In this multimedia lesson, students learn about tides. Associated interactive activities include "Virtual Tidepool," where students explore a tidal pool habitat, "Predicting the Tides," where students consider factors that influence the tides, and "Life in the Intertidal Zone," where students learn about the specific habitats of the intertidal zones.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about energy resources that can be harvested from the oceans. Associated interactive activities include "Wave Power," where students view the wave-energy generation process, "Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion," where students examine and compare two diagrams of OTEC facilities, and "Methane Hydrates," where students investigate the conditions that affect the stability of methane hydrates.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about hurricane storms. Associated interactive activities include "Comparing Hurricane Categories," where students discover the strength of historic storms, "Hurricane Katrina - Recipe for Disaster," where students explore the natural and manmade ingredients for massive hurricanes, and "Hurricane Katrina - Environmental Consequences," where students investigate the environmental impact of a massive hurricane.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about the theory of plate tectonics. Associated interactive activities include "Drilling for Core Samples," where students examine patterns of tectonic activity on the seafloor and "Earthquakes and Plates," where students use a digital map to examine the relationship between earthquake occurrences and plate boundaries.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about mid-ocean ridges. Associated interactive activities include "Mid-Ocean Ridge," where students use a digital map to understand the relationship between the continents, mid-ocean ridges, and the age of the ocean floor and "Sea Floor Spreading," where students explore the magentic polarity of the oceanic crust and what this can tell us about the spreading of the seafloor.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about deep-sea coral reef ecosystems. Associated interactive activities include "Exploring Ocean Zones," where students use drag and drop techniques to label various ocean zones and a "Coral Crossword."

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about subduction zones. Associated interactive activities include "Bathymetric Maps," where students interpret a bathymetric image that shows the Mariana Arc and Trench area and "Bathymetry of Subduction," where study analyze another bathymetric image and use it to answer a series of questions.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about deep-sea ecosystems. Associated interactive activities include "Hydrothermal Vent Food Webs," where students reconstruct a hydrothermal vent fauna food web on a digital diagram and "Evolutionary Puzzle," where students investigate how evolutionary relationships support the theory of plate tectonics.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about the deep-sea zone. Associated interactive activities include "Sunglasses in the Sea," where students analyze photographs to compare polarized and unpolarized views of marine life and evaluate how organisms uitlize tricks of light and lenses to communicate, hunt, and hide and "Bioluminescence - A Light in the Darkness," where students view a series of videos and answer associated questions.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about the water cycle. Associated interactive activities include "Global Warming and the Water Cycle," where students explore the interdependent relationships between global warming and the water cycle and "Groundwater Use and Overuse," where students complete a simulation where they are the city water master responsible for managing the water supply to local homes and farms.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about ocean currents. Associated interactive activities include "El Nino," where students examine images and graphics to explore the links between ocean currents, El Nino, and weather and "Currents and Marine Life," where students explore the differences between upwelling and downwelling.

In this multimedia lesson, students learn about ocean waves. Associated interactive activities include "Breaking Waves," where students examine animations that demonstrate how waves break and how they are measured and "Tsunami Warning System," where students use critical thinking to explore tsunami warning systems.

This series of lessons focuses on unique geologic ocean features, their formation, function, locations, characteristics, and origins. Students will describe the motion of tectonic plates and differentiate between three typical boundary types between tectonic plates and infer the type of boundary that exists between two plates, based on the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes in the vicinity. In Lesson Plan 9, "The Galapagos Spreading Center," students will model sea floor spreading, using the Galapagos Spreading Center as an example. In Lesson Plan 10, "AdVENTurous Findings on the Deep-Sea Floor," students will create a model hydrothermal vent. In Lesson Plan 11, "Volcanoes, Plates, Seamounts, and Island Chains," students will describe the processes that form seamount and island chains and relate tectonic plate movement and type of volcanic activity associated with these movements. In Lesson Plan 12, "Islands, Reefs and Hotspots," students will map and describe the stages of Hawaiian Island formations.

This series of lessons focuses on food production in ocean ecosystems. In Lesson Plan 15, "Being Productive in the Arctic Ocean," students will investigate how organisms make food, either through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. They will also identify factors that limit primary productivity and explain their effects. In Lesson Plan 16, "Chemosynthesis for the Classroom," students will observe the development of chemosynthetic bacterial communities in black mud and explain the relevance of chemosynthesis to biological cold-seep communities. In Lesson Plan 17, "Biochemical Detectives,' students will explore the energy-obtaining strategies of cold-seep organisms and study actual data from biochemical studies involving these organisms. Students will write brief essays summarizing each lesson as assessment.

This series of lessons focuses on the major ocean zones that would be encountered as a submersible moves through the water column on its way to the ocean floor. In Lesson Plan 13, "All That Glitters...," students will investigate how light and colors change during ocean descent and describe at least two adaptations of deep-sea organisms to low or no ambient light. In Lesson Plan 14, "Light at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Ocean," students participate in a simulation activity to explain the impact of bioluminescence on finding food in the deep ocean.

This assessment is to be used with the lesson "An Ode to the Oyster." In this lesson, students will investigate the biological and economical importance of oysters and the oyster reef. Activities will include identification of reef organisms, exploration of the anatomy of the oyster, and role-playing exercises as biologists.

This presentation is to be used with the lesson "An Ode to the Oyster." In this lesson, students will investigate the biological and economical importance of oysters and the oyster reef. Activities will include identification of reef organisms, exploration of the anatomy of the oyster, and role-playing exercises as biologists.

This supplemental material is to be used with the lesson "An Ode to the Oyster." In this lesson, students will investigate the biological and economical importance of oysters and the oyster reef. Activities will include identification of reef organisms, exploration of the anatomy of the oyster, and role-playing exercises as biologists.

This supplemental material is to be used with the lesson "An Ode to the Oyster." In this lesson, students will investigate the biological and economical importance of oysters and the oyster reef. Activities will include identification of reef organisms, exploration of the anatomy of the oyster, and role-playing exercises as biologists.