NOAA Sea to Sky: Education resource database

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Audience

Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Resource type

Video

Topic

Ocean and coasts
Marine life
Invertebrates
Aquatic food webs
Ocean exploration

Special categories

Other languages
Spanish

Collection name

Ocean Today
Ocean Today: Marine life

Learn about the extraordinary invertebrate known as the Basket star!

Audience

Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Resource type

Video

Topic

Ocean and coasts
Marine life
Fish
Aquatic food webs
Ocean exploration

Special categories

Other languages
Spanish

Collection name

Ocean Today
Ocean Today: Marine life

Meet the Bathysaurus, the world's deepest living superpredator!

Audience

Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Resource type

Video

Topic

Fish
Sharks, rays, and skates
Aquatic food webs
Ocean exploration

Special categories

Other languages
Spanish

Collection name

Ocean Today
Ocean Today: Marine life

Learn about the Chimaera, a deep ocean creature that has no bones in its body!

Audience

Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Resource type

Video

Topic

Ocean and coasts
Marine life
Invertebrates
Ocean exploration

Special categories

Other languages
Spanish

Collection name

Ocean Today
Ocean Today: Marine life

Learn about Deep Sea Spiders, which can grow nearly 3 feet wide!

Audience

Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Resource type

Video

Topic

Ocean and coasts
Marine life
Ocean exploration
Adaptations

Collection name

Ocean Today

Ocean Today host Symone Johnson introduces the Creep Into the Deep video collection, which takes a look at the fascinating, beautiful and mysterious creatures living in the dark of the deep ocean.

Audience

Adults
College+
Grade 9-12
Grade 6-8

Subject

Engineering and technology

Resource type

Citizen science project
Mobile app
Multimedia

Topic

Technology and engineering
GPS and geodesy

Special categories

Citizen science

When you go outside and are moving around, use CrowdMag to measure the magnetic data along your path. Save, list, export or delete data to create a complete magnetic field map of your area. Share your data with a research group at NOAA. Multiple recordings along the same path are very helpful to reduce the noise and produce a more accurate magnetic field map. Get started with a tiny tutorial! https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/data/tiny-tutorials/crowdmag

Audience

Grade K-2
Grade 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12

Subject

Earth science

Resource type

Images
Video
Game/online activity
Collection
Lesson plan
Activities, lessons, and units
Multimedia

Topic

Ocean and coasts
Tsunamis

Special categories

Other languages
Spanish

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.

Audience

Adults
College+
Grade 9-12
Grade 6-8

Subject

Earth science

Resource type

Intermediate data product
Images
Data product
Background information
Multimedia

Topic

Weather and atmosphere
Hurricanes

Special categories

Citizen science

The Cyclone Center project was launched in September 2012 with the goal of studying global tropical cyclones in order to better understand and predict their behavior. The project ran for seven successful years on the Zooniverse platform, during which 18,000 users contributed 1 million image classifications. Explore the archives of this hurricane citizen science project.

Audience

Grade 9-12

Subject

Earth science
Life science
Physical science

Resource type

Activities, lessons, and units
Activity/demonstration
Module/unit
Multimedia
Game/online activity

Topic

Ocean and coasts
Ocean acidification

NGSS DCI

ESS2: Earth’s Systems
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
PS1: Matter and Its Interactions

Special categories

Instructional strategies
Hands-on
Inquiry
Models
Uses data

Collection name

Data in the Classroom

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.

Audience

Grade 9-12
College+
Adults

Subject

Earth science

Resource type

Multimedia
Video

Topic

Ocean and coasts
Oil spills

On July 23, 2008, the 600-foot chemical tanker Tintomara and the 200-foot fuel barge DM932 collided near downtown New Orleans, La. Within hours, NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) was on-scene, providing support for the cleanup and assessment of 270,000 gallons of oil.