The purpose of this activity is to give you a sampling of some of the aspects of Oceans. The websites have been carefully chosen to interest you and the questions to challenge you. Good luck and have fun learning about Oceans!

The following links come from all over the Internet and represent a variety of viewpoints. You may answer the questions alone or by working in a group.

Sites to Explore

Habitats Questions:

1. Of what is land on beaches made?
2. Where are most coral reefs found and what is the water temperature like in this region?
3. What are four types of estuaries?

1. Why are mangroves important to the adjacent reefs and what types of conditions do they require?
2. Sea Oats grow on coastal dunes on sandy shores. Why are they important?
3. What is a barnacle? (Hint: you can find them on rocky shores)

1. What do all animals of the ocean depend on to survive?
2. What is the difference between phytoplankton and zooplankton?
3. What is at the top of the marine food chain?

1. When you are finished answering the questions above, you may explore this site.

1. When you are finished answering the questions above, take this food web challenge and see how much you have learned!

Conclusion

While exploring this sampler on Oceans, we hope you had fun, learned, and most importantly connected with some part of this topic. If you did not, please go back and explore some other links and look deeper inside yourself. Be prepared to explain how you feel more interested in or connected to the topic now than before you tried this sampler.