NOAA Sea to Sky: Education resource database

Lurking in the waters of the western Atlantic is an unwelcome predator. A predator that is beautiful – yet deadly. A stealthy, ambush predator with venomous spines, potential prey fall easy victim to the invasive Red Lionfish.

National marine sanctuaries are a source of many sounds from humans and animals, as well as abiotic sounds coming from weather and water. Researchers need special tools to "see" beneath the waves to better understand and protect sanctuaries. Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary has been a hot spot for passive acoustic monitoring for years, and this webinar explores various ways in which the Channel Islands sanctuary and partners are characterizing the sanctuary soundscape, what we've been able to learn so far, and what we are still seeking to understand.

Learn about the Laysan albatross, marine debris, and Hawaiian language through the dual language workbook, Makani: The Albatross that Cares for the Land, Makani Ka Mōlī Mālama ‘Āina.

As a system of nationally significant places managed by NOAA, national marine sanctuaries are directly experiencing climate impacts, and serve as important assets for climate-informed management, science and education. Learn more about how the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is actively incorporating climate into site management plans, facilities management, science and assessment, and education and outreach. This presentation will discuss how sanctuaries work with partners to use NOAA climate information in management, our role as climate educators, building a network of sentinel sites, and challenges in managing sanctuaries in a changing ocean.

The following three exercises give students an introduction to the techniques used to create maps of the underwater world — bathymetric maps. Of particular content relevance are the Mission Plan and Mapping the Unknown from Hudson Canyon 2002, as well as several of the seamount expeditions from the OE CD or website.

Barely had the ink dried on the partnership agreement signed by NOAA and ocean explorer Victor Vescovo, owner of Caladan Oceanic LLC, when his team headed out to the Pacific Ocean to dive and map the Mariana Trench, and answer the questions: How deep and where exactly is the bottom of the ocean.

The activities in this collection are based on the principle that real-time environmental data is a valuable tool for providing students with opportunities for self-directed exploration of the natural world. Students engaging in these activities will gain a deeper understanding of carbon cycling, ocean acidification, and other phenomena related to climate change. These activities are designed with the three-dimensional approach to teaching in mind (e.g. NGSS-aligned), and also use a data literacy framework to help guide students through data orientation, interpretation, and synthesis.

Explore a wide range of marine career fields and hear from the people working in those fields. This website, hosted by Sea Grant, gives people a chance to say what they like and dislike about their careers, what they see for the future in their fields, and much more.

An overview of the different types of oceanography career paths.

Even the most remote locations on Earth are fouled by man-made garbage and cast-outs. Marine debris is everywhere. And no matter what location it resides, it causes problems. There are no easy solutions to the worldwide problem of marine debris, but there are things you can do to help.