Web Resources

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Federal, State & Nonprofit Organizations

Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
http://graysreef.noaa.gov/
Gray’s Reef is the only protected natural reef area on the continental shelf off the Georgia coast.
NOAA Research Activities
www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/
Contains a variety of ocean related teacher resources.
NOAA’s Oceans Live
www.oceanslive.org
This is a portal for educator resources and products about the ocean.
NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program
www.coralreef.noaa.gov/
Contains coral reef conservation resources including videos.
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/
Okeanos Explorer Program – underwater video footage of various marine topics, web resources, lessons, research expeditions.
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.
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.
U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/
The USGS water science program includes lessons and resources at all grade levels over many water related topics.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
http://www.gadnr.org/education
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.
Georgia Sea Turtle Center
www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org/
Sea turtle rehabilitation, research and education programs.
Environmental Education in Georgia
www.eeingeorgia.org
Online clearing house of environmental education resources in Georgia.
Ocean Adventures
www.pbs.org/oceanadventures
The themes of Adaptations, Ecosystems and Human Impact are interwoven throughout the Ocean Adventures episodes and educational materials.
Discovery Education Lesson Plans
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/
Searchable lesson plan library.
Smithsonian Institution Ocean Planet Marine Science Activities
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/ocean/main.html
Interdisciplinary marine science activities
Oceanography from NASA
https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/focus-areas/oceanography
Information about how NASA uses satellite data to study the oceans.