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Coast and Geodetic Survey Activities:

These images document the geodetic surveying of the United States and its territories, the nautical charting work associated with producing charts for the marine waterways of the United States and its territories, and the development of early geophysics and oceanography.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey flip books chronicle this rich heritage. The flip books will take you on a trip through time and throughout our United States with these men who surveyed the land and the marine waterways of America, helped form the present scientific infrastructure of the United States, and whose indomitable spirit and perseverance is captured in these many remarkable images.

• Geodesy History Flip Book - Geodesy provides a geographic reference system of longitudes, latitudes, directions, and elevations to which all depths and other information of value to mariners can be referenced.
• Nautical Charting History Flip Book - The Nautical Charting section of the Coast and Geodetic Survey flip book is comprised of many of the elements that go into making nautical charts. Ship operations, boat operations, navigation, soundings, and tides and tidal currents are major elements of the field operations related to producing nautical charts.
• Oceanography History Flip Book - In this flip book join the Coast and Geodetic oceanographers of yesteryear as they study the Gulf Stream, discover geological and geophysical phenomena, and develop new and better methods of studying the World ocean.

Weather Activities:

• Interactive Tornado - The Fujita Scale Of Tornado Violence
• Nauticus's Online Weather Curriculum
• Earth-Sun Relationships - VA SOLs: K.8, 1.6, 3.8, 6.6, 6.8, ES.3, ES.13
• Pressure Cups - VA SOLs: 6.6
• Tornado Tubes - VA SOLs: 2.6, 4.6, 6.3, ES.13

Fisheries Activities:

• Interactive Shark Anatomy
• Coloring Pages - Juvenile Emperor Angelfish
• Coloring Pages - Fish
• Coloring Pages - Sea Turtle
• Coloring Pages - Whale

Marine Sanctuaries Activities:

BUILD YOUR OWN MARINE SANCTUARY

Hey kids, this is one time when it's ok to make a scene, an ocean scene that is. Click and drag the pictures to create your own animated Marine Sanctuary. Click the refresh button to start again. Make sure you scroll down to see all of the images. Play now!

ROV MAZE GAME

Guide your own ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) through the maze to reach the treasure chest. Play now!

ROV SIMULATOR

Darkness, cold and crushing pressures have challenged the most experienced engineers to develop submersibles that descend to the sea floor, giving explorers the capacity to make detailed observations and collect samples of unexplored ecosystems from the safety of a research vessel on the ocean's surface. If you use Internet Explorer 5 or better, the following activities will allow you to see what the researchers see in the dark ocean depths. Users of other browsers will see images of shipwrecks and fascinating deep sea life.

• RMS Titanic Bow: A view of the bow of the RMS Titanic from a camera mounted on the outside of the Mir I submersible. (Image from NOAA)
• RMS Titanic Rusticle: Rusticle hanging from the stern section of the RMS Titanic showing secondary growths during maturation. (Image from NOAA)
• USS Monitor: Photomosaic of the USS Monitor's lower hull showing the port armor belt. (Image from NOAA)
• USS Monitor: The framing around the main engine of the USS Monitor. (Image from NOAA)
• USS Monitor: Mosaic showing the USS Monitor from the stern. The displaced turret supports the armor belt along the port side of the wreck. The white frames in the image are cradles for 200-pound sacrifical anodes used to retard corrosion. (Image from NOAA)
• USS Monitor: View across the forward area of the wreck looking aft. Shows the significant collapse of the midships bulkhead. The structure to the right is the now displaced "turret support truss" and marks the original location of the USS Monitor's turret. (Image from NOAA)
• Deep sea vent: Black smoker at a mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal vent. (Image from NOAA)
• Life in the deep: Mussels, worms and a spider crab at a hydrocarbon seep community. (Image from NOAA)
• Life in the deep: Tube worms at a Pacific hydrothermal vent are related to hydrocarbon seep worms. Riftia pachyptila. (Image from NOAA)