RESOURCES
Oil Spill Resources from Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows2universe.org
Supported by the National Earth Science Teachers Association, Windows to the Universe provides teacher resources on various topics including Teaching About Oil Spills.
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
http://coralreef.noaa.gov/
Supported by the US Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this site provides a lot of information on corals, including coral threats, conservation, education, resources, and coral reef videos.
CORIS. NOAA’s Coral Reef Information System
http://coris.noaa.gov/about/what_are/
Hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Department of Commerce, this is an interactive website with information on coral reefs. The site allows users to locate region-specific data, use a Google Maps-based applications, and access to data and metadata created by NOAA research. The site also offers information on coral reef biology, deep water corals, coral diseases, and more. A variety of other informative tools including acronyms and an abbreviation list, a taxonomic list of species in the metadata database, and a glossary, which defines thousands of technical and scientific terms used in coral reef science and management, are also available.
The Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/joinanddonate/rescuereef/
This site provides coral reef facts, quizzes, pictures, e-cards, videos and ways to help coral reefs.
Whyville
http://www.whyville.net/smmk/top/gates?source=reef
Supported by the MacArthur Foundation, this site is a virtual reef that the user can dive into and discover the amazing marine life that dwells within. The user can become a coral reef scientist and keep track of fish, coral, turtles, and other reef creatures. This site also has games and the opportunity to ask real scientists questions.
Ocean World
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/index.html
This site is hosted by the Jason Education Project at Texas A&M University and provides a brief lesson on coral reefs and includes several colorful images of various types of coral reefs, an interactive quiz, and real time data on coral reefs.
LESSONS
Build a Prosthetic Device
This lesson is posted on Engineering Go For It. After completing this activity, students should be able to: describe the engineering design considerations that go into developing quality prostheses, list characteristics and features that are important for a prosthetic leg, and analyze a prototype prosthetic leg and make suggestions for design improvements.
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