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Go back to school with NOAA
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Find NOAA resources with our new online database
With a new school year just around the corner, teachers and educators are gearing up to create lesson plans and find engaging activities for their students. We have a tool to make it easier than ever to include NOAA resources in your classroom: NOAA Sea to Sky, a new education resource database that houses over 1,200 educational resources created by NOAA and our partners.
“As teachers are getting ready for another school season, they are looking for reliable, credible sources that are easy to find and an asset to use in their classrooms,” says Louisa Koch, NOAA’s Director of Education. “We hope this new searchable database is a tool that science teachers and educators can use for all of their teaching needs.”
Not sure where to start? We asked staff from across NOAA to share the resources they think are a must-have for the classroom this year.
Find lessons and activities
Data in the Classroom translates data into understandable and engaging resources for scientists of all ages! Data in the Classroom lessons foster collaboration and understanding for advancing environmental research.
Did you know that NOAA has partnered with Nautilus Live and Schmidt Ocean Institute to create a new Deep Ocean Education Project? Find lessons like this one on hydrothermal vent communities and much more!
NOAA's new activity book will help you and your students learn all about community resilience in the face of environmental hazards. Even though these climate and weather events can be scary, there is so much that can be done in a community to make it better able to handle these challenges and recover more quickly.
In the database: More about climate resiliency and mitigation
Dive into tutorials on subjects ranging from corals to tides to geodesy that are perfect for your classroom.
Explore multimedia
Models can help us understand how an object works and is put together! Explore the ins and outs of NOAA’s satellites to better understand how they function.
Join NOAA as we explore the deep ocean in the North Atlantic. You and your students can follow along with a live video stream during most of August.
Search an archive of 100+ recorded webinars! These webinars connect students with scientists, real-life examples of possible career paths, and the opportunity to have fun interacting with others outside their home in a safe way.
Produced by the Teacher at Sea Alumni Association and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, these videos feature unique stories of how teachers have found and nurtured their inner explorer.
Teach about oceanic and atmospheric hazards
Did you know there is weather in space? Learn about space facts, space phenomena, and solar activity with this resource.
What are El Niño and La Niña and why should you care? Read all about current events and forecasts from Climate.gov’s ENSO Blog!
This module informs about sea level rise, its causes, and impacts; and challenges students to think about what they can do in response.
This explainer reviews the three major hazards of hurricanes — storm surge, heavy rainfall, and strong wind — and gives actions you can take before, during, and after tropical weather to protect your life and property.
Help students discover NOAA careers
It takes a special airplane and an extra brave and talented pilot to fly into a hurricane to collect data. But NOAA Hurricane Hunters do just that!
Interested in becoming a NOAA pilot or working on a NOAA ship? NOAA Corps officers serve on the sea, on land, and in the air to support NOAA's environmental science and stewardship mission.