Informal Activities
| Title | Description | URL |
Activities About Ocean, Coasts, and Weather 126 Mb |
Set of 43 activities grouped into three themes: Explore The Earth, Understand The Earth and Protect The Earth. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Watch Out Storms Ahead Owlie Skywarn's Weather Book 1.6 Mb |
Children's booklet provides information and activities on ways to survive hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, floods and winter storms. | weather.gov/os/ brochures.shtml |
| How Do You Make a Weather Satellite? 1.7 Mb |
Booklet describes the principles of remote sensing satellites. | weather.gov/os/ brochures.shtml |
| Arctic and Antarctic Activity Book 2.2 Mb |
Activity book for young students about the animals of the Arctic and Antarctic. | coastalscience.noaa. gov/education/ |
| Chesapeake Bay Activity Book 1.6 Mb |
Activity book for young students about the animals of the Chesapeake Bay. | coastalscience.noaa. gov/education/ |
| North Carolina Coasts Activity Book
909 Kb |
Describes science and hazards related to flooding. | coastalscience.noaa. gov/education/ |
| Salish Sea Activity Book 1.1 Mb |
Activity book for young students about the animals of the Salish Sea. | coastalscience.noaa. gov/education/ |
| Mobile Bay Activity Book 888 Kb |
Activity book for young students about the animals of Mobile Bay. | coastalscience.noaa. gov/education/ |
| Hawaiian Islands Activity Book 2.9 Mb |
Activity book for young students about the animals of the Hawaiian Islands. | coastalscience.noaa. gov/education/ |
| Coastal Louisiana Activity Book 2.8 Mb |
Activity book for young students about the animals of coastal Louisiana. | coastalscience.noaa. gov/education/ |
| Coral Reef Activity Book 4.2 Mb |
Activity book for young students about the animals of the coral reef. | coastalscience.noaa. gov/education/ |
| Boat Building Challenge
1.7 Mb |
Design a boat hull that can float a specified weight and then design a way to propel your vessel using wind power. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Make Your Own Compass 1.4 Mb |
Make a simple compass to find magnetic north or south. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Tied Up In Knots 3 Mb |
Learn to tie some basic knots that have been used by sailors for centuries and are useful in everyday life. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Who’s Blue Peter? 946 Kb |
Make a set of nautical signal flags, and use them to send messages. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Earth Origami 1.7 Mb |
Make a three-dimensional model of Earth. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Make your Own Volcano 2.4 Mb |
Make a model of a volcano that erupts. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Tornado in a Bottle 1.2 Mb |
Create a vortex similar to the wind pattern of tornadoes. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Your Own El Niño 1.1 Mb |
Create a working model that shows the El Niño effect, trade winds, and upwelling. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Please Pass the Salt 1.6 Mb |
Experiment to find some of the ways that salt changes the physical properties of water. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Satellite Communications 2.2 Mb |
Demonstrate two of the basic principles that make satellites useful. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Wooly Magma 1.5 Mb |
Make a colorful model of Earth’s structure. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Motion From the Ocean 6.8 Mb |
Make a mobile of ocean animals. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| It All Runs Downhill 1.2 Mb |
Make a model of a watershed, and show how rainfall carries pollution into the ocean and other water bodies. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Toxic! Or Is It? 585 Kb |
Use a radish seed bioassay to test for toxicity. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Endangered Species Origami 1.6 Mb |
Make origami models of whales and turtles. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Make an Edible Coral Reef 7 Mb |
Make an edible model of a coral reef. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| The Water Writers 902 Kb |
Make a sounding box and discover the profile of a model sea floor. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Nautical Chart Challenge 8.8 Mb |
Discover how a nautical chart can help sailors navigate safely in unfamiliar waters. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Build an Underwater Robot 1.4 Mb |
Make a simple underwater remotely operated vehicle. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Be a Shipwreck Detective 3 Mb |
Examine information about items found in and around a shipwreck, and draw conclusions about the ship, who was aboard, and why it sank. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Follow That Hurricane 4.5 Mb |
Track a hurricane using the same type of chart as the National Hurricane Center. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Build Your Own Weather Station 1.5 Mb |
Track a hurricane using the same type of chart as the National Hurricane Center. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Be a Citizen Weather Reporter 544 Kb |
Set up a weather journal and record measurements from the instruments in your weather station. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Survey Hunting 1.8 Mb |
Get information on the location and description of survey marks in your geographic area. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
| Ocean Diversity Challenge 2.2 Mb |
Try to find all 73 ocean organisms in the Year of the Ocean poster. | celebrating200years. noaa.gov/edufun/ book/welcome.html |
