmosphere, the Ocean, and Environmental Change

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This course explores the physical processes that control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate. Quantitative methods for constructing mass and energy budgets. Topics include clouds, rain, severe storms, regional climate, the ozone layer, air pollution, ocean currents and productivity, the seasons, El Nio, the history of Earth's climate, global warming, energy, and water resources.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Yale University
Provider Set:: Open Yale Courses
Author:: Ronald B. Smith
Date Added:: 04/30/2012

Atmospheric Visualization Projects

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Atmospheric Visualization Projects

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This site includes simulations of more than 40 phenomena: sea ice and CO2, climate change (230-year period), clouds and precipitation, coral reef evolution (starting 21,000 years ago), universal fire shape, fire twirl and burst behavior, tornadoes, thunderstorms, typhoons, El Niño events, greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols, polar vortex breakdown, CO2 and temperature, CFCs in the ocean, cloud evolution (7-day period), daily weather in the U.S., and more.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science
Material Type:: Simulation
Provider:: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Provider Set:: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Date Added:: 10/27/2006

Biodiversity of Saba Bank

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Saba Bank is the largest submarine atoll in the Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to the nearby island of Saba, in the Netherlands Antilles. The submerged platform is ~2200 sq km, with a 50 km fringing reef crest. Large vessels traveling to and from an oil terminal on nearby St. Eustatius Island routinely anchor on Saba Bank, damaging benthic habitats. Marine biodiversity research was necessary to help inform any national and international protective measures. This collection of articles represents an international collaboration to characterize the richness, diversity, and habitat affinities of marine taxa on Saba Bank. Multibeam bathymetry, satellite imagery, scuba transects, roving surveys, remotely operated vehicles, and fish traps were used to study the biotic assemblages. This poorly studied region was found to have unusually high biodiversity, including several undescribed species.

Subject:: Biology; Oceanography
Material Type:: Data Set; Primary Source
Provider:: Public Library of Science
Provider Set:: Biology and Life Sciences
Date Added:: 04/11/2016

Buoy is it getting warmer?

Buoy is it getting warmer?

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This problem-based learning module is designed to master the Ohio Learning standard of Science in Earth and Space Science number 2, Cycles and Patterns of Earth and the Moon. Thermal-energy transfers in the ocean and the atmosphere contribute to the formation of currents, which influence global climate patterns. Students will be exploring the various factors affecting the climate patterns we experience due to thermal energy. Students will work independently as well as with a partner. The final product is expected to be presented to their peers and teachers. This blended module includes teacher-led instruction, student-led stations, real world data analysis and technology integrated investigations.

Subject:: Environmental Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Author:: Blended Learning Teacher Practice Network

Carve That Mountain

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Students consider the Earth's major types of landforms such as mountains, rivers, plains, hills, canyons, oceans and plateaus. Student teams build three-dimensional models of landscapes, depicting several of these landforms. Once the models are built, they act as civil and transportation engineers to design and build roads through the landscapes they have created. The worksheet is provided in English and Spanish.

Subject:: Engineering; Geology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Sara Born
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

Clime Time ESD 123 Earth Systems and Changes

Clime Time ESD 123 Earth Systems and Changes

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Earth Systems and Changes from Educational Service District 123, provides professional learning resources for K-5 teachers around elementary Earth Science and Climate Science related standards content.

It also provides learning to assist in the development of classroom tasks: Claims, Evidence Reasoning, and Models and Explanations, that can be used formatively to elicit student ideas and to support changes in student thinking over time.

License: License: Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY)
Except where otherwise noted, this template by Educational Service District 123 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All logos and trademarks are property of their respective owners. Content within template is the copyright of the creator.

Subject:: Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Education; Elementary Education; Life Science; Geology
Material Type:: Module
Author:: Barbara Soots; Georgia Boatman
Date Added:: 08/07/2019

Continental Climate and Oceanic Climate

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Continental Climate and Oceanic Climate

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This activity proposes different small experiments and discussions to show that in the summer it is cooler by the sea than on the land and that water cools off more slowly than soil.

Subject:: Physical Science; Oceanography; Physical Geography
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: International Astronomical Union
Provider Set:: astroEDU
Author:: Leiden Observatory
Date Added:: 01/01/2016

Deep-water Connections: Probing the Southern Limits of Distribution of North Atlantic Deep-Sea Coral Communities

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Deep-water Connections: Probing the Southern Limits of Distribution of North Atlantic Deep-Sea Coral Communities

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Corals in the deep sea? When asked to describe corals, most people think of those that make up tropical, shallow-water reefs like the Great Barrier Reef. See what scientist discovered in the North Atlantic waters deeper than 1000 meters.

Subject:: Biology
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: NOAA
Provider Set:: NOAA Ocean Explorer
Date Added:: 07/17/2001

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Earth Science

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Earth science is the study of our home planet and all of its components: its lands, waters, atmosphere, and interior. In this book, some chapters are devoted to the processes that shape the lands and impact people. Other chapters depict the processes of the atmosphere and its relationship to the planets surface and all our living creatures. For as long as people have been on the planet, humans have had to live within Earths boundaries. Now human life is having a profound effect on the planet. Several chapters are devoted to the effect people have on the planet. Chapters at the end of the book will explore the universe beyond Earth: planets and their satellites, stars, galaxies, and beyond.

Subject:: Physical Science
Material Type:: Full Course; Textbook
Provider:: Lumen Learning
Provider Set:: Candela Courseware
Date Added:: 03/31/2016

Earth in the Future

Earth in the Future

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Our planet is becoming hot. In fact, Earth may be warming faster than ever before. This warming will challenge society throughout the 21st century. How do we cope with rising seas? How will we prepare for more intense hurricanes? How will we adapt to debilitating droughts and heat waves? Scientists are striving to improve predictions of how the environment will change and how it will impact humans. Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts Over the Next Century is designed to provide the state of the art of climate science, the impact of warming on humans, as well as ways we can adapt. Every student will understand the challenges and opportunities of living in the 21st century.

Subject:: Environmental Science; Biology; Atmospheric Science; Geology; Hydrology; Oceanography
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Penn State University
Provider Set:: Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (http:// e-education.psu.edu/oer/)
Author:: David Bice; Tim Bralower
Date Added:: 09/18/2018

Fresh or Salty?

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Fresh or Salty?

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Between 70 and 75% of the Earth's surface is covered with water and there exists still more water in the atmosphere and underground in aquifers. In this lesson, students learn about water bodies on the planet Earth and their various uses and qualities. They will learn about several ways that engineers are working to maintain and conserve water sources. They will also think about their role in water conservation.

Subject:: Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Sara Born
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment)

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General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment)

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GNOME (General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment) is the oil spill trajectory model used by OR&R Emergency Response Division (ERD) responders during an oil spill. ERD trajectory modelers use GNOME in Diagnostic Mode to set up custom scenarios quickly. In Standard Mode, anyone can use GNOME (with a Location File) to:

- predict how wind, currents, and other processes might move and spread oil spilled on the water.
- learn how predicted oil trajectories are affected by inexactness ("uncertainty") in current and wind observations and forecasts.
- see how spilled oil is predicted to change chemically and physically ("weather") during the time that it remains on the water surface.

To use GNOME, you describe a spill scenario by entering information into the program; GNOME then creates and displays an oil spill "movie" showing the predicted trajectory of the oil spilled in your scenario. Along with GNOME, most users also will want to download the Location Files for their regions of interest. Location Files contain prepackaged tide and current data and make it easier to work with GNOME.

GNOME was developed by the Emergency Response Division (ERD) (formerly the Hazardous Materials Response Division [HAZMAT]) of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R).

Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Simulation
Provider:: NOAA
Date Added:: 09/01/2000

Get the Word Out at McDonalds!

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Get the Word Out at McDonalds!

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Students take part in a hypothetical scenario that challenges them to inform customers at a local restaurant of how their use and disposal of plastics relates/contributes to the Great Pacific garbage patch (GPGP). What students ultimately do is research information on the plastics pollution in the oceans and present that information as a short, eye-catching newsletter suitable to hand out to restaurant customers. This activity focuses on teaching students to conduct their own research on a science-technology related topic and present it in a compelling manner that includes citing source information without plagiarism. By doing this, students gain experience and skills with general online searching as well as word processing and written and visual communication.

Subject:: Engineering; Environmental Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Andrey Koptelov; Nathan Howell
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

Global Nomads Group: Overfishing and Conservation Curriculum with Science Writer, Erik Vance (One Week Lesson Plan)

Global Nomads Group: Overfishing and Conservation Curriculum with Science Writer, Erik Vance (One Week Lesson Plan)

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The ocean's resources are slowly being depleted. This curriculum examines the issue of overfishing and its impact on both the environment and human life. In developing sustainable solutions, the students address the driving question: "How can we as youth, sustain the future of the world's ocean through our actions today?"

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Social Science
Material Type:: Case Study; Interactive; Lecture; Lesson Plan; Student Guide
Author:: Global Nomads Group (GNG)
Date Added:: 01/28/2016

The Grand Canyon: Evidence of Earth's Past

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In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a fossil found among the Grand Canyon's rock layers reveals the existence of a shallow sea that once covered most of western North America. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.

Subject:: Geology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development; Teachers' Domain
Author:: National Science Foundation; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 12/17/2005

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is an intriguing and publicized environmental problem. This swirling soup of trash up to 10 meters deep and just below the water surface is composed mainly of non-degradable plastics. These plastic materials trap aquatic life and poison them by physical blockage or as carriers of toxic pollutants. The problem relates to materials science and the advent of plastics in modern life, an example of the unintended consequences of technology. Through exploring this complex issue, students gain insight into aspects of chemistry, oceanography, fluids, environmental science, life science and even international policy. As part of the GIS unit, the topic is a source of content for students to create interesting maps communicating something that they will likely begin to care about as they learn more.

Subject:: Engineering; Environmental Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Andrey Koptelov; Nathan Howell
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies

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This website is a cooperative research project between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the University of New Orleans. The goal of the project is to investigate coastal change that occurred as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The site includes aerial video, still photography, and laser altimetry surveys of post-storm beach conditions that were collected August 31 and September 1, 2005 for comparison with earlier data. The comparison data can be used to refine predictive models of coastal impacts from severe storms and aid in disaster recovery and erosion mitigation.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: U.S. Geological Survey
Author:: Center for Coastal Watershed Studies, USGS
Date Added:: 11/14/2006

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Hurricanes

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Students learn what causes hurricanes and what engineers do to help protect people from destruction caused by hurricane winds and rain. Research and data collection vessels allow for scientists and engineers to model and predict weather patterns and provide forecasts and storm warnings to the public. Engineers are also involved in the design and building of flood-prevention systems, such as levees and floodwalls. During the 2005 hurricane season, levees failed in the greater New Orleans area, contributing to the vast flooding and destruction of the historic city. In the associated activity, students learn how levees work, and they build their own levees and put them to the test!

Subject:: Engineering; Atmospheric Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Abby Watrous; Brian Kay; Denise W. Carlson; Janet Yowell; Karen King; Kate Beggs
Date Added:: 09/18/2014