NOAA Education social media archives: January-March 2022

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Artwork of a Green sea turtle face with its mouth agape.
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Youth Art Month 2022

Photos of the impacts of climate change including flooding and drought.
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Register now for a NOAA Live! 4 Kids webinar

Cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Spring into Science with NOAA

Office of NAtional Marine Sanctuaries logo illustration of whale tale in waves
Monday, March 21, 2022

NOAA Sanctuaries 50th anniversary posters

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice.
Friday, March 11, 2022

Wildfire risk

Colorful corals at a coral reef ecosystem at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Thursday, March 10, 2022

Coral reef resource collection

SCIPP NOAA RISA Team logo
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Climate Adaptation Summer Academy

Two snorkelers swim above a shipwreck on the bottom of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Monday, March 7, 2022

Maritime heritage

A man holds up a horseshoe crab exoskeleton to a virtual webinar live event.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

A fond farewell to the NOAA Live! 4 Kids series, for now

A graphic of the Earth’s orbit around the sun. Meteorological seasons: Winter starts on Dec. 1, spring on Mar. 1, summer on June 1, and fall on Sept. 1. Astronomical seasons: Winter begins on the winter solstice (Dec. 21) when the North Pole is tilted to the max extent away from the sun, spring begins on the spring equinox (Mar. 20), summer begins on the summer solstice (June 21), when the North Pole is tilted to the max extent toward the sun, and fall begins on the autumnal equinox (Sept.21).
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Happy first day of meteorological spring!

A group of people stand in front of a painted shipping crate. The crate says "The Cultured Abalone Farm."
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Harvest stories: Bringing aquaculture mainstream

An illustration of a young girl underwater wearing a scuba mask and regulator. She points to an underwater data collection device.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Story map: Students translate deep-ocean science into kids’ books

Humpback whales bursting through the surface with mouths open to catch fish to eat.
Friday, February 18, 2022

Fun facts about whales

A humpback whale breaches in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
Thursday, February 17, 2022

#WorldWhaleWeek: Types of cetaceans

A humpback whale mother and calf in Hawaiian waters.
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

NOAA Sanctuaries whale resource collection

A humpback whale mother and calf swimming underwater.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

#WorldWhaleWeek

A printable two-sided valentine. The front side has a photo of a seal with a monitoring device on it’s head and reads “Roses are red, this seal has a hat that tells us if its dives are more deep or more flat.” The back side reads “This seal’s hat is actually a time-depth recorder! These tags monitor the dive depths of seals and allow NOAA researchers to compare behavioral patterns and locations between different ages, sexes, and species.” Link: https://go.usa.gov/xdTGV
Friday, February 11, 2022

Seal printable valentine

A printable two-sided valentine. The front side has a photo of a Hawaiian monk seal with an eel in its nostril and reads “Roses are red, there’s an eel in its nostril. We hope your Valentine’s Day isn’t quite so awful.” The back side reads “Hawaiian monk seals are an endangered species. NOAA’s team of veterinarians and field crews help keep them safe by removing eels like the one seen here. By properly disposing of trash and keeping your distance, you can help keep them safe, too!” Link:
Friday, February 11, 2022

Hawaiian monk seal printable valentine

A printable two-sided valentine. The front side has a photo of a snowy road and reads “Roses are red, snow can cause a storm. We hope your Valentine’s Day has love to keep you warm!” The back side reads “Snow is no stranger to making road conditions unfavorable. If you’re planning to travel, be sure to monitor snow conditions for your area at weather.gov.” Link: https://go.usa.gov/xdTGP
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Winter weather printable valentine

A printable two-sided valentine. The front side has a photo of two sturgeon fish and reads “Roses are red, sturgeon have scutes. They are great for protection, but also look pretty cute!” The back side reads “Atlantic sturgeon have bony scutes that are very sharp when they are juveniles to avoid predation. As they grow older and much larger (adults are nearly 14 feet long!), their scutes become more dull; by then, they have fewer aquatic predators.” Link: https://go.usa.gov/xdTGQ
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Sturgeon printable valentine

A printable two-sided valentine. The front side has a photo of a sea lion pup and it’s mother and reads “Roses are red, it doesn’t get cuter than this: A mom and her pup, bonding over a kiss.” The back side reads “Mother and pup Galapagos sea lions, like the ones here, have very close relationships. The mothers will nurse their pups until they’re about five years old. They have a call that sounds similar to a dog’s bark and females and pups are very playful toward each other!” Link:
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Sea lion printable valentine

Shareena Cannonier in a white lab coat and blue medical gloves.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

From scholar, to fellow, to employee: Shareena Cannonier, Ph.D., shares her career path to NOAA

A printable two-sided valentine. The front side has a photo of the aurora borealis and reads “Roses are red, let’s spend time together. Gazing at the aurora borealis, a marvel of space weather.” The back side reads “A view of the aurora borealis from Alaska. Aurora borealis (northern lights) and aurora australis (southern lights) are the result of excited electrons colliding with surrounding gases in the atmosphere. Once they settle down to a lower energy state, the excess energy is released in
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Space weather printable valentine

A printable two-sided valentine. The front side has a photo of a salmon in a rocky riverbed and reads “Roses are red, love should not wait. Most salmon are semelparous, and die after they mate.” The back side reads “When sockeye salmon spawn, they turn bright red. Males will also grow a large hump on their back and have hooked jaws. These salmon live up to five years and are semelparous, meaning that they will die after they spawn.” Link: https://go.usa.gov/xdTVj
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Salmon printable valentine

A printable two-sided valentine. The front side has a photo of a sea turtle and reads “Roses are red, the ocean is blue. This sea turtle wanted to say hi to you!” The back side reads “This hawksbill sea turtle, one of six endangered species of sea turtles in the U.S., has a GPS-linked satellite tag allowing NOAA researchers to track its movements. You can help sea turtles by properly disposing of trash, reducing plastic use, and not disturbing the beaches where they lay their eggs.”
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Sea turtle printable valentine

Fur seal pup.
Monday, February 7, 2022

Spread the love with NOAA Education's printable valentines!

Two adults pull a seine, or large net, through the surf to collect organisms.
Thursday, February 3, 2022

A year of photos from NOAA Education

Young children gather around a Van de Graaff machine, a metal structure with a large metal sphere on top, with a metal spherical wand attached. The children watch the machine with faces of awe as they see electricity passing between the machine and the wand.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Check out opportunities at noaa.gov/education!

A young girl reaches into a tide pool. The sun is setting in the background, showing silhouettes of other people tide-pooling in the distance.
Monday, January 31, 2022

2021 NOAA Education Accomplishments Report

A group of teachers wearing masks stand around a raised garden bed that has small sprouts of vegetation.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Harvest stories: Hands-on community learning in a distanced world

Tehani Malterre
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Scholar highlight: Tehani Malterre

6 decorative icons arranged in a square
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Undergraduate scholarship applications are due soon!

A photo of Jonathan Smith and a quote that reads "I want to encourage [young aspiring scientists] on a non-traditional path that reaching their desired position in the atmospheric sciences, or any other STEM field, is within reach."
Monday, January 24, 2022

EPP/MSI alumnus Jonathan Smith, Ph.D., returns to NOAA as a physical scientist

A screenshot of a webinar. Two people in a museum are talking with two people in the operation center of a ship.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Video: Watch 'Windows to the Deep,' live conversations on the Blake Plateau

Samuel smiles for the camera in a parking lot with a sea urchin in each hand. He is dressed casually and wearing a ballcap over wet hair.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Scholar highlight: Samuel Koeck

Emily Fritsche pointing to a wall sign that reads, "Flower Garden Banks."
Thursday, January 13, 2022

Scholar highlight: Emily Fritsche

NOAA B-WET competitions are now open! The B-WET program is an environmental education grant program that promotes place-based experiential learning for K–12 students and related professional development for teachers. For open competitions and more information visit https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/bwet/apply.
Thursday, January 13, 2022

NOAA B-WET competitions are open now!

NOAA collects and archives environmental data from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun to understand and predict our weather.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

NOAA Live! 4 Kids webinar in Spanish!

NOAA B-WET competitions are now open! The B-WET program is an environmental education grant program that promotes place-based experiential learning for K–12 students and related professional development for teachers. For open competitions and more information visit https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/bwet/apply.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

NOAA B-WET competitions are open now!

Hand drawn illustrations of the ozone.
Monday, January 10, 2022

A lucky guess? Learn the science of ozone depletion with NOAA and NASA!

Headshot of Grace Collins.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Scholar highlight: Grace Collins
NOAA B-WET competitions are now open! The B-WET program is an environmental education grant program that promotes place-based experiential learning for K–12 students and related professional development for teachers. For open competitions and more information visit https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/bwet/apply.
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
NOAA B-WET competitions are open now!