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offsite linkA humpback whale mother and calf in Hawaiian waters. NOAA permit 782-1719.(Ed Lyman/Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary)
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Deep Ocean Education Project
offsite linkThe new Deep Ocean Education Project website combines standards-aligned student activities, high-resolution images and videos, stories from expeditions at sea, and more.(NOAA Ocean Exploration)
Monday, June 28, 2021
Climate Emergency workshop
offsite linkClimate Emergency Workshop for educators in the Pacific Islands region.(NOAA and ClimateGen)
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Summer safety
Summer weather safety logo from the National Weather Service.(National Weather Service)
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Blue Beacon Series: Big ocean protection
offsite linkA sailing ship sails past a large rock in the ocean.(Nāʻālehu Anthony)
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Video: Discover NOAA Education
NOAA Education video thumbnail.(NOAA Education)
Monday, June 21, 2021
Get Into Your Sanctuary Photo Contest
Show the world what the ocean and Great Lakes mean to you. In celebration of national Get Into Your Sanctuary activities, NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries holds a photo contest annually from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend.(NOAA Sanctuaries)
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Welcome to the 2021 EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholars!
Hollings scholars have a variety of internships, from working with fish, diving, going aboard vessels, computer modeling, and more. Top (left to right): Hannah Brady, Andrew Tokuda, Alfre Wimberley, Amy Li. Bottom (left to right): Paul Campion, Amber Liggett, Ashley Bang, Caitlin Ford.(Top left photo: Chad King. Top, second photo to the left: Jacob Argueta/Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. All other photos courtesy of the scholar.)
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Great Lakes NOAA B-WET grant competition is now open!
Teachers test water quality in Marquette, Michigan, during a professional development session. (Mitch Klett)
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
World Ocean Day: Earth has one big ocean with many features.
Ocean Literacy Principle #1: Earth has one big ocean with many features.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Monday, June 7, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth.
Ocean Literacy Principle #2: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Monday, June 7, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
Ocean Literacy Principle #3: The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Friday, June 4, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean makes Earth habitable.
Ocean Literacy Principle #4: The ocean makes Earth habitable.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Ocean Literacy Principle #5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
Ocean Literacy Principle #6: The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Countdown to World Ocean Day: The ocean is largely unexplored.
Ocean Literacy Principle #7: The ocean is largely unexplored.(Kaleigh Ballantine, Oregon State University for NOAA Education)
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Hurricane safety explainer
Hurricane emergency route sign. (iStock)
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Community Resilience to Climate Change: A Virtual Workshop for All Educators
offsite linkJoin the National Ocean Service Planet Stewards at their educator professional development workshops this summer! Topics include climate change, environmental justice, and more! Happening July 5-29, 2021.(NOAA Planet Stewards)
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Lessons from the (corn) field: How working with farmers made me a better science communicator
Maggie Beetstra in The Field of Corn art display in Dublin, Ohio, that pays tribute to Sam Frantz, the inventor of several hybrid corn species, and the agricultural heritage of much of the state.(Courtesy of Maggie Beetstra)
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Become a NOAA Ocean Guardian School
NOAA Ocean Guardian Schools are supported by NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA, and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.(NOAA Sanctuaries)
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
#WorldOtterDay
Sea otter and pup.(Douglas Croft/NOAA Sanctuaries)
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
New coloring page!
A coloring page from the NOAA Environmental Literacy Program's Vision of A Resilient Community depicting a city along a coast and river with a selection of resilient activities that can be present in a community.(NOAA Office of Education & Jessica B. Bartram)
Monday, May 24, 2021
Calendar of webinars and live events
A student participant virtually joins fisheries and aquaculture specialist Abigail Archer from Woods Hole Sea Grant for the NOAA Live! 4 Kids webinar, “Swimming Upstream with River Herring.”(Lindsey Williams)
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Marine Explorers Virtual Summer Camp
offsite linkThe Marine Explorers Virtual Summer Camp from the Greater Farallones Association is offering 2-hour/day, week-long, camp for 9-13 year olds that are curious about the ocean. Engage your child in marine science learning this summer!(Greater Farallones Association)
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Refresh of NOAA.gov
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Resource collection: Climate change impacts
Life-threatening storm surge was forecast for areas of the Florida panhandle. This mobile home park north of the coastal highway in Mexico Beach, Florida, was washed away from the storm surge and wave impacts of Hurricane Michael, Nov. 2, 2018(NOAA)
Monday, May 17, 2021
"Protect and Restore: NOAA Stewardship in Action"
For more than 50 years, NOAA has monitored our ever changing world and worked to address the unprecedented environmental challenges we face. Through conservation and restoration of our nation’s essential natural resources, NOAA protects our ocean, coasts, their ecosystems and the communities that rely on them. Stewardship is the foundation NOAA was built upon and will continue to build on for our country’s future.(NOAA)
Monday, May 10 - Friday, May 14, 2021
Hurricane Preparedness Week
It only takes one storm to change your life and community. Tropical cyclones are among nature’s most powerful and destructive phenomena. If you live in an area prone to tropical cyclones, you need to be prepared. Learn how during Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 9-15, 2021).(National Weather Service)
Monday, May 3 - Friday, May 7, 2021
Teacher Appreciation Week
Thank you, teachers! (Graphic by NOAA Office of Education)
Friday, May 7, 2021
Planet Stewards professional development workshops
offsite linkJoin the National Ocean Service Planet Stewards at their educator professional development workshops this summer! Topics include climate change, environmental justice, and more! Happening July 5-29, 2021.(NOAA Planet Stewards)
Thursday, May 6, 2021
NOAA Teachers on the Estuary Workshops
Educators involved with a Teachers on the Estuary Programs out their paddling and artistic skills to use studying a marsh along the Hudson River Estuary.(Chris Bowser, the Education Coordinator of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve)
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Planet Stewards grant opportunity
Planet Stewards program logo.(NOAA National Ocean Service, Planet Stewards)
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
May the fourth be with you
Two images of the sun from GOES-16 Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) on April 13, 2021. The image on the left was taken with a 171 Angstrom filter and the one on the right was taken with a 284 Angstrom filter. Different wavelengths of light capture different information about what is happening on the sun's surface and atmosphere. The GOES SUVI captures wavelengths in the ultraviolet spectrum.(NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center)
Monday, May 3, 2021
NOAA Live events and webinars calendar
A student participant virtually joins fisheries and aquaculture specialist Abigail Archer from Woods Hole Sea Grant for the NOAA Live! 4 Kids webinar, “Swimming Upstream with River Herring.” (Lindsey Williams)
Friday, April 30, 2021
SciJinks: What causes tides?
An illustration of the tidal force, viewed from Earth's North Pole. Water bulges toward the moon because of gravitational pull. Note: The moon is not actually this close to Earth. (NOAA SciJinks)
A portrait photo of Brianna Shaughnessy, who was a 2020 Knauss Fellow, is a current Ph.D. candidate, and the Aquaculture Education Coordinator in the NOAA Office of Education. She is quoted saying, “The point is not that I received bad advice, it is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach for every person ... Each of us needs to find our own personal “triple bottom line” of sustainability ...” (Graphic by NOAA Office of Education. Photo courtesy of Brianna Shaughnessy.)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has created an online tool to track water quality by using data provided to the EPA. (Environmental Protection Agency)
NOAA Custom Chart Tool: New podcast episode from National Ocean Service
This is a view of a NOAA Custom Chart for the coast near San Francisco, California. With this free online tool, it's easy to zoom in and explore this region, or any area covered by NOAA's 3.2 million square nautical miles of charts. And once you find what you're looking for, it's just as easy to download a printable digital copy. (NOAA Coast Survey)
Happy Earth Day: #1 Monitor environmental observations with GLOBE
As a citizen scientist, you can make use of The GLOBE Program’s Observer mobile app (free and available for download on iOS and Android devices). You too can observe the world around you as these GLOBE students did during a recent GLOBE Learning Expedition in Killarney, Ireland (2018). (The GLOBE Program)
Environmental Education Week: ‘Classroom without walls’ fosters traditional, sustainable environmental practices in Hawaii
Participants are learning about the throw net from Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement Officer Covell. This lesson is part of a Hawaii B-WET project that focuses on “pono fishing,” or sustainable traditional Hawaiian fishing practices in Hawaii. Photo was taken prior to social distancing guidelines related to COVID-19. (Malama Pupukea-Waimea)
Countdown to Earth Day: #3 Track marine pollution with the Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project
Marine debris of various sizes, materials, and colors, that were collected on a beach for the Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project. (Mike Tetreau)
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. (Casey Henley/Broken Banjo Photograph)
Countdown to Earth Day: #6 Record temperatures in your neighborhood with the Urban Heat Island Mapping project
Sara Benson (right) and Roxanne Lee, of the Boston Science Museum, using a CAPA Heat Strategies sensor to investigate extreme heat in Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 24, 2019. Alt text: Two women stand together near a car door as they attach a temperature gauge to the glass window of the car door. (2019 photo courtesy of the Boston Science Museum)
Countdown to Earth Day: #7 Collect Earth's magnetic data with the CrowdMag project
A cell phone portraying the CrowdMag app on the screen. A map is shown of North and South America with different-colored dots suggesting data points. (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information)
Countdown to Earth Day: #8 Monitor rain, hail, and snow with CoCoRaHS
Left: A clear cylindrical tube (rain gauge) is filled with water up to the “10” mark. Right: A clear cylindrical tube (rain gauge) is attached to an outside fence collecting snow. ( CoCoRaHS)
Persevere and excel: EPP/MSI alumnus awarded doctoral degree while working full-time at NOAA
A portrait of Michael Edwards, D.Eng., who is a physical scientist in NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and a 2002 EPP/MSI Graduate Sciences Program alumnus. A quote next to his portrait reads "Everything is a challenge, but challenges are there to bring out the best in us ... If you want to get it, work hard and you can attain it." (Graphic by NOAA Office of Education. Photo courtesy of Michael Edwards.)
Countdown to Earth Day: #9 Track historic fish counts with FISHstory
Two photos side by side which show historic fishing photos. Both photos look almost the same with a group of people gathering at the same dock. The photos are taken three years apart. (Rusty Hudson, Hudson, Timmons, and Stone families)
Countdown to Earth Day: #11 Catch and release eels with the Hudson River Eels project
A student holds a bag of clear, small ell-like fish above her head while gazing up to look at the bottom of the clear bag. (Chris Bowser, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation/Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve)
Countdown to Earth Day: #13 Record historic marine weather observations with the Old Weather WWII project
A black and white photo of Navy sailors releasing a weather balloon into the air from a ship. (U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives)
Countdown to Earth Day: NOAA unlocks citizen science ‘project of the day’
NOAA engages the public in support of key mission areas through the rapidly growing field of citizen science — a form of open collaboration in which individuals and organizations participate voluntarily in the scientific process. Citizen scientists take part in a range of activities from observing precipitation type and amount to helping map the ocean floor. (NOAA)
Walking down a bike path in Boulder, Colorado, three citizen scientists collect data on the Earth's magnetic field using the CrowdMag cellphone app. (Jennifer Taylor/CIRES)
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