RECOMMENDED WEBSITE LINKS

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Educational Links:

Grupo Tortuguero - The Grupo Tortuguero is a network of individuals, communities, organizations, and institutions from around the world, dedicated to sea turtle conservation. We work to increase connectivity, information sharing and collaboration efforts between a wide network of local fishermen and community members, partner organizations, and entities that make up Grupo Tortuguero.

www.nofishinmydish.com - No-Fish Game Helps Kids Understand Overfishing.

www.orca-live.net - See orcas in the wild in British Columbia.

www.mathinmotion.com - Make an origami whale and integrate with math.

www.coastforyou.org - California Coastal Commission site. Adopt A Beach for clean ups and FREE to California educators Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds Science Activity Guide (154 pages). Also available in PDF format.

www.marinecareers.net - Reference for students interested in careers in marine science.

Marine, Coastal and Watershed Resource Directory - List of 400 organizations in California that provide outreach or volunteer opportunities.

www.mindenpictures.com - Beautiful animal and earth photographs for sale from the worlds most famous wildlife photographers. Several of the marine mammal photos are seen on Save The Whales website.

Whale Population Statistics Educational Concepts and Skills - Includes geography, use of maps & charts, and environmental relationships.

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Tagging Ocean Animals:

Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) is a 10-year project (headquartered at Hopkins Marine Station, Long Marine Lab, and NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Center in Pacific Grove, both in California) that is putting satellite tags on thousands of the Pacific Ocean’s top predators. Its new site uses the latest Web technology to connect humans who love and are intrigued by the oceans with the lives of ocean-going animals. It features animated maps of migrating white sharks, leatherback turtles, salmon sharks and elephant seals, with 18 more species to come. Researchers blog daily, currently from a shark-tagging cruise off California, a turtle-tagging expedition in Indonesia, and a black-footed albatross fledgling tagging in Midway Atoll. By downloading a widget, kids (and adults) can maintain a direct connection to a live wild migrating animal in the Pacific Ocean.

Other features on TOPP include videos, updated ocean news, photo-of-the-day, ask-a-researcher, and feature stories about the research, the animals and the scientists.

The site was created by the same team behind the Great Turtle Race. That project demonstrated that the approach of engaging the general public with interactive graphics, combined with stories that explain the science by using multimedia tools and by linking directly to a living, migrating animal, is a powerful way to educate people.

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Whale Watching Links:

www.sanctuarycruises.com - Save the Whales recommends Sanctuary Cruises for whale watching in Monterey Bay, CA.

whalewatchwestcork.com

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