In this activity, students will use the nanoos.org website to explore live ocean buoy data in order to determine if upwelling is happening off the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. This is a higher level thinking assignment in which students will have to analyze data and apply their knowledge to form a conclusion.The assignment starts with some background information about upwelling, and then directs students to the website. There, they will examine live data, in 4 categories - wind di