NOAA Sea to Sky: Education resource database

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Understanding instructional strategies.

Within special categories, there is an expandable filter called “instructional strategies.” This includes special filters that are applicable for some lessons, activities, and units, including things like “outdoor education” and “uses data.”

 

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Audience

Adults
College+
Grade 9-12
Grade 6-8
Grade K-2

Subject

Engineering and technology
Life science

Resource type

Webinar
Multimedia

Topic

Marine life
Ocean and coasts
Entanglement
Marine mammals
Fisheries and seafood
Ocean pollution and marine debris

Collection name

National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: Archived webinars

Entanglement or by-catch is a global issue that affects many marine animals, including large whales. Trained responders under NOAA’s Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program can sometimes attempt the dangerous task of freeing whales from life-threatening entanglements, though the ultimate goal is to gain information to reduce the threat for both whales and humans. The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary working closely with its partners and the community, coordinates response efforts for Hawaii, an important breeding and calving ground for humpback whales. Learn more about whale entanglements and response efforts in this webinar.

Audience

Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Subject

Life science

Resource type

Background information

Topic

Marine life
Conservation
Entanglement
Fisheries and seafood
Sea turtles

Turtle excluder devices promote sea turtle conservation by allowing sea turtles to escape safely from fishing gear.

Audience

Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Subject

Engineering and technology
Life science

Resource type

Multimedia
Webinar

Topic

Marine life
Conservation
Ecosystems
Entanglement
Marine mammals
Technology and engineering

Collection name

National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: Archived webinars

In honor of 2017 Year of the Monk Seal, join Dr. Charles Littnan on a four decade journey that tracks the history and challenges of monk seal conservation in Hawai`i. This presentation will highlight a number of threats to the species and the evolution of a rag tag research program into the most proactive marine mammal recovery program on the planet.

Audience

Grade K-2
Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Subject

Earth science
Life science

Resource type

Poster/brochure

Topic

Marine life
Entanglement
Ocean and coasts
Ocean currents
Ocean pollution and marine debris

Special categories

Region
Pacific Islands region

Poster about marine debris impacts specific to HI, including details on ingestion/entanglement, gyres, and solutions

Audience

Grade K-2
Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Subject

Earth science
Life science

Resource type

Multimedia
Video

Topic

Marine life
Entanglement
Sea turtles
Ocean and coasts
Ocean pollution and marine debris

Pair this uplifting video depicting NOAA divers disentangling a green sea turtle from a derelict net with lessons on marine debris impacts to help share some of the positive outcomes that can arise from marine debris removal and prevention.

Audience

Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Subject

Life science
Social studies

Resource type

Multimedia
Video

Topic

Marine life
Conservation
Entanglement
Sea turtles

Collection name

Ocean Today
Ocean Today: Fix the ocean

When fishers put out their trawl nets in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic, sea turtles often end up trapped in the nets unintentionally. If the turtles cannot escape, they will drown. This is a major threat to marine turtles and it is known as bycatch.

Audience

Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Resource type

Video

Topic

Ocean and coasts
Marine life
Technology and engineering
Marine mammals
Endangered species
Entanglement
Ocean pollution and marine debris

Special categories

Other languages
Spanish

Collection name

Ocean Today
Ocean Today: Fix the ocean

When reports of stranded whales come in, heroes from the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network come to the rescue, as shown in this amazing footage.