Resources for COSEE West - LACSSP
Waves and Energy Professional Development
at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
December 4, 2010
General Wave Resources
Basic tutorial http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/wav/index.html
Wave Watchers Companion by Gavin Pretor-Pinney ISBN 978-0399534263 (naturalist’s guide)
Life on an Ocean Planet published by Currents
Project Earth Science: Physical Oceanography NSTA Press ISBN 0-87355-130-3
Strategic Science Teaching K – 12 CA Dept. of Education
Hawk, Steve. Waves. ISBN: 0811845176
Klemm, E. Barbara, et al. The Fluid Earth ISBN 0-937049-58-1
Liem, Tik L. Invitations to Science Inquiry. 2nd Edition.1992.
Smith, Criag B. Extreme Waves
Stepans, Joseph. Targeting Students’ Science Misconceptions. ISBN 1-885041-12-8
http://stepalaska.com/lessons_database/index.php - lessons by topic
Youth:
Oceans. Delta Science Reader
Oceans Waves and Currents by Glen Phelan. Delta Education
Shoreline Scientist by Craig Strang, Delta Education Seeds of Science
Light, Sound and Waves Science Fair Projects: Using Sunglasses, Guitars, CDs and
Other Stuff by Robert Gardner.
Mason, Paul. Ocean in Motion: Surfing and the Science of Waves ISBN 10-1-4296-3125-2
Stille, Darlene. Waves: Energy on the Move ISBN 0-7565-1719-2
Sound
Sound in the Sea http://www.dosits.org/
How to build a hydrophone:
http://www.dosits.org/files/dosits/hydrophone_%20instruc_wo_image
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/waves/tfl.cfm
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/sound.htm
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/acoustics/acoustics.html
Light
Light waves http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/roygbiv/roygbiv.html
Waves for energy http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/wave-power/
Electromagnetic waves http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/waves.html
Visible light http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html
What is color? Space and light http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/proj/advanced/color/whatis.asp
How the atmosphere effects Earth http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/wavelength.html
Waves on the sun http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/cowabunga-surfing-the-sun/
How the eye works http://library.thinkquest.org/26111/howitworks.html
http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/simply-science/episode_20_how_does_the
Water Waves
http://www.kqed.org/quest/files/download/17/108a_ScienceOfBigWaves.pdf
http://www.mos.org/oceans/motion/wind.html
ripple tank video http://techtv.mit.edu/genres/32-science/videos/3470-ripple-tank-single-anddouble-slit-diffraction-and-interference
angles of reflection and refraction, ripple tanks
http://www.scilinks.org/MyScilinks/SearchByCode.aspx?Enc=1&Scilink=Yqi4F+cV5GzQ=&E
ntPt=YpCP484+5TCuAeBxVz3SU4w==
Smith, Craig B. Extreme Waves ISBN 0-309-10062-3
Coasts and waves http://coastalchange.ucsd.edu/st3_basics/waves.html
Wind wave animation
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/waves/swf/wave_wind.html
Tsunami and Earthquakes
Tsunami and Earthquake Center USGS http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/index.html
FAQ’s about Tsunamis and Earthquakes
http://www.exploratorium.edu/falutline/
http://myhazards.calema.ca.gov/
http://www.usgs.gov/faq/?search=tsunamis&submit=Search&action=search
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/basics.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2005/01/fieldwork2.html
volcanoes, earthquakes, impact craters and plate techtonics map and lessons
http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2800/
Tsunami preparedness videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh12VWPtVXc&feature=PlayList&p=B48F938F030
CC572&index=0&playnext=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7NAmejiVE&feature=related
West Coast Tsunami Warning Center http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/
National Tsunami Warning Center http://nthmp.tsunami.gov/
USGS Surviving a Tsunami Publication http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
Surf forecast
http://socalforecast.blogspot.com/
http://magicseaweed.com/California-South-Surf-Forecast/17/
http://www.swellwatch.com/home/
How to make waves believable in the movies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Ibf1CTw-A&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0siHDBdyhw