Created By Wendy Thielen and Matthew Huffine for the
Lewis Center for Educational Research, Apple Valley California
As we complete our overview of the animal kingdom, we will finish up with a specific focus on Marine Animals. This unit is individualized so that you can choose what you want to do when you want to do it. The purpose of the WebQuest portion of this unit is to help you utilize the internet and the vast resources it contains to expand your knowledge in the area of oceanography. Another purpose is that it will allow you to do some “surfing” of your own and help familiarize you with necessary computer research skills. I hope that you will find your time online fun as well as informative and that you will come away with a new appreciation of technology in the classroom. So jump on in and get your feet wet .....the water is great!
Please review the page in your Marine Animals Unit regarding your Webquest search. You will need to fill in all six sections with information you find on your search. How and what you choose to fill in on your sections is up to you. You will also need to tell me your own personal favorite internet site from the ones listed below and why you enjoyed your visit there. Along with that information I would like you to list three other sites, give a brief overview of the information listed there and offer any recommendations you might have as to its usefulness in your webquest search. The following is a list of the six titles for your Webquest search:
1. Kin with a Fin
2. Masters of Disguise
3. Take the Long Way Home
4. The Few, the Proud, the Marine Animals
5. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
6. Jaws and Effect
The following internet sites have been located to assist you in your search for information about marine life in our seaWorld.
Oceans and Ocean Life
DEEP-SEA
PAGES
MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH and INFORMATION ON DEEP-SEA
HABITATS AND ADAPTATIONS
Ocean Life (printouts)
Secrets of the Ocean Realm from PBS click on the Sea Dwellers list
Secrets of the Ocean Realm for the Classroom select topics from the index on the left.
The Ocean Planet A Smithsonian Exhibit
The Living Ocean A SeaWIFS Project from NASA
EPA Office of Water oceans, coral reefs, pollution
Oceanography links from Kids Click
Ocean Trivia from Neptune's Web- marine life, waves, tides, conditions.
The Bridge online resources for marine science education
Oceanography from the Office of Naval Research. For students and teachers, requires flash player. Sections about: Ocean in Motion, habitats, animals, regions, water, research and activities.
Oceans, rivers, lakes & wetlands from Cornell Gateway links
K-12 Oceanography Resources net sites.
K-12 Resources about Oceanography list of sites.
Ocean 98 has a tremendous amount of information about oceans and ocean life. Click on the Oceanclopedia for a wealth of facts.
Year of the Oceans from noaa has a wealth of information, activities and links
Ocean Web Sites for students from Surf Report
Shorelines, Temperate Oceans, Tropical Oceans from The Evergreen Project
Victor the Vector a site to explain oceans to children ages 8-12. Click on episodes in order, teacher information.
Tsunami from FEMA
Waves of Destruction: Tsunami from PBS Savage Earth
Lessons from the sea from the Florida Aquarium- activity projects for K-12
Titanic from EBE
Raising the Titanic from Discovery
Diving History scuba diving
Into the Abyss from NOVA
Ocean Adventure a ThinkQuest site- travel to hydrothermal vents.
Sea Life - plants and animals
Corals and Coral Reefs from SeaWorld
An Introduction to Coral Reefs from the Univ. of the Virgin Islands
ReefNews click on fishes, corals, invertebrates, islands, seashores, or oceanography
Mollusks Birmingham Zoo index to species-octopus, squid, mussels
Marine Invertebrates sponges, jellyfish, clams, snails, octopi, lobsters, sea stars, shrimp, marine worms
Zebra Mussel includes life cycle
Wonders of the Sea Echinoderms
All About Seaweed A Thinkquest site.
Encounters With Kelp from the Birch Aquarium
Seaweed from the National Aquarium
Biggest, Smallest, Fastest, Deepest: Marine Animal Records from Ocean link
Manatees from National Geographic
Harbor Seals from SeaWorld
Turtle Trax a page devoted to marine turtles.
Sea Turtles from Sea World
Sea Turtles from the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Kingdom of the Seahorse from Nova
Secrets of the Sea Horse from Birch Aquarium
National Marine Fisheries Service list of endangered marine animals with links. This site has a jump feature which will take you to a site on a drop down menu. List 2
Endangered Species Information Lists search screen. Please read search directions. If link is broken, they move things a lot, use their index page http://refuges.fws.gov/NWRSFiles/Index.html or try Endangered Species list
In Search of Giant Squid a Smithsonian Exhibit
My Life as a Blob from Discovery Online all about Jellyfish
Monsters of the Deep octopus
Marine Crustaceans once in, click on Continue to get the species
Wonders of the Seas sponges, cnidarians, mollusks, echinoderms, sharks
The Zological Record is a little more technical but has great links to hard-to-locate animals.
Animal Diversity Web form the University of Michigan.
Animal Bytes from Sea World contains lists of all animals in their data base and is a good place to start.
The Electronic Zoo animal links (site is down/ gone)
In Search of Giant Squid NASA site.
ZOOM Sharks from Enchanted Learning Disney.
Conch Net sea shells.
Gulf of Maine Aquarium lobsters, turtles, creatures, streams, ponds, tidepools, ocean imaging,
Turtle Trax a page devoted to marine turtles.
Sea Turtles from Sea World
Sea Turtles from the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Marine Invertebrates or the Index to Marine Animals (scientific classification) and some great pictures.
Pacific Salmon from noaa
National Marine Fisheries Service list of endangered marine animals with links. This site has a jump feature which will take you to a site on a drop down menu.
Marine Crustaceans once in, click on Continue to get the species
The Zoological Record is a little more technical but has great links to hard-to-locate animals.
Lessons from the sea from the Florida Aquarium- activity projects for K-12
Gulf of Maine Aquarium lobsters, turtles, creatures, streams, ponds, tide pools, ocean imaging,
Gulf of Maine Aquarium lobsters, turtles, creatures, streams, ponds, tide pools, ocean imaging
Hammerhead Shark from the Animal Diversity Web
Great White Shark from the Animal Diversity Web
Stingray from the Animal Diversity Web
Sea Squirt for kids from Hawaii
Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
In Search for Giant Squid
Whales, dolphins and marine mammals
Try ... Internet Searching Tools ...
for some good ways tools to search out what you are looking for!
1. Organize yourself
2. Do Your Research & Web Search
3. Organize your Information
4. Complete your Webquest paper on Marine Animals
Criteria |
Beginning (1) |
Developing (2) |
Accomplished (3) |
Exemplary (4) |
| Research & Information Gathering | Does not use web sources to address the posed topics and issues. | Used web resources to somewhat discuss the topics but in an unrelated manner. | Used web resources to correctly answer most, but not all, of the posed topics and issues. | Effectively used web resources to directly answer all the posed topics and issues. |
| Sharing Information | Does not relay any information to partner. | Relays very little information - some relates to the topic. | Relays some basic information - most relates to the topic. | Relays a great deal of information - all relates to the topic. |
| Attractiveness of Webquest Marine Unit Paper | Illegible writing, poor grammar, and/or sloppy | Legible writing, somewhat neat, some items hard to read | Legible writing, clean and neatly presented. Illustrations provided. | Neatly written, clean and orderly, excellent illustrations provided. |
After completing this WebQuest you will have caught a wave that can take you to even deeper waters. You will have gained a better understanding of family issues surrounding ocean mammals. Also, you will have developed a basic grasp of issues like migration, habit, food chains and other related subjects. Finally, you will have had an opportunity to use the internet to learn facts about Your seaWorld that was of interest to you... the B.F.O.C. (big fish on campus).
Last updated April 4, 2001
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