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Expanding categories.
Each category has a plus sign (+) to expand the available filters within the category. Some categories have subcategories. Look for the plus sign (+) to see more filterable items.
Making the most of the filterable categories.
There are several categories you can use to filter through the resources.
- “Audience” filters by grade level, including postsecondary education, and also has a filter option for adult learners.
- “Subject” filters by the general subject area, such as Arts, Earth science, Math, and more.
- “Resource Type” filters allow you to look for resources ranging from activities, lessons, and units to videos or background information.
- “Topic” filters are more specific than subject. They include filters such as climate, freshwater, and weather and atmosphere.
- “NGSS DCI” filters by Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas. Only activities, lessons, and units (and no other resource types) have NGSS DCI associated with them. Not all activities, lessons, and units have this alignment.
- “Special categories” offers additional filters for specific types of resources and topics, such as printables, resources available in other languages, and safety/preparedness.
Exploring activities, lessons, and units.
Activities, lessons, and units are bundled together under resource type. You can expand to filter for only one type. Activity/demonstration refers to straightforward activities with little or no classroom strategy or pedagogy. Lesson refers to structured activities that are intended for a classroom audience. Module/unit refers to a collection of lessons that can build upon each other over multiple class periods or times of instruction; some people might call this a curriculum.
Understanding instructional strategies.
Within special categories, there is an expandable filter called “instructional strategies.” This includes special filters that are applicable for some lessons, activities, and units, including things like “outdoor education” and “uses data.”
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(98)
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- LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity (2)
- PS1: Matter and Its Interactions (3)
- PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions (1)
- PS3: Energy (3)
- PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer (2)
- B-WET grantee (2)
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- Climate.gov (1)
- Deep Ocean Education Project Website (1)
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- Do you NOAA? (1)
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- JetStream: An online school for weather (4)
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- NOAA Marine Debris Program (1)
- Ocean Acidification Communication Toolkit: Dungeness crab case study (1)
- Ocean Exploration educational materials (6)
- Ocean Exploration facts (2)
- Ocean facts (3)
- Octonauts Corner (1)
- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory El Niño theme page (1)
- Salmon Heroes (1)
- Sanctuaries resource collection: Coral reef ecosystems (1)
- Sanctuaries resource collection: Whales (1)
- Satellite meteorology learning modules (2)
- SciJinks (10)
- Severe weather 101 (1)
- Solar physics and terrestrial effects curriculum guide (1)
- Storm surge videos and brochures (1)
- UCAR teaching boxes (1)
- Underwater robot education theme (1)
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This glossary contains information on more than 2000 terms, phrases, and abbreviations used by the National Weather Service (NWS). Many of these terms and abbreviations are used by NWS forecasters to communicate between each other and have been in use for many years and before many NWS products were directly available to the public.
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The National Weather Service provides accurate forecasts for not only local and national weather conditions, but forecasts for marine, river, and lake conditions, fire weather, space weather, and much more. You can also find safety information and links to find past weather.
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This module has information on how to be safe before, during, and after a tsunami.
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This bilingual Navajo/Diné weather poster explains some of the Navajo/Diné terms for weather phenomena.
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In NOAA Boulder's ask-a-scientist portal, scientists explain different weather and climate concepts, like weather in space all the way down to things we experience here on Earth.
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The downloadable NOAA cloud chart includes information about the different types of clouds as well as broad information about climate zones in the contiguous United States.
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Learn the basics of the six sea turtle species that are found in U.S. waters and what NOAA does to protect them.
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Find facts about the species NOAA Fisheries manages in this directory. Learn more about their biology and population status, where they live, the threats they face, and how we are conserving and studying each species.
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Learn more about NOAA's Marine Debris Program and our efforts to address marine debris.
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The NOAA Office of Response and Restoration blog has been active since 2010.