JASON PROJECT VII: (continued)
In "Exploring the Steel Reef," students can view and magnify sonar images of a ship wreck.

The "Fish Survey Data" of the expedition contains an extensive dataset that can be analyzed by students to examine relationships among habitat preferences of different organisms.

The "Aquatic Field Investigation" contains many hands on activities that can be used in the K-12 classroom curricula which focus on how to measure the biotic and abiotic (living and nonliving) characteristics of an aquatic site to gain an understanding of how the habitat operates. Many different materials and methods sheets are provided for teachers to use these activities with their students.

Other activities at the Jason Project VII web site have students examine coral growth patterns and design visual shark targets.

Detailed descriptions of the entire expedition is provided online, including an in depth look at the equipment used by the research team.

Oceans Instructional Materials - Athena Project
http://athena.wednet.edu/curric/oceans/index.html
The Athena Project have put together two wonderful interactive, guided inquiry learning activities that take advantage of oceanographic data placed on the World Wide Web.

In "Tracking Drifter Buoys", students "experience" how oceanographers use devices called drifter buoys to track ocean currents. Students are presented with detailed information to learn how drifter buoys measure ocean currents. Students also learn about satellite imagery of ocean topography. Students are presented with a dataset of information to plot on a map. After this practice activity, students must use information from spreadsheet files to locate the Gulf Stream. Science journal activities are also included. This activity is appropriate for both middle and high school students.

"Ocean Color" is an activity that can be used in any K-12 science classroom. This activity examines how scientists interpret satellite imagery. Students create a map which identifies different productivity levels in the ocean and identify areas of continental vegetation.

WhaleNet
http://whale.wheelock.edu
WhaleNet is a collaborative project of the biology departments at Wheelock College and Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. It is an educational site devoted to whales, whale research, the marine habitat, and environmental studies.

Students as Scientists - Pollution Prevention Through Education
http://smec.uncwil.edu/GLAXO/SAS/index.htm