EDUCATION - Posters, Brochures, CD's and Slides
In this section you'll find information about the award winning, Visit to an Ocean Planet CD-ROM. Plan a scientific
cruise to the Gulf of Mexico to study whales, explore El Niño 1997, or meet the oceanographers. You will
discover many details about the TOPEX/Poseidon mission. This multimedia CD-ROM follows widely accepted science
curriculum standards and has lessons and classroom activities.
There are also great posters available including El Niño Poster
with information and classroom activities. These activities are available on the poster, or on-line in PDF format.
Each of the links below
is given an "Audience Rating" to help you can find just the material you're looking for.
Audience: T = Teacher materials, G = General public, Kids = K-Gr 8, Y = Young adults and K-12, U = Undergrads, S = Scientists and Graduate students
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Audience
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Material
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Contributor
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All
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Jason-1 5th Anniversary/Ocean Literacy Bookmark
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Jason-1 Project Office, JPL
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T, Kids, All
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Phytopia: Discovery of the Marine Ecosystem is an educational CD-ROM.
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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, University of New England and Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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T, Kids, All
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Oceans' Music: Climate's Dance an eye-catching
poster with information and educational activities on back to aid in studying
the connections between ocean circulation and global climate.
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TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 Outreach Team, JPL and AVISO
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T, Kids
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A Jason-1 Oceanic Adventure - Voyage on the High Seas - a board game with
information/classroom activities on back. PDF version available on-line.
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TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 Outreach Team, JPL
the Space Place
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T, All
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El Niño Poster- information/classroom activities on back. PDF version available on-line.
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TOPEX/Poseidon Project Office, JPL
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T, Kids, Y
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Visit to an Ocean Planet - a highly acclaimed interactive educational CD-ROM
useful for Grades 6-12. Vugraphs are available on-line to
provide information about the CD-ROM. A PDF version (1.1 MB) is also available.
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TOPEX/Poseidon Project Office, JPL
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All
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Perspectives on an Ocean Planet - an informational CD-ROM
Information available on-line.
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TOPEX/Poseidon Project Office, JPL
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All
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Changing Climates: the Ocean Connection - an informational brochure on TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and several
other Earth Observing missions. This is a 2.1 MB PDF file.
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TOPEX/Poseidon Project Office, JPL
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T, Kids, Y
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The Geonauts Inquire into the Oceans - on-line CD-ROM to learn about ocean processes and satellite altimetry.
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Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur / Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
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T, Kids, Y
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El Niño slide set - avaliable from
Finley-Holiday Film (800) 345-6707
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TOPEX/Poseidon Project Office/Finley-Holiday Film
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