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Marine Science Resources
Local Resources
The Monterey Bay Aquarium
Information about School
Field Trips
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute (MBARI)
Point Lobos State
Reserve
Information about School
Field Trips
Elkhorn Slough
Northwest
Fisheries Science Center
Hopkins Marine Station
The Marine Mammal Center
Information on their Educational
Programs
Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary
Information on their Education
Resources
Moss Landing
Marine Laboratories
Exploratorium
( San Francisco)
Information about School
Field Trips
Steinhart Aquarium
( San Francisco)
Center for Marine Conservation
(not so local)

Animal Resources
K-3 Teacher guide to Seals,
Sea Lions and Walruses
Whales, Leviathans
of the Deep a ThinkQuest entry all about whales
Search
for the Humpback Whale a science/language arts activity
Whale Times a magazine
about sea animals for kids
WhaleNet
Whale Information Site
Friends of the
Sea Otter Educational Page
Wonders
of the Sea - highlights different animals with text and images

Activities and Projects
The Why Files
focuses on current event issues involving science
TerraQuest virtual
field trips to places likes the Galapagos and Antarctica
Science
Teaching Forum a place to exchange ideas about the teaching
of science
JASON Project -
exploring the terrestrial and marine ecosystems that extend from
California's coast to the Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary to
learn how such systems affect life on our planet.
Franklin Institute Science Museum-Visit
KidScience, where you will take part in a fictional story to
uncover the foundations of science pertaining to Light, Water,
Earth, and Air.

Other Resource Collections
K-12
Resources about Oceanography a wonderful collection of resources
including aquariums, museums, careers and animal information
collected by Woods Hole Institute

Please let us know if there are
any other resources we should add to this page. Thanks so much!
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Updated August, 2002
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