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Fun Activities for Kids You have probably heard people blame "El Niño" for everything from bad weather to lost homework. Now we are going to "blame El Niño" for inspiring a delicious and colorful dessert--El Nino Pudding! Toppy the Satellite welcomes you to his "TOPEX/Poseidon Online Coloring & Activity Book." Through his fun pictures and activities, you can learn all about him, the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite, and what he does. Teachers! Looking to incorporate the ocean of knowledge out there into your classroom? You've come to the right place! Ocean World's Teacher Workroom offers you lesson plans, integrated technology lab stations, links to oceanography teaching materials, and more! Find all this and more in the links below. Each one 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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Kids, Y, G "Believe it or Not" Ocean Facts - fun and interesting facts Jet Propulsion Laboratory
T, Kids A Jason-1 Oceanic Adventure - Voyage on the High Seas - a board game with information/classroom activities on back. PDF version available on-line. TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 Outreach Team, JPL
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Kids El Niño Pudding - delicious learning fun for kids of all ages Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kids, Y, T The Geonauts inquire into the oceans - on-line CD-ROM to learn about ocean processes and satellite altimetry Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur / Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Kids Activity book - fun games, puzzles and facts University of Texas, CSR
Kids, Y, T Web pages for Kids - a great site for educational entertainment University of Texas, CSR
Kids, Y, T Physical Oceanography from Space for Young Adults JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Kids, Y, T Ocean World - on-line resources for educators, information about useful books, links to lesson plans and classroom activities Texas A&M University


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