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OCEANOGRAPHY

Lesson 1: Marine Sextants: History & Technology

http://www.mmbc.bc.ba (Maritime Museum of British Columbia)
http://home.earthlink.net/~nbrass1/cardart.htm
http://celestaire.com
http://www.cln.org/themes/earlynavigation.html

Lesson 2: Construction & Use of a Simple Sextant for Determining Position

www.northernlight.com
http://celestaire.com
http://home.earthlink.net/~nbrass1/cardart.htm
http://trimble.com/gps/index.html

Lesson 3: Mapping Longitude & Latitude

www.northernlight.com
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
http://www.mmbc.bc.ca/source/schoolnet/exploration/navigation.html
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Snavigat.htm
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET.html

Glencoe (2000). Science Voyages, Westerville, OH: Glencoe/McGraw Hill.

Lesson 4: The Ocean Floor: How Puzzling Can It Be?

www.northernlight.com
http://spacelink.nasa.gov

Glencoe (2000). Science Voyages. Westerville, OH: Glencoe/McGraw Hill

Lesson 5: Happy (Compass) Trails

http://www.cln.org/themes/earlynavigation.html
http://www.sspboatsite.com
http://ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.shtml

Lesson 6: Ocean Currents

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/sea/htg.rxml
http://www.boatus.com/onlinecourse/documents/environment.html
http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org

Lesson 7: What Causes Tides?

http://www.cln.org/themes/earlynavigation.html
http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org
www.aquanet.com

Lesson 8: High Tides, Low Tides

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~jodale/eder673/first/content.html
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/ocean.html
http://www.nasa.gov
http://spacelink.nasa.gov

Lesson 9: Global Positioning Systems

http://www.trimble.com

METEOROLOGY

Lesson 1: Weather Definition, Instruments & Data Collection

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fcst/home.rxml
http://www.aanderaa.no/OceanDataCollect.htm
http://www.meteo-technology.com/humidity.htm
http://www.noaa.gov/

Lesson 2: Under the Silver Lining

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/globalwarming.html
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
ftp://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/PAO/Releases/2001/01-05.htm

Lesson 3: Gone With the Wind

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/weather.html
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/sea/htg.rxml
http://www.sspboatsite.com

Lesson 4: Precipitating Weather

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/globalwarming.html
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
ftp://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/PAO/Releases/2001/01-05.htm

Lesson 5: Hurricane Warning

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/sea/htg.rxml
http://noaa.gov/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Lesson 6: Careful, Cyclones Can Blow You Away

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/grow/home.rxml
http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/hurricanes/create.html
 http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.html
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/hurtrack/index.html
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.weather.gov.hk/informtc/class.htm
http://www.discovery.com

BIOLOGY

Lesson 1: Camouflage & Predation: A Natural Selection Model

Johnson, G. B. (1995). Evolution and Natural Selection . In K. Harris, L. Jegerlehner, K. Timp, J. Leland (Eds.), The Living World (pp. 171-196) Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Publishers

Krempels, D. (1998). Go Figure Critical Thinking and Experimental Design in the Biology Laboratory. Unpublished, University of Miami Department of Biology.

Lesson 2: Marine Ecosystems

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa/ocean_planet/htnml
http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/visitor_information/welcome.html
http://educate.si.edu

Lesson 3: Shopping Spree Under the Sea

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa/ocean_planet/htnml
http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org/oceanography.html
www.aquanet.com

Lesson 4: The Basis of Life

http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org
www.aquanet.com
www.aquariumteacher.com
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html

Lesson 5: Food Web: Energy Flow in a Marine Environment

Johnson, G. B. (1995). Evolution and Natural Selection. In K. Harris, L. Jegerlehner, K. Timp, J. Leland (Eds.), The Living World (pp. 567-561) Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Publishers

Krempels, D. (1998). Go Figure Critical Thinking and Experimental Design in the Biology Laboratory. Unpublished, University of Miami Department of Biology

Lesson 6: Using a Dichotomous Key in the Identification of Seagrasses

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Bureau of Protected Species. Identification of Florida's Seagrasses. [Online] Available
http://www.state.fl.us/fwc/psm/habitat/grassid.htm

Johnson, G. B. (1995). Evolution and Natural Selection . In K. Harris, L. Jegerlehner, K. Timp, J. Leland (Eds.), The Living World (pp. 171-196) Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Publishers

Odyssey Expeditions. [Online] Available
http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org/fish.asp

Lesson 7: A Whale of A Tale

www.seaworld.org

HEALTH, NUTRITION & FITNESS

Lesson 1: The Wonderful World of Water

http://www.naturodoc.com/WAATER.php3
http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000982.cfm
http://www.gulftel.com/~scubadoc/dehyd.htm

Lesson 2: Scary Scurvy at Sea

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/scurvy1.html
http://www.freshstarts.com/VitaminsAreElementary/
http://www.healthlibrary.com/reading/nature/chap50.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org

Lesson 3: Algae is Um, Um, Good!

www.aquariumteacher.com
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html

Lesson 4: Brr… The Water is Cold

http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/safety/hypocold.shtml
www.akcache.com/akcache/hypo1.html
http://www.pbs.org/lostliners
http://www.boatus.com/onlinecourse/documents/safesurvival.html
http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/boating/8_5.htm
http://hypothermia.org

Lesson 5: Fit to Sail

Comprehensive School Health Education, 2nd ed.
Meeks Heit Publishing Co., 1996

Lesson 6: Don't Rock the Boat Baby!

http://www.otenet.gr/sailor/abandon.htm
http://www.airseasafety.com/surv.htm
http://www.mbht.tas.gov.au/mbh006.html
http://www.uscg.mil

FORCE & MOTION

Lesson 1: The Sweet Smell of Vectory

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu
www.sspboatsite.com
http://celestaire.com
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Lvector.htm

Lesson 2: Sailing, Sailing

www.sspboatsite.com
http://www.mmbc.bc.ca/source/schoolnet/exploration/navigation.html
http://www.coreknowledge.org

Lesson 3: By Land or By Sea

http://www.cln.org/themes/earlynavigation.html
www.aquanet.com
http://ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.html

Lesson 4: Making Waves

http://www.the-sea.org
http://www.cln.org/themes/earlynavigation.html
www.aquanet.com

Lesson 5: The Incredible Hull: Slip Sliding Away

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/trends98/honbun/ntj970609.html
http://www.ise.bc.ca/WADEhullform.html

American Red Cross (1997). Start sailing right. Portsmith, RI: United States Sailing Association

WATER CHEMISTRY

Lesson 1: Conductivity of Ocean Water

Holmquist, D.D., Randall, J., Volz, D.L., (1995) Chemistry with CBL, Portland, OR; Vernier Software.

Glencoe (2000) Science Voyages, Westerville, OH; Glencoe/Mc Graw Hill.

Lesson 2: How Salty is Our Water?

Lesson 3: Temperatures of the Ocean Water

Holmquist, D.D., Randall, J., Volz, D.L., (1995) Chemistry with CBL, Portland, OR; Vernier Software

Sager, R.J., Ramsey, W.L.., Phillips. C.R., Watenpaugh, F.M., (1998) Modern Earth Science, Austin, TX; Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Lesson 4: Density of Sea Water

www.educationworld.com
http://www.uscgboating.org
http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org/oceanography.html
www.aquanet.com

Lesson 5: Ten Fathoms Under the Sea

http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/home.rxml
www.aquanet.com
http://www.mtsinai.org/pulmonary/books/scuba

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Lesson 1: Dirty Waters

http://nap.edu National Academy Press
www.epa.gov/teachers/curriculumwater.htm Environmental Protection Agency
www.wef.org Water Environment Federation
www.seaword.org

Lesson 2: Pollution Prevention

http://educate.si.edu/resources
www.epa.gov/teachers/curriculumwater.htm Environmental Protection Agency
www.nap.edu National Academy Press
www.wef.org Water Environment Federation
http://www.educate.si.edu/resources Student Page (Pollution Solution)
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html

HISTORICAL MARITIME PERSPECTIVES

Lesson 1: Boats & Sails

http://www.boatus.com/onlinecourse/studytopics.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tmorris/
http://ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.html
http://www.amya.org/sailmanual/part2.html
http://www.hoofers.org/sailing/index.html

Lesson 2: The Evolution of Sailcloths for Sailboats

http://uksailmakers.com/encyclopedia2.html
http://www.sailing.org
UK Sailmakers Encyclopedia of sails, 1999 - Sailcloth information
Yachting World Magazine (2000). Cotton on to new materials.

www.yachting-world.com
http://campus.northpark.edu/history//WebChron/WestEurope/Magellan.html
http://ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.html

Yachting World Magazine (January, 2000). Milestones-the people, boats and events that have shaped sailing.

http://encarta.msn.com/index/consiceindex/5F/05F45000.htm/

Pepper, M. (ed.) (2000) Swan’s Latest Celebrates Maiden Voyage, Yachting World Magazine.
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