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Three students are using shovels to dig rows in the freshly turned soil of a garden plot that is surrounded by evergreen trees.

Fiscal Year 2023 NOAA Education Implementation Plan

December 3, 2021

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Education Council

Three students are using shovels to dig rows in the freshly turned soil of a garden plot that is surrounded by evergreen trees.

2 students planting trees with an adult during a restoration field trip

NOAA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience

November 4, 2021

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Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

2 students planting trees with an adult during a restoration field trip

Hurricane emergency route sign.

Hurricane safety, explained

June 1, 2021

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Hurricane emergency route sign.

Understanding Climate Normals

May 4, 2021

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Climate Normals

temperature rankings

NOAA's vast collection of environmental data is heading to the cloud.

NOAA Information Resources Management Strategic Plan 2021-2025

March 10, 2021

Offices:

Information Technology

Topics:

Information Technology

NOAA's vast collection of environmental data is heading to the cloud.

2014 PEP interns receive training in the field.

2021-2040 NOAA Education Strategic Plan

January 12, 2021

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Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Education Council

2014 PEP interns receive training in the field.

Illustration of the NOAA ELP Vision of A Resilient Community depicting a city along a coast and river with the following depicted: trees being planted as urban heat island abatement; an aquarium with people restoring a nearby coastal wetland to mitigate flooding; sustainable design with green infrastructure; a healthy community with people biking and exercising outside; a city hall with youth and adults presenting their ideas to officials; a shoreline that is protected with restored oyster reefs; students

NOAA's Community Resilience Education Theory of Change

July 30, 2020

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Environmental Literacy Program

Illustration of the NOAA ELP Vision of A Resilient Community depicting a city along a coast and river with the following depicted: trees being planted as urban heat island abatement; an aquarium with people restoring a nearby coastal wetland to mitigate flooding; sustainable design with green infrastructure; a healthy community with people biking and exercising outside; a city hall with youth and adults presenting their ideas to officials; a shoreline that is protected with restored oyster reefs; students

USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

Science and shipwrecks: Preserving America’s maritime history

April 13, 2018

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Topics:

maritime heritage

maritime archaeology

USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

The treeless slopes of the Arctic Divide near the Nunamuit village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Undated photo.

The changing Arctic: A greener, warmer and increasingly accessible region

December 15, 2017

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Topics:

The treeless slopes of the Arctic Divide near the Nunamuit village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Undated photo.

Divers around the open-ocean aquaculture cage at the Cape Eleuthera Institiute in The Bahamas. These cages are not currently used in the Gulf, but represent one type of farming technology that could work in in the region.

Aquaculture: Bringing American-farmed seafood to your plate

September 25, 2017

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Divers around the open-ocean aquaculture cage at the Cape Eleuthera Institiute in The Bahamas. These cages are not currently used in the Gulf, but represent one type of farming technology that could work in in the region.