Games

Ocean Explorer

  • Website: www.oceanography.com/apps/games/oceanexplorer/
  • Description: Embark on an educational submarine adventure through the ocean's mysterious zones! Discover fascinating marine creatures, collect interesting facts, and learn about the incredible diversity of ocean life.
Oceanography Trivia
  • Website: www.oceanography.com/apps/games/trivia/
  • Description: Dive into the fascinating world of oceanography with our free interactive trivia game! Challenge yourself with questions ranging from basic ocean facts to advanced marine science. Choose from four difficulty levels and see how much you really know about our planet's oceans.
Catch the Fish
  • Website: www.oceanography.com/apps/games/catchthefish/
  • Description: A fun and free online game where you test your reflexes by catching swimming fish! This educational oceanography game features various species of ocean fish and multiple difficulty levels.

Simulators

Ocean Wave Simulator

  • Website: www.oceanography.com/apps/simulators/wavesim/
  • Description: This free interactive tool allows you to visualize and understand how ocean waves form and behave under different environmental conditions. Adjust parameters like wind speed, fetch distance, water depth, and wave period to see realistic wave dynamics in real-time.

Tools

Oceanography Calculators

  • Website: www.oceanography.com/apps/tools/calculators/
  • Description: Professional free calculators for marine scientists, students, and ocean enthusiasts. Accurate calculations for salinity, pressure, density, wave properties, and ocean areas.
NOAA's Data Visualization Tools (NOAA View | Science on a Sphere)
  • Website: sos.noaa.gov/education/
  • Provides real-time ocean data, satellite imagery, and climate trends.
  • Great for exploring ocean temperatures, currents, and marine life distributions.
Ocean Tracks
  • Website: oceantracks.org
  • Interactive tool that allows students to track real-time movements of sharks, seals, whales, and seabirds.
  • Teaches about ocean currents, migration, and marine conservation.
Marine Debris Tracker
  • Website: debristracker.org
  • An interactive citizen science tool where students can log marine debris data in their local areas.
Google Earth Ocean Layer
  • Website: earth.google.com/
  • Allows exploration of underwater topography, deep-sea trenches, and marine protected areas in 3D.
Deep Sea Interactive
  • Website: neal.fun/deep-sea
  • A visually engaging tool that lets students scroll down into the deep sea and discover marine life at different depths.
MBARI's Deep-Sea Guide
  • Website: dsg.mbari.org
  • A searchable database of deep-sea animals with real footage and images from deep-sea dives.
Ocean Literacy Interactive e-Book
  • Website: oceanliteracy.org
  • A multimedia book with animations, quizzes, and videos covering essential ocean concepts.
Sea Turtle Conservancy

Oceanography.com
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