Oceans and Climate
These sites focus on oceans and climate. Learn why oceans are a major influence on weather and climate. Includes animated illustrations and discussion questions. There are also links to eThemes Resources on Global Warming, Geography: Oceans, Oceanography, and Weather: Clouds and Cycles.
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Oceanography in the 21st Century: The Ocean and Climate
This page explains how oceans and ocean life influence earth's climate.
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NASA: Ocean and Climate
In this article, students learn how the ocean physically and chemically interacts with the atmosphere.
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Espere: The Oceans: Basics: Oceans and Climate
Click on any of the links in the sidebar on the left hand side of the page to access more detailed content and three worksheets/quizzes. Or, click on the "More" link for additional information.
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Ocean Literacy
This 11-page PDF file summarizes key facts about the ocean and its influences on earth. Go to page seven for information on ocean influences on weather and climate.
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Teachers' Domain: Ocean Temperatures and Climate Patterns
See this animated illustration, background information, and discussion questions for teaching about the interactions between earth's atmosphere and oceans as well as how they drive weather and climate patterns.
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Teachers' Domain: Arctic Climate System
Learn the Arctic's role in Earth's global climate system and how ocean currents redistribute heat and moderate climate. Includes animations, background information, and discussion questions.
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NOAA: Science Education Pages
Click on each question to learn about what causes the differences in air temperature, water temperature, air wind, and storms that occur in oceans and over land.
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How the Oceans Influence Climate
Find out how oceans influence climate over a long- and short-time scale, how it relates to climate systems, and why coastal climate is less extreme than continental climate.
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Ocean World: Role of Oceans in the Weather Interactive Online Quiz
This ten question multiple choice quiz can test students' knowledge of the role that oceans play in the weather and climate.
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Alliance for Climate Education: Oceans and Climate Quiz
Students can test their knowledge of oceans and climate with this ten-question multiple choice quiz. NOTE: This site links to social networking sites.
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eThemes Resource: Science: Oceanography
These sites include information on the topography of the ocean floor and life in the ocean. Sea floor spreading, plate tectonics, and underwater volcanic activity are topics found on several of the sites. Many sites have photographs, maps, and videos. Included are two eThemes resource sites for younger grades, one on the geography of the ocean and the other on creatures of the ocean.
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eThemes Resource: Geography: Oceans
These sites are about the oceans of the world. Topics include habitats, tides, currents, temperatures, depths, and more. There are many photos and videos. Includes links to eThemes Resources on ocean animals and continents.
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eThemes Resource: Global Warming
These sites describe global warming and its impacts on the planet Earth and humans. There are statistics, illustrations, movie clips, and animations. Myths and facts, debates, lesson plans, and experiments are included. There are links to eThemes resources on Greenhouse Effect, Ozone, and Solar System: Earth's Atmosphere.
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eThemes Resource: Weather: Clouds and Cycles
These sites have general and detailed information on various weather cycles and clouds. Includes lesson plans and hand-on activities. There are also links to eThemes Resources on Water Cycle: Hands-On Experiments, Water Cycle: Explanations and Illustrations, and Thunderstorms and Lightning.
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