NOAA Sea to Sky: Education resource database

The Ring of Fire is home to hundreds of volcanoes. But most remain hidden far below the water’s surface.

To monitor changes in the earth’s magnetic field and relate these changes to solar events such as flares. Many variations of this design are in use by amateurs because of its simplicity, but now with the availability of inexpensive and sensitive Hall-effect sensors that easily interface to home computers, it should be possible to make more quantitative measurements of changes in the geomagnetic field due to solar wind. By monitoring changes in the geomagnetic field, aurorae and related effects can be forecast and studied.

Designed for educators at all levels, this guide presents information that is deemed important for individuals and communities to know and understand about Earth’s climate, impacts of climate change, and approaches to adaptation or mitigation. Principles in the guide can serve as discussion starters or launching points for scientific inquiry. The guide aims to promote greater climate science literacy by providing this educational framework of principles and concepts. The guide can also serve educators who teach climate science as a way to meet content standards in their science curricula.

In this podcast, we talk with NOAA marine biologist Gary Shigenaka to find out how marine life is faring in Prince William Sound today. We also look at lessons we might learn from this environmental disaster in light of growing oil exploration and shipping traffic in the Arctic.

A resource from Wisconsin Sea Grant that describes how the Great Lakes were made thousands of years ago. There are also interesting facts and information about each of the Great Lakes and a photo gallery.

The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is an international science and education program that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process, and contribute meaningfully to our understanding of the Earth system and global environment. GLOBE provides grade level-appropriate, interdisciplinary activities and investigations about the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and soil/pedosphere, which have been developed by the scientific community and validated by teachers. GLOBE connects students, teachers, scientists, and citizens from different parts of the world to conduct real, hands-on science about their local environment and to put this in a global perspective.

The gray whale makes the longest migration of any mammal—12,000 miles. Learn more about these graceful giants.

A story map shows the benefits of habitat restoration in the Great Lakes, which benefits people and fish. Learn about threats to the Great Lakes basin, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, how we determine what to restore, and two restoration case studies.

Climate change is a significant threat to the health of the American people. This scientific assessment examines how climate change is already affecting human health and the changes that may occur in the future.

Experts with very different backgrounds join forces to protect endangered sea turtles.