Coordination

Many different offices across NOAA and external partners have a role to play in supporting NOAA’s mission through education. The Office of Education coordinates across these efforts to advance education both within NOAA and with our important partner networks.

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Aquaculture literacy

Multiple NOAA offices, programs, and their partners are working together to enhance public understanding of aquaculture. The Office of Education supports NOAA’s aquaculture literacy efforts through education, outreach, communications, and collaborations between ocean farmers, researchers, regulators, and the education community.

Marist College and Poughkeepsie High School students check a net for migrating juvenile American eels on the Fall Kill Creek on New York's Hudson River estuary.

Citizen science

Citizen scientists help NOAA collect information about the ocean and atmosphere. The Office of Education supports the NOAA Citizen Science Community of Practice and connects NOAA projects to citizenscience.gov.

Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers

The Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers (CELC) network is a consortium of 25 aquariums and marine science education centers located in the United States, Canada, and Mexico coordinated by NOAA's Office of Education.

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Communication and outreach

The Education Outreach Center promotes environmental literacy and increased awareness of NOAA through outreach event guidance, planning, and material support. The center provides educational materials from across NOAA lines and programs in support of agency conferences and community outreach events through requests from formal and informal educators, students, researchers, emergency services personnel, and NOAA employees.

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Data in the Classroom

With NOAA’s Data in the Classroom, students use historical and real-time NOAA data to explore today’s most pressing environmental issues. Each of the five modules addresses research questions, includes stepped levels of engagement and builds students’ abilities to understand, interpret, and think critically about data.

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NOAA Education Council

The Office of Education chairs the NOAA Education Council. NOAA educators from offices across the agency come together in the Council to collaborate, share ideas, and continually improve NOAA Education.