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Ocean Currents: Motion in the Ocean

When you look underwater, what is making the seagrass wave in the water? The answer...

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Ship Under a Bridge

Ocean conditions change every hour of every day. Tides, currents, and winds are...

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'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth

'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most...

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Deep-Water Larvacean

Found in Arctic waters, this rare deep-water species of larvacean, Oikopleura...

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Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...

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NOAA's Real Time Weather Mapping

A screen capture from NOAA's NowCoast website which displays real-time weather...

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Just Jelly: ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton

In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast the feeding...

Lesson Plan

Jelly Critters: Gelatinous zooplankton

In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast at least three...

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Oceans of Energy

Students describe forms of energy found in the ocean and explain how they are used...

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NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program

NOAA is working with students across the globe to place floating buoys throughout...

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Scientists Work to Predict and Prevent Algae Blooms

Algae, like all organisms, normally grow in balance with their ecosystems, limited...