MARINE LIFE

Jellies

http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_se/se_jla.asp

Fish questions – Australian Museum

http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/faq/index.htm

Deep sea fish – pretty scary looking if you ask me!

http://www.extremescience.com/deepcreat.htm

Observe seabirds in Alaska on video clips:

http://www.hhmi.org/alaska/index.html

Tropical coral reefs (there are also coldwater corals in Alaska, Norway, and worldwide)

http://www.reefnews.com/reefnews/index/corals.html

Fish movies – Australian Museum

http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/movies/index.htm

Detective stories from the Vancouver Aquarium

http://www.secretsatsea.org/

OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS IN GEORGIA

Wetlands, Islands, Reefs, and the Deep Sea

Georgia’s Barrier Islands – online version of article from “Georgia Wildlife”

http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/barrier_islands/natural_history/index.html

The Sargasso Sea

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues98/nov98/sargasso.html

Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

* introduction

http://www.graysreef.noaa.gov/information.html

* pictures of the reef:

http://www.graysreef.noaa.gov/pictures.html

The Gulf of Mexico

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mexbio/feb14/feb14.html

Savannah Coastal National Wildlife Refuge

http://savannah.fws.gov/

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

http://okefenokee.fws.gov/

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A MARINE BIOLOGIST

Ocean Explorer

* traveling by submarine and ship, daily update from the scientists onboard

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/

* giant isopod (like a pill bug) from the Gulf of Mexico

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mexbio/feb14/feb14.html

Puna Ridge

* underwater volcanoes in Hawai’i, with daily updates

http://www.punaridge.org/

Women Exploring The Oceans – Woods Hole, Massachusetts

http://www.womenoceanographers.org/

HANDS-ON RESOURCES

Ask Mom or Dad if it’s ok to borrow a science box from The Georgia Conservancy

* They have one on marine mammals and another on oceans, free for two weeks.

* Each box contains videos, books, posters, games, artifacts, and objects.

http://www.georgiaconservancy.org/Education/Education.asp

http://naturalhistory.uga.edu/htmldocs/scienceboxes/scibox.asp

Contact Karen Garland (extension 16) at The Georgia Conservancy
817 W. Peachtree St. Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 876-2900 FAX (404) 872-9229
www.gaconservancy.org