NOAA Sea to Sky: Education resource database

Try our precipitation personality quiz to learn more about rain, snow, hail, sleet, and graupel, and to find out which you most closely identify with. Maybe you are versatile and dependable like rain, or sensitive and loyal like graupel, maybe a natural born leader like hail? This activity has an online quiz module and also has a printable PDF for offline use.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Marine Sanctuary System, the best of the best educational materials for an elementary school audience have been compiled in collaboration with the National Park Trust. Discover Spectacular with these education and outreach digital materials focused on 10 exciting topics: climate change, ocean acidification, marine debris, kelp forest ecosystems, coral reef ecosystems, sea turtles, sharks, whales and ocean noise, seabirds, and shipwrecks.

Environmental hazards — such as wildfire, flood, and drought — are increasingly affecting communities in Colorado. With this rise in hazardous events, there is a pressing need for communities to become more resilient through education, preparation, and planning. The Hazard Education, Awareness, and Resilience Task Force (HEART Force) lessons and education resources engage rural Colorado middle and high school students, teachers, and communities to take proactive steps in preparing for and responding to natural hazards.

Here are three hands-on games you can use to simulate the Carbon Cycle. This includes instructions and printable game pieces.

Accurate education about climate and energy topics has never been more important, and it can be challenging to locate reliable, vetted educational materials to use in your classroom. CLEAN is here to help you find the resources that you need, without wondering about their scientific credibility or educational value. Search for resources by NGSS Performance Expectations (PE) and Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI), grade level, keyword or resource type, or use CLEAN to design your own unit.

Students will understand the importance of the diversity of life in the Atlantic Ocean. Students will discover facts about the different aquatic organisms and their existence in the marine ecosystem.

Currículo de Tsunami, elaborados por la Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico y endosados por el Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico, cuentan con la guía para el educador que incluye las respuestas, los estándares de Ciencia y los objetivos que aplican a cada actividad. Además, encontrará presentaciones en power point, juegos, y las fotos y videos de sus estudiantes realizando las actividades del currículo, entre otros. This Tsunami Curriculum prepared by the Puerto Rico Seismic Network and endorsed by the Puerto Rico Department of Education includes an educator's guide and links to standards. You will also find PowerPoint presentations, games, photos, videos, and more.

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising, but what does this mean for the world's ocean? Using data from NOAA, students will explore relationships between carbon dioxide, ocean pH and aragonite saturation state. By examining these parameters using graphs and models, students can predict whether ocean conditions support the growth and survival of shell-building marine life, both now and in the future.

This is a 2D demonstration of how a photon — a small bundle of light energy — might move in its journey from the interior to the surface of the sun. Creative educators might modify this into a game for several players that includes questions about the sun as levels are reached, etc. Be imaginative!

Students will apply knowledge of estuary organisms to explore food webs and energy flow in an estuary ecosystem using a food pyramid. Students will then read and discuss a scientific article about marine plankton food webs and climate change.