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[|Where is the Great American 3?]
[|Listen to the latest **podcast** from Skipper Rich Wilson]. [|Boston.com article about Rich Wilson in the Vendee Globe] [|Boston Globe article about Rich Wilson in the Vendee Globe, Sunday 11/23/08]

[|Check the marine forecast.] [|Sailing Simulator]

[|The Water Cycle] a slideshow with audio that explains the water cycle. [|Observe an Animation of Land and Sea Breezes] [|What are the doldrums?] Click on this animation link to see. [|Observe an Animation of the Earth's Spheres]: geosphere (rocky part of planet), hydrosphere (water in liquid, solid, and gaseous phases), biosphere (life forms), atmosphere (blanket of gases) [|Wave Simulator] [|Observe a wave as they break on the shore] [|Observe the Energy of a Wave Motion] [|Visualization: Examine Global Surface Currents] Move the cursor over the image to reveal the direction of global winds.

[|Learn About Sailboats and then play a game!] //Click 'Full Screen' and 'Start'. Then click on the boat.// [|Dragonfly TV Sailing Episode by Emmanuel and GiGi] [|Sail Safe] [|PBS Dragonfly TV Sailing Game]

[|Penguins in Peril] [|Deep Sea Divers]in Antarctica Videoclips of their undersea exploration [|Video of Climatic Change in Antarctica]

[|Watch a video of a Flying Fish on the BBC] (There is an ad that comes up at first.) [|Mares Build a Fish] [|High Seas]

[|What Is Climate?] from the Weather Whiz Kids site [|All About Wind] from the Weather Whiz Kids site [|Animation of the Planetary Wind Systems] [|What are Weather Instruments?] from the Weather Whiz Kids site [|EdheadsWeather Predicting] [|World Weather News] [|Intellicast Global Weather Maps] [|Ocean Weather Data from Oceanweather Inc:] Current Marine Data Click on a region in the left column. Then choose the data that you would like to see from the three circles at the top. [|Satellite Picture of the Western Atlantic (loop)] [|Edheads Temperature Converter Fahrenheit to Celsius/Celsius to Fahrenheit] [|Interactive Weather Activity- Scholastic] [|The EPA Climate Change Kids Page Climate Change and Earth Process Animations:] Global Warming, Water Cycle, and Carbon Cycle

[|Geospy Geography Game] [|Online Geography Games Sheppard Software: Click on World Geography Games] [|Encyclopedia of the Sanctuaries From the National Marine Sanctuary Program] Click on the [|View Movie] and a screen will pop up where you will can click on many videos of marine life.

[|Monteray Bay Aquarium Video Collection] [|ARKIVE: images and videos of thousands of animals] [|Smithsonian Museum] Click on Ocean Views to see slides; press the circle to advance to next slide. [|Webcams at the Monteray Bay Aquarium] [|Whale Image Slideshow] [|Animal Sounds from Under the Sea] [|Explore the Sea] Note: Please do not click on Google ads on this page since they will lead you off of the website. [|Reafvid: Free Reef Video Clip Database] A database of 500 videoclips provided for educational and research use. You are required to put in an email address to access this site. You can use the address: jacksonstudent@ymail.com

[|Exploration Through the Ages] Read about explorers through the ages and their [|ships], their [|tools of navigation], and their [|voyages]. [|Explore the online collections of the maritime museum.] [|Watch Dragonfly TV videos of real scientists following their dreams and telling about the work that they do.]

[|Longitude] by Dava Sobel Learn about the history of the longitude problem. [|Harrison's Prize] [|An Interview with Dava Sobel] on her book //Longitude// (RealAudio required) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/textindex.html [|Learn About a GPS] [|What is Greenwich Mean Time?]

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[|Enchanted Learning Ocean Animal Printouts] [|Learningpage.com free_pages/galleries/oceans worksheets for Grades K, 1, 2, 3 sample pages free] [|Treasures at Sea Rainbows Fish Puzzle] [|Max and Brian Make A Monohaul and a Multihaul to Learn More About Sailing Dragonfly Kids TV Show] [|Dragonfly TV Episode: Make a Milk Carton Boat with milk cartons and packing tape.] [|Oceans: Welcome to Life in the Ocean] A Website Designed by a teacher for students in grades 2 - 3. Links at the end are not active. [|Temperate Oceans] [|What's Troubling Our Oceans?] [|Sails Best Little Learn To Sail Book Ever] by Brad Dellenbaugh [|Terms and Parts of a Sailboat]from the US Sailing site

Songs [|A Sailor Went to the Sea] [|Hold on or Go With the Flow] [|Fun Songs for Children From Seaworld]  <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 181, 0)"> The Mayflower The Mayflower was a merchant vessel that sailed in 1620 from Plimoth to America. Follow this journey on this [|interactive map.]

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