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Searching for terms that contain more than one word.
Use quotation marks around multiple-word phrases you want to search. For example, searching “climate change” will return resources about “climate change.” If you don’t include quotation marks, it will return resources that include either the word “climate” or “change.”
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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.”
- Activities, lessons, and units (217)
- Arts and crafts (6)
- (-) Background information (243)
- Career profile (95)
- Citizen science project (12)
- Collection (199)
- Coloring/activity book (37)
- Contest (3)
- Data product (162)
- Job seeker resource (11)
- Multimedia (544)
- NOAA Education resource collection (25)
- Poster/brochure (29)
- Related story (182)
- Climate (52)
- Freshwater (27)
- Marine life
(65)
- Adaptations (2)
- Aquatic food webs (10)
- Coral reef ecosystems (10)
- Conservation (7)
- Ecosystems (17)
- Endangered species (1)
- Entanglement (3)
- Fish (17)
- Fisheries and seafood (18)
- Invasive marine species (2)
- Invertebrates (13)
- Life in an estuary (9)
- Marine mammals (24)
- Plankton (3)
- Salmon (3)
- Sea turtles (13)
- Seabirds (7)
- Seaweed, algae, and aquatic plants (4)
- Sharks, rays, and skates (6)
- NOAA careers (2)
- Ocean and coasts
(99)
- Earth processes (7)
- Harmful algal blooms (4)
- Maritime archaeology and history (7)
- Ocean acidification (10)
- Ocean chemistry (5)
- Ocean currents (19)
- Ocean exploration (12)
- Ocean floor features (17)
- Ocean pollution and marine debris (27)
- Ocean sounds (2)
- Oil spills (17)
- Rip currents (2)
- Sea level rise (2)
- Tides (10)
- Tsunamis (14)
- Space (18)
- Technology and engineering (58)
- Weather and atmosphere (81)
- ESS2: Earth’s Systems (5)
- ESS3: Earth and Human Activity (4)
- ETS1: Engineering Design (5)
- LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics (3)
- 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)
- Carbon educational tools (1)
- Climate.gov (1)
- Deep Ocean Education Project Website (1)
- Deep ocean fact sheets (1)
- Do you NOAA? (1)
- ELP grantee (1)
- ESRL Global Monitoring Laboratory (1)
- Estuary Education website (1)
- Explore remote sensing (1)
- Finding fish hotspots and mapping coral reefs (1)
- FishWatch sustainable seafood database (1)
- Fun facts about sea life (1)
- GPS educational resources (1)
- JetStream: An online school for weather (4)
- Maritime Archaeology (1)
- National Geodetic Survey (1)
- National Weather Service (1)
- NOAA Boulder scientists explain science (1)
- NOAA Fisheries: Find a species (1)
- 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 guide from NOAA, FEMA, and the American Red Cross explains what hurricanes are, the Saffir-Simpson wind scale, the different hazards during hurricanes, how to read forecasts, and how to stay informed and prepared for storms.
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The NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, part of the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, website has information on forecasting, research, buoys, and past tsunamis.
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This resource from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System includes general information, tsunami causes and characteristics, and information on forecasting, safety, and alerts.
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TsunamiReady is a voluntary community recognition program that promotes tsunami hazard preparedness as an active collaboration among federal, state/territorial and local emergency management agencies, community leaders and the public. The main goal of the program is to improve public safety before, during and after tsunami emergencies.
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The tutorial explains an overview of the history, essential elements, and modern methods of geodesy.
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Learn about the eight different types of fog and why they form.
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The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit is an inter-agency website designed to help people find and use tools, information, data, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience. The goal is to improve people’s ability to understand and manage their climate-related risks and opportunities, and to help them make their communities and businesses more resilient to extreme events. Case studies from across the United States show examples of ways communities are building resilience.
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Search through monthly and yearly tornado statistics and compare to a 30 year average. The data is presented in a bar graph and is downloadable in a spreadsheet.
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The National Weather Service's source for global tsunami warnings, advisories, watches, and threats.
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NOAA Fisheries is responsible for managing marine fisheries within the U.S. exclusive economic zone. Learn more about the sustainable management of our marine fisheries.