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After an introduction in which students try to identify hidden objects by the sounds they make when shaken in a box, students use string to map a model ocean floor by taking depth readings to simulate sonar.

Students will be able to discuss why scientists believe there are important undiscovered features and processes in Earth’s ocean; discuss at least three motives that historically have driven human exploration; explain why ocean exploration is relevant to climate change; and discuss at least three benefits that might result from ocean exploration. For more information http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.

This supplement was developed for university level students, but can be adapted for middle and high school students. This supplement to Oceanography magazine focuses on educational approaches to help engage students in learning and offers a collection of hands-on/minds-on activities for teaching physical concepts that are fundamental in oceanography. These key concepts include density, pressure, buoyancy, heat and temperature, and gravity waves.

For more information: http://cosee.umaine.edu .

Students will learn about adaptations that have helped sharks and rays survive. Students will explore similarities and differences between sharks, rays and other fish and that different types of sharks and rays have different temperaments and diets and that some of the largest sharks and rays are the most gentle.

For more information:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature.

Students read, discuss, and compare news reports of shark attacks with data and then design a television special to educate the public about sharks.

For more information:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/.

A number of questions have inspired marine ecologist Stuart Sandin to head to the coral reefs of the Line Islands. Sandin works at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. In this video he explains why the structure of coral reefs matters and how human activity can impact it. 

Students learn why coral reefs are important, and what possible explanations are for the phenomenon known as “coral bleaching.”

For more information about NOAA Ocean Service, visit http://oceanservice.noaa.gov.

Students learn why coral reefs are important, and what can be done to protect them from major threats.

For more information about NOAA Ocean Service, visit http://oceanservice.noaa.gov.

Students will learn about the natural and human threats to coral reefs including destructive fishing practices.

For more information about the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, visit http://coralreef.noaa.gov.

To synthesize a lesson on coral reefs, students write first person narratives as though they were reef organisms including their daily lives and the threats facing themselves and their communities.

Students will learn about the anatomy of coral bleaching, how ocean temperature increase can be a cause of coral bleaching and will try to predict general areas likely to be affected by coral bleaching by interpreting sea surface temperature data.

For more information about the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, visit http://coralreef.noaa.gov.

Students will identify the relative depth of corals in the ocean by observing the behavior of cold and warm saltwater in an experiment. Students will gain a global understanding of coral reef life by reading for information and creating a model of a reef. For more information about the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, visit http://coralreef.noaa.gov/.