[CINC] a very cool website

[Morgan Coffey]

Ocean Worldhttp://oceanworld.tamu.edu/This ocean-science website­developed by Texas A&M University for students, teachers, and the general public­contains information about many important processes in the ocean, as well as links to teaching material and sources of real-time data that can be used in the classroom. K–12 material is tied to national and Texas standards for teaching science and mathematics. OceanWorld won the 2007 Best Web Site Award from the Geoscience Information Society.  The award is presented annually to a website which exemplifies outstanding standards of content, design, organization, and overall site effectiveness. As well as lots of online information topics, the site offers 3 free downloadable textbooks by Dr. Bob Stewart, Professor of Oceanography at Texas A&M University:         Introduction to Physical Oceanography             a textbook for upper-division college students and new graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, and ocean engineering.         Our Ocean Planet: Oceanography in the 21st Century          Our Ocean Planet: Environmental Geoscience in the 21st Century - partially completed; some chapters already online          "for first-year college students interested in majoring in the subject."
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