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  • Ocean Observers - the comic
  • Teaching materials
  • Learn about observing the ocean
  • Discover the working group
  • About the initiative
  • Photo gallery
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An illustration showing several instruments observing the ocean: a drifting buoy, a moored platform, an autonomous glider, sensors on the back of a sea turtle, a profiling float, a research vessel with a CTD rosette. Information is sent to a satellite. On the shore, there is a sea level gauge. Two children are studying the water while an adult woman watches over them.

Learn about observing the ocean

Discover the various ocean observing networks!

Discover the working group

About the initiative

  • Ocean Observers - the comic
  • Teaching materials
    • 5-8 years old
      • "The Ocean is my home" booklet
      • Follow the journey of an Argo float
      • Discover the various observation networks with Glidey
      • Drawing a data buoy, a satellite and an Argo float [video]
      • Colouring sheet on the tools used by an oceanographer
      • Colouring sheets on the instruments observing the ocean
        • Discover all the instruments observing the ocean
        • Discover the gliders
        • Meet the turtle scientists
    • 9-11 years old
    • 12-18 years old
    • All ages
  • Learn about observing the ocean
  • Discover the working group
  • About the initiative
  • Photo gallery
English (United Kingdom)
English (United Kingdom)
  • Teaching materials
    • 5-8 years old
    • 9-11 years old
    • 12-18 years old
    • All ages
  • 5-8 years old
    • "The Ocean is my home" booklet
    • Follow the journey of an Argo float
    • Discover the various observation networks with Glidey
    • Drawing a data buoy, a satellite and an Argo float [video]
    • Colouring sheet on the tools used by an oceanographer
    • Colouring sheets on the instruments observing the ocean
  • Colouring sheets on the instruments observing the ocean
    • Discover all the instruments observing the ocean
    • Discover the gliders
    • Meet the turtle scientists
  • Meet the turtle scientists

Meet the turtle scientists

Discover how sea turtles can help oceanographers

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Follow up with a reading activity:

"The Ocean is my home" (5-8)

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Last update on 12/10/2023

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  • Ocean Observers - the comic
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  • Learn about observing the ocean
  • Discover the working group
  • About the initiative
  • Photo gallery

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