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- Activities, lessons, and units (216)
- Arts and crafts (6)
- Background information (239)
- 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)
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- Related story (182)
- Climate (110)
- Freshwater (64)
- Marine life
(255)
- Adaptations (11)
- Aquatic food webs (36)
- Coral reef ecosystems (51)
- Conservation (17)
- Ecosystems (72)
- Endangered species (18)
- Entanglement (7)
- Fish (53)
- Fisheries and seafood (52)
- Invasive marine species (6)
- Invertebrates (59)
- Life in an estuary (14)
- Marine mammals (68)
- Plankton (8)
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- Sea turtles (31)
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- Seaweed, algae, and aquatic plants (18)
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- NOAA careers (5)
- Ocean and coasts
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- Harmful algal blooms (10)
- Maritime archaeology and history (29)
- Ocean acidification (25)
- Ocean chemistry (7)
- Ocean currents (39)
- Ocean exploration (63)
- Ocean floor features (38)
- Ocean pollution and marine debris (80)
- Ocean sounds (11)
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- Weather and atmosphere (103)
- ESS2: Earth’s Systems (6)
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- LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes (3)
- LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics (11)
- LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits (1)
- LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity (4)
- PS1: Matter and Its Interactions (5)
- PS3: Energy (1)
- PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer (1)
- Aquaculture education webinar series (1)
- At Home with Galveston Bay (1)
- B-WET grantee (5)
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- Celebrating veterans serving in habitat conservation (1)
- CIMSS weather and climate activities (1)
- CIRES/NOAA Science@Home webinar (1)
- CIRES/NOAA Serie La Ciencia-en-Casa (1)
- CLEAN climate and energy education resource collection (1)
- Climate change in Alaska video series (1)
- Data in the Classroom (1)
- Deep Ocean Education Project Website (1)
- Deep-sea dialogues (5)
- Diving Deeper podcast (2)
- Do you NOAA? (1)
- EarthLabs (2)
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- Estuary Education website (2)
- Finding fish hotspots and mapping coral reefs (1)
- FishWatch sustainable seafood video gallery (1)
- Florida Seafood at Your Fingertips (1)
- GOES-R infographics (1)
- GOES-R satellite video collection (2)
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- Great Lakes Meteorological Real-Time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) (1)
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- H.O.M.E.S. at Home webinars (1)
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- Making Waves podcast (3)
- Marine Debris at-home collection (1)
- Marine Debris Toolkit (1)
- Maritime Archaeology (1)
- Microworlds (1)
- MOSAiC: Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate videos (1)
- MOSAiC: Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate virtual reality tours (1)
- National Geodetic Survey (1)
- National Geodetic Survey geodesy and mapping videos (1)
- National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: Archived webinars (7)
- NOAA Boulder Labs: Meet our team (1)
- NOAA Boulder scientists explain science (1)
- NOAA Fisheries YouTube (1)
- NOAA Live! 4 Kids (1)
- NOAA Live! Alaska (1)
- NOAA Ocean Podcast (1)
- NOAA Satellites infographics (1)
- Ocean Acidification Communication Toolkit: Dungeness crab case study (1)
- Ocean Exploration educational materials (3)
- Ocean Today
(263)
- Ocean Today: Danger zone (27)
- Ocean Today: Deeper dive (1)
- Ocean Today: Exploration (27)
- Ocean Today: Fix the ocean (21)
- Ocean Today: Go fish (9)
- Ocean Today: Marine life (45)
- Ocean Today: Research (40)
- Ocean Today: The future of ocean farming (1)
- Ocean Today: Trash talk (1)
- Ocean Today: Tsunami science and safety (2)
- Octonauts Corner (1)
- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory El Niño theme page (1)
- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center animations and short videos (1)
- Raindrop to Sea video series (1)
- Salmon Heroes (1)
- Sanctuaries 360 virtual dives (1)
- Sanctuaries LIVE Interactions (1)
- Sanctuaries media gallery (1)
- Sanctuaries resource collection: Coral reef ecosystems (1)
- Sanctuaries resource collection: Ocean sound and impact of noise (1)
- Sanctuaries resource collection: Whales (1)
- Satellite meteorology learning modules (1)
- Science On a Sphere catalog (11)
- SciJinks (8)
- Sea Grant podcasts (4)
- Signals of Spring ACES (Animals in Curriculum-based Ecosystem Studies) (1)
- Solar physics and terrestrial effects curriculum guide (1)
- Space weather videos (1)
- Storm surge videos and brochures (1)
- Sustainable fisheries video gallery (1)
- Sustainable seafood video galley (1)
- UCAR teaching boxes (1)
- Underwater robot education theme (1)
- Weather 101 (1)
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In 2020, an international group of educators, photographers, cinematographers, and scientists are teamed together to bring the MOSAiC expedition to everyone and anyone fascinated by the Arctic, including K-16 students across the globe. General videos are 1-10 minutes, interviews are 30-60 minutes.
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In 2020, an international group of educators, photographers, cinematographers, and scientists are teamed together to bring the MOSAiC expedition to everyone and anyone fascinated by the Arctic, including K-16 students across the globe. Explore this voyage with 360-degree virtual experiences.
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The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory collects public weather reports through a free app available for mobile devices. Reporters select the type of weather that is occurring, and tap “submit.” mPING reports are immediately archived into a database at The University of Oklahoma, and are displayed on a map accessible to anyone. Weather radars cannot “see” at the ground, so mPING (Meteorological Phenomena Identification Near the Ground) reports are used by the National Weather Service to fine-tune their forecasts. NSSL uses the data in a variety of ways, including to develop new radar and forecasting technologies and techniques.
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Inspired by the Arctic? Take a virtual stroll through the galleries to enjoy the artistic creations of MOSAiC fans around the world. Submit artwork to the Museum of MOSAiC Art in conjunction with the MOSAiC expedition. https://mosaic.colorado.edu/education
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The world's largest underwater migration takes place twice a day in the ocean's mesopelagic zone. Watch to see some of the extraordinary life that dwells there, and learn more about this fascinating part of the ocean.
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Gordon ‘Umialiloalahanauokalakaua Kai (“Umi”) started crafting Hawaiian implements in 1967 in high school and continues today. He fashions implements for fishing, kapa making, poi pounding, hula, farming, and he is best known for his traditional weaponry. Umi Kai shares his knowledge and experiences with people locally and internationally, and he makes presentations regularly at schools, hotels, and organizations.
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Nab the Aquatic Invader! is a fun way to learn about aquatic invaders. By using this site you can check out lots of unusual species that create real problems in the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf, and Great Lakes regions. There are many ways that this site can help you with your class projects. By doing the activities and playing the games on this site, you will learn about nature and be inspired to help the environment by "nabbing" these pesky critters and seeing that you can make a difference.
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The National Geodetic Survey, in partnership with The COMET Program, has developed short videos about topics related to geodesy, or the science of mapping and measuring the Earth's shape and location, and mapping.
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The National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series provides educators with educational and scientific expertise, resources and training to support ocean and climate literacy in the classroom. This series targets formal and informal educators that are engaging students (elementary through college) in formal classroom settings, as well as members of the community in informal educational venues (e.g., after school programs, science centers, aquariums, etc.).
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An archive of video footage from the National Severe Storms Laboratory VORTEX2 tornado research project.