Fun and Games -  with an Environmental Theme

http://www.globalcommunity.org/flash/wombat.shtml - cute video featuring a wombat telling us the facts about our planet Earth. 

http://cetus.ucsd.edu/voicesinthesea_org/Flash/ - match the whale with its call

http://www.vanaqua.org/conservationinaction/rockfish/our_rockfish.htm - see if you can identify BC's rockfish!

http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/whale/ - identify the whale vocals you hear and match them with their oscilloscope image. 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/deeps -  Simulation of what a sperm whale with a critter camera would see (National Geographic)

http://schoolcentral.com/willoughby4/salmontest/SalmonFoodChain-June29-04.html - addresses ecosystem dynamics with orca as the top of the food web. 

http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/kennytheshark/kennytheshark.html - fun shark games

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/fungames/animations/swim-with-the-whales - species information and great animated video of relative whale sizes (“Diving With Whales”)

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/energy/energy_efficient/index.cfm - how energy efficient are you?

http://www.ology.amnh.org/ - "OLogy" is  a science website for kids ages seven through twelve created by the American Museum of Natural History.   Click on biodiversity and marine biology.  See, for example, "Journey to the Bottom of the Sea" http://ology.amnh.org/marinebiology/journeytothebottom/boardgame.html and "Think and Link" http://ology.amnh.org/marinebiology/divein/game.html 

http://www.mbayaq.org/lc/activities.asp - many on-line marine themed games from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.    

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/edgeofsea/tidepool.html - PBS virtual tide-pool.

http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/Visitor/TidePool/VRTidepool/welcome.html  - Virtual tide-pool, click on the species drawing to find out more about the organism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/games.shtml - Games related to the fantastic Blue Planet video series. My favourite is "Journey to the Deep" http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/blue/master.shtml

http://www.junglewalk.com/frames.asp - Search for the organism of choice and select for links, audio or video! Remarkable site.  A couple of favourites are the footage of the very smart giant Pacific octopus attacking a shark and the escape response of a cockle to an attack of the sunflower star. http://video.pbs.org:8080/ramgen/wnet/nature/octopus/sharkT1.rm?altplay=sharkT1.rm and http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/uploads/video/source/clamfinal.mov

http://www.ebiomedia.com/gall/larvae/larva1.html - Brilliant site showing pictures of plankton and what organism it will develop into 

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/fish.html - design a fish to suit its habitat.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/ and http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/index.shtml   - Learn all about the seas and marine mammals from “Enchanted Learning.”  Includes whale fact sheets; colouring sheets and connect the dots.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/xray_flash.html what do a whale and a bat have in common?  Check this out. 

http://marinebio.com/MarineBio/MindGames/ - Database of many excellent activities with a marine biology focus.

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids/ - The David Suzuki Foundation’s eco-challenge for kids; 10 simple ways to help Nature.

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/canwaters-eauxcan/bbb-lgb/index_e.asp - Department of Fisheries and Oceans education site - games, quizzes and links.  

http://www.seasky.org/sea_games.html - sea theme games  

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