With the click of a mouse, students can track her migratory route from Nahant, Mass., to the Arctic Circle. They can plot the seal's position, and find out how deep she dives and how fast she swims. WhaleNet has won a number of awards. The Discovery Channel has chosen the site as a valuable resource for the channel's oceans program this past spring. WhaleNet will be one of three National Science Foundation exhibitors appearing at Expo '98 in Lisbon, an international environmental exhibit to be held next spring.
Teachers are enthusiastic about the site.
Laine Sinkey, a science teacher at the Tower School in Marblehead, Mass., says her students love the site. It's easily accessible. The people that put it together are easy to get hold of. From a teacher's standpoint, it's an easy site to use. Lucy the plastic whale Another big hit with the younger kids is Lucy.