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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

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Understanding Sea Level Using Real Data

Students will use graphical data to understand changing sea levels and how they...

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Undersea Geologic Features: Bathymetry

Students create models of undersea geologic features on a bathymetric chart....

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Long Live the Sharks and Rays

Students will learn about adaptations that have helped sharks and rays survive....

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Shark!

Students explore the natural history of sharks and recognize that humans are an...

Lesson Plan

Sharks: Setting the Record Straight

Often mislabeled as man-eaters, sharks prefer to eat creatures in the sea. Students...

Lesson Plan

Head to Foot

The lesson begins with a broader introduction on new species discovered around...

Article

Not Just Another Fuzzy Face

Who hasn’t grinned at the sight of a sea otter floating on its back while...

Article

Making a Mark on the Ocean Floor

Until very recently oceanography was a field dominated by men. A seafaring career,...

Article

Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

You may not have realized it, but you’ve been acquainted with Mary Anning since...

Personal Perspectives

Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...

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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

The pre-industrial American landscape was once rightly described as a place where...