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- Activities, lessons, and units (216)
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- Collection (199)
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- LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes (3)
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- LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits (1)
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- PS1: Matter and Its Interactions (4)
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- PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer (1)
- At Home with Galveston Bay (1)
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- Ocean Acidification Communication Toolkit: Dungeness crab case study (1)
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- Ocean Today (250)
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- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory El Niño theme page (1)
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- Salmon Heroes (1)
- Sanctuaries 360 virtual dives (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)
- Science On a Sphere catalog (9)
- SciJinks (7)
- Signals of Spring ACES (Animals in Curriculum-based Ecosystem Studies) (1)
- Space weather videos (1)
- Storm surge videos and brochures (1)
- Sustainable fisheries video gallery (1)
- Sustainable seafood video galley (1)
- Underwater robot education theme (1)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Argo is a global array of more than 3,500 free-drifting profiling floats that measure the upper two thousand meters of the ocean. Learn what these floats can tell us.
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Deep-sea coral communities, like the ones found in the national marine sanctuaries of the West Coast, are home to many diverse species. This curriculum takes students into the deep sea to identify the soft corals, hard corals, invertebrates and fish found in these communities and to investigate the unique biology of deep-sea corals. Learn the threats these animals face and what we can do help protect them.
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NOAA scientists aboard the Okeanos Explorer discover and sample deep ocean corals near Hawaii.
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Check out some of the amazing deep ocean creatures NOAA scientists have discovered.
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Scientists believe that 80 percent of the volcanic eruptions on Earth take place in the ocean. In May of 2009, scientists captured the deepest ocean eruption ever found.
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NOAA scientists are exploring deepest parts of the ocean. Learn about their groundbreaking discoveries, and how to watch an expedition live.
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Ocean Today host Symone Johnson introduces the Deep Sea Dive video collection, which highlights deep ocean exploration and deep ocean life.