Resource collections

Resources to help integrate NOAA science into formal and informal education.

Education resources are distributed across many websites and program offices at NOAA and partner websites. This portal is designed to help you access these resources from one location. Materials are organized by themes aligned with common teaching topics. Learn more about how we designed these collections. 

A collage of eight images of NOAA educational resources. Clockwise: sea turtles in a reef with text "Sanctuaries 360: Explore the Blue", a drawing of the ten basic clouds, an ROV in the deep ocean, a drawing of the salmon life cycle, a drawing of a satellite above Earth, a winning marine debris art contest entry with the text "Don't pollute the oceans!", a woman standing in front of two screens with the text "get started!", and a data visualization of two Earths showing different sea surface temperatures.
NEW! NOAA Sea to Sky: Education resource database

Search through hundreds of free educational resources on the ocean, coast, Great Lakes, weather, atmosphere, and climate. Explore our lessons, data resources, videos, posters, and much more in our brand new NOAA Sea to Sky database!

A fish-eye view of the wake of a ship out at sea. Here's an ocean fact: The surface layer of the ocean is teeming with photosynthetic plankton. Though they're invisible to the naked eye, they produce more oxygen than the largest redwood trees.

Ocean and coasts

Physical and chemical processes of ocean and coastal areas.

Hurricane Matthew.

Weather and atmosphere

Earth's climate system and concepts related to climate variability.

This global map shows where February 2020 temperatures were up to 11° F (6° C) cooler (darkest blue) or warmer (darkest red) than the 1981-2010 average.

Climate

Earth's climate system and concepts related to climate variability.

Brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) and other small reef fish swim over large boulders of Great Star Coral (Montastraea cavernosa) in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

Marine life

Biology, habits, and threats to organisms that live in aquatic environments.

Lake effect snow bands moving across the Great Lakes, seen from the Suomi NPP polar-orbiting satellite on December 25, 2017.

Freshwater

Sources, processes, and threats to freshwater environments and drinking water.

Ocean Guardian School students from Adams Elementary School in Santa Barbara, California, explore a local watershed to understand the macroinvertebrate community and the water quality that ultimately leads downstream to the ocean.

Elementary science

Bring NOAA resources to your kindergarten through fifth-grade students.

A student looks at papers while standing on an outdoor balcony.

Education at home

A special collection of materials for anyone working with students at home: Distance learning educators, homeschool teachers, and parents.

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