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NOAA Ocean Explorer YouTube "Looking for ways to pull students into class on time and immediately submerge their minds into the topic of the day? Check out the Ocean Explorer YouTube videos. If, when my students come in, I have a video playing that pertains to our lessons for the day, they won't complain about having to reflect on what they're seeing and they'll never be late again! The footage on these is great!" – Ly, Bridge Teacher Reviewer		INSPIRE: Chile Margin Expedition Feb. 24 - Mar. 17, 2010 Travel along with scientists from Woods Hole, Scripps, Univ. of Washington, and NOAA for the first systematic exploration of the geologically unique Chile Triple Junction, the only known location on Earth that can co-host every known form of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystem: hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, oxygen minimum zones, whale-, wood- & kelp-falls.		Changing Your Latitude Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Station in Antarctica invites you to join them during their 18th field research season. Log on to their blog to track the ship, explore the environment with Google Earth, view photos and videos, post questions to the scientists and download new instructional materials that parallel the scientific research.