Oceanography

I just wanted to put together some resources on Oceanography we could use to teach in South Africa. Perhaps some websites, worksheets, experiments, etc.

http://www.ori.org.za/

"The Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI) is a division of the South African Association for Marine Biological Research (SAAMBR) which strives to stimulate community awareness of the marine environment through education and promote wise, sustainable use of marine resources through scientific investigation."


I think I might go through and read a few of the articles: 


http://www.ori.org.za/newsletter.html 


http://www.ori.org.za/files/oriclenewsletter56.pdf

the pictures are just wonderful :)

     

oh here are some more websites to check out:

COLLABORATION
Over its 40-year history ORI has collaborated with numerous local, regional and international research institutes and academic institutions, as well as government departments and agencies, task groups, working groups and special committees. Below is a list of collaborators, research partners and universities:

REGIONAL

Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR)	http://www.csir.co.za
eThekwini Municipality (Durban)	http://www.durban.gov.za
Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife (EKZNW)	http://www.kznwildlife.com
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)	http://www.hsrc.ac.za
KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs	http://www.kwazulunatal.gov.za
KZN Department of Local Government and Housing	http://www.kznhousing.gov.za
KZN Planning and Development Commission (TRPC)	http://www.kznplanning.gov.za
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	http://www.nda.agric.za
Natal Sharks Board (NSB)	http://www.shark.co .za
National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	http://www.environment.gov.za
National Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF)	http://www.dwaf.gov.za
National Ports Authority (NPA)	http://www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net
National Research Foundation (NRF)	http://www.nrf.ac.za
The Department of Nature Conservation in the Eastern Cape	The Eastern Cape Dept. of Economic affairs, environment and tourism : http://www.ecprov.gov.za
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)	http://www.dbsa.org
The South African Network of Coastal and Oceanic Research (SANCOR)	http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/sancor
The South-West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project - SWIOFP	http://www.swiofp.net
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF SA)	http://www.panda.org.za

INTERNATIONAL

Commonwealth Science Council (CSC)	http://www.thecommonwealth.org
Department of Coastal Zone Management, Mozambique (MICOA)
Fisheries Department of Namibia	Ministry of Fisheries - Namibia http://www.mfmr.gov.na
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Barcelona
Instituto de Investigacao Pesqueira, Mozambique (IIP)
Norwegian Development Agency (NORAD)	http://www.norad.no
The World Bank	http://www.worldbank.org
The World Conservation Union (IUCN)	http://www.iucn.org/places/earo
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF:Moz)	http://www.wwf.org.mz
University of Tel Aviv	http://www.telavivuniv.org
University of Leiden	http://www.leiden.edu
University of McGill	http://www.mcgill.ca
University of Brussels	http://www.ecomama.be

Universities in South Africa

Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology & Fisheries Science	http://www.ru.ac.za/Ichthyology
University of Cape Town Department of Zoology	http://www.zoology.uct.ac.za
University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Biological and Conservation Sciences	http://biology.ukzn.ac.za/
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Department of Zoology	http://www.nmmu.ac.za/default.asp?id=228&bhcp=1
University of Pretoria Department of Genetics	http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=1398
University of Zululand Department of Zoology	http://www.uzulu.ac.za

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