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Art gallery: Award-winning student artwork inspired by the ocean

Highly detailed watercolor illustration of a basket star.

Oceanography in a mug

February 4, 2021

Our favorite NOAA Education photos from 2020

January 12, 2021

Madur Dwarakanath is wearing a volunteer vest and smiling at an older couple. He is telling them about shells and rocks on display. The older man is touching and looking at one of the seashells. The older woman looks on, smiling.

Catching up with the NOAA scholars: Where are they now?

September 30, 2020

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Hollings Scholarship

Office of Education

Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions

Hollings alumna Hillary Thalmann samples for larval Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska on the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson during her 2016 internship. Hillary poses on a ship with larval fish sampling nets and large water-quality samplers. She is wearing cold-weather field field gear and a safety helmet.

Traditional Hawaiian knowledge engages students through watershed education

September 24, 2020

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

High school students weed the loʻi (wet taro patch) doing habitat restoration, while also connecting to their ahupuaʻa.

NOAA in your neighborhood

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A rainbow spotted in Silver Spring, Maryland, at 6:20 am on June 19, 2020.

Pathways to marine policy: Knauss Fellows build on past experiences with NOAA

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Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Kayelyn Simmons, a 2021 Knauss Finalist, is conducting habitat photogrammetry mapping while scuba diving.

The 5 C’s I learned as a VSFS intern for NOAA Education

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Molly Wozniak stands in front of the Washington Monument and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture while visiting the NOAA Office of Education in person in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 2020.

Art gallery: Browse the 2019 award-winning student artwork inspired by the ocean

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“Atlantic Octopus” by Alicia Z., Grade 7, is a winner of the Marine Art Contest 2019. Winning art is posted on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary website.

Photo story: 5 lessons learned during my Knauss Fellowship

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Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Genie Bey worked in NOAA’s Office of Education for her 2019 Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.

Photo story: 5 environmental education projects from the Great Lakes

January 31, 2020

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Teachers collect water quality data from the shoreline of Lake Superior during the Rivers2Lake Summer Institute.

Photo gallery: NOAA Education’s best photos from 2019

January 22, 2020

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At NOAA Kids Day, the NOAA family was invited to bring their kids to work at the Silver Spring, Maryland, campus on April 25, 2019. The National Weather Service brought a Van de Graaff machine, an electrostatic generator which uses a moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal globe on the top of an insulated column. This creates very high electric potentials, and is used to teach about electricity, or in this case, lightning strikes.

NOAA Fisheries celebrated International Year of the Salmon with education events

January 17, 2020

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NOAA Fisheries scientist Matt Nesbit talks about salmon at the annual Salmon Summt in Pasco, Washington, in April 2019.

A year in review: 10 intriguing stories from 2019

December 20, 2019

GOES-17 GeoColor view of the Northern Hemisphere, Feb. 9, 2019.

Photo Story: NOAA Education and partner aquariums gather for 3rd collaborative workshop

November 4, 2019

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Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers

After a two-day collaborative workshop at NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, aquarium educators pretend to “take a dive” into NOAA’s wave pool! By the end of the meeting, participants went back to their homes with strengthened relationships and new ideas about how to improve their own institutions and also the Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center (CELC) Network.

What surprised you about working in an estuary? 12 scholars share their insights

September 17, 2019

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Hollings Scholarship

Office of Education

National Estuarine Research Reserves

Andrew Tokuda, Global environmental science major at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, holds a chum salmon while kneeling beside the Tutka Bay estuary. Tokuda interned at the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Homer, Alaska, in summer 2019.

Photo story: Explore NOAA scholarships as undergraduates #TakeoverTuesday

September 3, 2019

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Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions

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Savannah Miller, a 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, takes in the scenery while kayaking in the Sitka Sound in Sitka, Alaska, during her summer internship.

Photo story: Explore NOAA resilience community education projects across the nation

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Environmental Literacy Program

Office of Education

Participants assessing their community vulnerabilities and discussing ways to become more resilient during Week 4 of the USVI Storm Strong Workshop.

Podcast: Listen to NOAA and the Octonauts Episode 3, The Walrus Chief

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Episode 3: The Walrus Chief
Enter the world of walruses with the Alaska SeaLife Center as your guide! Learn about their hierarchy, their amazing multi-use tusks, and their need for protection.

Bay Watershed Education and Training grantees put environmental education into action

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PHOTO - Students explore the intertidal in Hawaii - 021519 - BWET - 1474x780

Podcast: Listen to NOAA and the Octonauts Episode 2, The Undersea Storm

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Episode 2: The Undersea Storm
Learn from The Florida Aquarium about lobsters and how they fare during underwater storms like the one featured in this episode of The Octonauts.

10 reasons why NOAA loves working with teachers

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An enthusiastic educator builds a methane hydrate model as part of a lesson focused on ocean energy during a NOAA Office of Exploration and Research Exploring the Deep Ocean with NOAA professional development workshop. The workshop took place at the Aquarium of the Pacific in San Diego, California.

This Earth Day, we highlight people working to understand and care for our blue planet

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PHOTO - Kaohao Public Charter School students monitor water quality through B-WET WIRED project - 03/01/2018 - Jim Foley/NOAA - 5769 x 2733 - Landscape 19x9

Art gallery: Browse award-winning student artwork inspired by the ocean

"Naked Sea Butterflies" by Amy W., Grade 9. Marine Art Contest 2018.

Photo story: Knauss fellow reflects back on a whirlwind year at NOAA

February 15, 2019

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Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Lauren Gibson stands in front of the United States Capitol building. During her year as a Knauss fellow with NOAA’s Office of Education, she prepared and staffed 12 Congressional briefings, helping Senate and House staff learn about the impact that NOAA Education has in their states and districts.

Photo story: Aquarium partners engage the public in creating healthy ecosystems and healthy communities

October 31, 2018

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Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers

Volunteers worked with Waikiki Aquarium to clear the beach of litter in 2017.

For Estuaries Week, meet 5 NOAA scholars who trained as scientists in coastal reserves

September 17, 2018

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Hollings Scholarship

Office of Education

National Estuarine Research Reserves

PHOTO - Cuong Tran Internship 2018 - 07/26/2018 - Courtesy of Cuong Tran - 4000 x 3000 - Landscape

Photo story: Explore NOAA science alongside our 2018 summer interns

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Hollings Scholarship

EPP Scholar Camisha Few is interning this summer with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Monterey, California, working on a Sanctuary biodiversity assessment for the West Coast Region.

Infographic: Hands-on learning fosters human connection to estuaries

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National Estuarine Research Reserve Education: Change on the ground in 2017.

With help from Sea Grant fellows, the 'Expert Is In' at the Smithsonian

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Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Office of Education

Maggie Allen (2017 Knauss Fellow with NOAA Education) shared her knowledge on sustainable seafood for the Expert Is In Kiosk at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

Video: NOAA supports STEM after school at 21st Century Community Learning Centers

February 12, 2018

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Star Lake Elementary and Totem Middle School students work with the Environmental Science Center to sample macroinvertebrates at a field study site in Washington state as part of a 2017 NOAA-21st Century Community Learning Center Watershed STEM Education Partnership Grant.

Photo story: Science meets education where the river meets the sea

September 16, 2017

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Hollings Scholarship

Office of Education

National Estuarine Research Reserves

Hollings Undergraduate Scholars who interned with the National Estuarine Research Reserves summer 2017.

Photo story: What I did on summer vacation, NOAA edition

August 30, 2017

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(From left to right) Hollings Scholar Carly LaRoche, NOAA Teacher at Sea Helen Haskell, and Lieutenant Damian Manda with a sample from the bottom of the seafloor. Haskell spent 22 days at sea aboard NOAA Ship Fairweather helping scientists conduct a hydrographic survey off the coast of Alaska. You can read more about Helen’s adventures at sea on the NOAA Teacher at Sea blog.

Video: From ship to shore, this Seattle NOAA Teacher at Sea makes an impact

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NOAA Teacher at Sea Barney Peterson sailed aboard the NOAA Ship Oregon II for a long line survey in the Gulf of Mexico.