Annotated+Websites

**All about sharks** [] This website explains many characteristics of sharks including size, variety, skeleton, teeth, shark attacks, etc.

**Britannica Online: Marine Ecosystem** [] Marine waters cover two-thirds of the surface of the Earth. In some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high: for example, the Mariana Trench and the Tonga Trench in the western part of the Pacific Ocean reach depths in excess of 10,000 meters (32,800 feet). Within this ocean habitat live a wide variety of organisms that have evolved in response to various features of their environs.

**Discovery Kids Jimircok** [] This website lets you play games about underwater, wach video dives, and create you own underwater character.

**EPA: Aquatic Biodiversity: Marine Ecosystems** [] Marine ecosystems are a part of the largest aquatic system on the planet, covering over 70% of the Earth's surface. The habitats that make up this vast system range from the productive near shore regions to the barren ocean floor.

**Games and Interactives** [] This website is sponsorded by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and features many fun games and activities all related to the oceans and ocean life.

**Great White Shark Facts** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This website looks like an interactive book that students can flip through to get information about Great White Sharks,

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Kids do ecology: World biomes** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This website lists all the aquatic and terrestrial biomes. Students can then click on each biome and learn more.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Oceans and marine life science ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This websites give a lot of information about oceans and the purpose of oceans. It also gives a lot links to other great aquatic sites.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Shark Feeding** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This website gives information on reasons why shark feeding by humans should and should not be banned.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**What it's like where you live: tropical oceans** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This website gives lots of information about coral reefs.