Oceanography Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!Interactive Oceanography: https://www.whoi.edu/multimedia/type/interactive-science/
Smithsonian Secrets of the Sea: https://smithsonianeducation.org/interactives/secretsofthesea/index.html
Oceanography Projects and Activities: https://serc.carleton.edu/serc/site_guides/oceanography_activities.html
NASA Oceanography: https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/focus-areas/oceanography
Oceanography and Media: https://octaneseating.com/blog/ocean-and-sea/
BEBCO Ocean Maps and Charts: https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/printable_maps/
What is Oceanography? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu87E6OFElM
A Scientist’s Life in 99 Seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYjexR1limo
Careers in Oceanography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFHREUrMLSY
How do Ocean Currents Work?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4pWafuvdrY
A Physical Oceanographer’s Life in 99 Seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PbGOkr3GTI
A Chemical Oceanographer’s Life in 99 Seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XiAzTlPp8
A Biological Oceanographer’s Life in 99 Seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnyX8UTn9ak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzoPVTfjkc8
Marine Geology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tToib2WPzjM&list=PLT_oAYD1nxxmQx78D2FIH5HMKCUEeFgEJ&index=4
Create a plane astrolabe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHRtkMOYSP8
Distill fresh water from salt water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qD0QGiKtXM
Hypatia of Alexandria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ5_ohn3fP0
Early Ocean Navigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DlNhbkPiYY
Magellan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylwiOLab5AA
Explorers Not Named Columbus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9DmcWjllk
Captain Cook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yXNrLTddME
Harrison Clock Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlRxWJ_kGEA
Calculate Longitude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlRxWJ_kGEA
NASA's Oceanography Site: https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/focus-areas/oceanography
US Exploring Expedition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWeGu0WTOes
The HMS Challenger Expedition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ikP-N6Zuw
How the Challenger Paved the Way for Oceanography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxcKqJHQsyA
Fridtjof Nansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR7_wNdxLac
Jacques Cousteau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z08SD5iRuk
Ocean Zones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE8JYv_cKng
Sunlight Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVKNCtDHsw
Mariana Trench: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoEVezcE0k0
Moray Eels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM1Gh99VOx8
What is the value of the twilight zone?: https://youtu.be/w-MmLhQDfao
Twilight Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGF4ajM0I1k
Box Jellyfish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r58QH7LrLRY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btIYzPCQ3H8
Exploring the Twilight Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwpGfQZ8tF0
Could You Survive the Real Twilight Zone?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yJ3RySf9U4
Hatchetfish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbY3bSg8ua8
Cuttlefish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDwOi7HpHtQ
Giant Squid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZxGGQc_hRI
Midnight Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkfTSlTnaBQ
Stoplight Loosejaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CukrrzfXvZg
Colossal Squid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZxGGQc_hRI
Sperm Whales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjVFpEQNyYY
Sperm Whale vs Giant Squid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAF1qolKWIE
Anglerfish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVerZsbYiw
Abyssopelagic Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHWdH0zDbQ
Tripod Fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjZFWxS1c-A
Goblin Shark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8TT90LWYaw
Grenadiers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQEw63u3TpE
Life in the Marianas Trench: https://youtu.be/6N4xmNGeCVU
Pistol Shrimp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJm0npZAk3o
Mantis Shrimp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Li1k5hGBE
Tube worms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j_RfzhddBM
Sea Spiders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejayKNhfudE
Yeti Crab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r17cPDVzTls
Virtual ROV Dives: https://interactiveoceans.washington.edu/virtual-dives-on-axial-seamount-using-a-remotely-operated-vehicle-rov/
Bio-inspired eel rover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltNMpXV_xw8
Chinese bio-inspired fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCPnQMHrT70
Seafloor Mapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpHr1MKIn2c
23rd Annual Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arSxvVw1MFk
The Ocean poem analysis: https://poemanalysis.com/nathaniel-hawthorne/the-ocean/
Allegory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IOsFCieGQA
Symbolism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR9VbSXxouM
Nathaniel Hawthorne Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZnSw-CvLOo
The Ocean Poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iie4jLMSKCs
The Ocean Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JMMztBvfMw
The Best Shanties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb5B2U5iG_I
The Mystery of The Flying Dutchman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDk4B-byvPA
Breakdown of Wagner’s Flying Dutchman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsNggkgilCA
Wagner’s Flying Dutchman (Overture): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqezCR_XzaI
The Subtle Construction of an Unsubtle Overture - The Flying Dutchman Overture | Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfnftJYxKkg
Complete Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow5ZT3q4LDk
Painting and Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijJsCMwk3OM
Ocean current experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB-gBvX-524
How do Ocean Currents Work?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4pWafuvdrY
Curl of the Vector Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEwZeY51mT0
Fluids In Motion (CrashCourse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJefjG3xhW0
Lagrangian vs. Eulerian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iItS2O8Fcf8
Sverdup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvGhEVctDDw
Surface Currents & Ekman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBKmKI3tl4Q
What is a Gyre?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6i16CrI8ss
Partial Differential Equations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvrIagjEk4c
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey by Sylvia A. Earle
Essentials of Oceanography by Tom S. Garrison and Robert Ellis
The World Beneath: The Life and Times of Unknown Sea Creatures and Coral Reefs by Dr. Richard Smith
Marine Biology for the Non-Biologist by Andrew Caine
Marine Biology: A Very Short Introduction by Philip V. Mladenov
Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science by Tom S. Garrison
Dive Atlas of the World by Jack Jackson
The Blue Wonder by Frauke Bagusche
The Extreme Life of the Sea by Anthony R. Palumbi
Citizens of the Sea by Nancy Knowlton
Mapping the Deep by Robert Kunzig
Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish by Ken Schultz
Handbook of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World by Mark Carwardine
Two Worlds: Above and Below the Sea by David Doubilet