Web Resources
Federal, State & Nonprofit Organizations
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Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Gray’s Reef is the only protected natural reef area on the continental shelf off the Georgia coast.
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NOAA Research Activities
https://www.noaa.gov/education
Contains a variety of ocean related teacher resources.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
This is a portal for educator resources and products about the ocean.
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NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program
Contains coral reef conservation resources including videos.
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NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/
Okeanos Explorer Program – underwater video footage of various marine topics, web resources, lessons, research expeditions.
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Environmental Protection Agency Water Resources
http://www2.epa.gov/science-and-technology/water-science
Resources available for all grade levels on a variety of water related topics including the Water Sourcebooks.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory
www.fws.gov/wetlands/Data/Mapper.html
The Wetlands Mapper integrates digital map data with other resource information to produce timely and relevant management and decision support tools.
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U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources
The USGS water science program includes lessons and resources at all grade levels over many water related topics.
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Georgia Department of Natural Resources
http://www.gadnr.org/educational-resources
Numerous resources including facts sheet about Georgia wildlife, teacher resources such as Project WET and Project Wild, and community based programming and camps, Rivers Alive and Georgia Adopt-a-Stream.
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Georgia Sea Turtle Center
Sea turtle rehabilitation, research and education programs.
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Environmental Education in Georgia
Online clearing house of environmental education resources in Georgia.
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Ocean Adventures
The themes of Adaptations, Ecosystems and Human Impact are interwoven throughout the Ocean Adventures episodes and educational materials.
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Smithsonian Learning Labs
https://learninglab.si.edu/https://learninglab.si.edu/
Interdisciplinary marine science activities
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Oceanography from NASA
Information about how NASA uses satellite data to study the oceans.