Getting out (while remaining in)
The vast majority of us are now working from home, and in many instances physically removed from our engagements with the world’s oceans and seas which provide a shared point of contact for us all. As such, we’ve drawn together a collection of online resources and activities that you may find useful for teaching, a momentary diversion and/or a source of entertainment/education for home schooling. If you have any suggestions for further resources please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Virtual dive trails
Explore a wide range of virtual dive trails around historic vessels in UK waters - many of which have been worked on by staff or alumni from the University of Southampton here.
Explore the Great Barrier Reef via a virtual dive on google street view here.
MOOCs
Try the Exploring our Ocean MOOC, led out of Ocean and Earth Science here.
Learn about maritime archaeology from the Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds MOOC - while not running many of the steps have been released as free to use here.
Miscellaneous
Mappin’ the Floor: a comic detailing how bathymetric survey is carried out here.
A range of educational resources about Oceans from National Geographic can be found here.