This activity is designed to give introductory-level and general education-level students the opportunity to explore marine environments using Google Earth. By completing this activity, either in class, as a laboratory activity, or as a homework assignment, students will examine information on the characteristics of different marine environments and the species that live in different marine environments.

The learning objectives of this assignment were for the students to become more familiar with the different marine environments and to connect information from the textbook, and earlier in the semester, to that provided on Google Earth.

Keywords: Ocean, marine, environments, Google Earth tour