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- Climate (275)
- Freshwater (164)
- Marine life
(481)
- Adaptations (11)
- Aquatic food webs (58)
- Coral reef ecosystems (85)
- Conservation (31)
- Ecosystems (116)
- Endangered species (20)
- Entanglement (17)
- Fish (99)
- Fisheries and seafood (111)
- Invasive marine species (9)
- Invertebrates (90)
- Life in an estuary (36)
- Marine mammals (135)
- Plankton (15)
- Salmon (23)
- Sea turtles (64)
- Seabirds (31)
- Seaweed, algae, and aquatic plants (24)
- Sharks, rays, and skates (39)
- NOAA careers (28)
- Ocean and coasts
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- Earth processes (16)
- Harmful algal blooms (19)
- Maritime archaeology and history (35)
- Ocean acidification (66)
- Ocean chemistry (16)
- Ocean currents (95)
- Ocean exploration (81)
- Ocean floor features (84)
- Ocean pollution and marine debris (176)
- Ocean sounds (15)
- Oil spills (58)
- Rip currents (22)
- Sea level rise (41)
- Tides (59)
- Tsunamis (56)
- Space (50)
- Technology and engineering (288)
- Weather and atmosphere (326)
- CLEAN climate and energy education resource collection (1)
- Do you NOAA? (1)
- Faces of the National Weather Service (1)
- GOES-R infographics (1)
- GOES-R satellite video collection (1)
- National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (1)
- National Weather Service (1)
- NOAA Boulder Labs: Meet our team (1)
- NOAA Boulder scientists explain science (1)
- NOAA Boulder Virtual 8th Grade Science Days (1)
- NOAA Live! 4 Kids (1)
- Ocean Today (1)
- Science On a Sphere catalog (1)
- SciJinks (2)
- Solar physics and terrestrial effects curriculum guide (5)
- Space weather videos (1)
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This webinar series was developed by NOAA's Regional Collaboration Network and Woods Hole Sea Grant at WHOI in response to the COVID school closures. With over 100 webinars featuring different NOAA experts/topics and a moderated question and answers session throughout so that students could get a peek at what our NOAA scientists do in all the various NOAA offices. They range in geography, content, and NOAA line office focus but are all designed to engage the students, answer their questions, and give them a glimpse of possible career options. Captions are available in English and Spanish. Many have ASL interpretation.
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The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) develops and operates satellites and tools to collect information about solar phenomena before they reach Earth. Learn more about the technology used in space weather forecasting.
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NOAA SciJinks inspires and engages students to learn about weather, satellite meteorology and Earth science. Their page includes background reading, videos, activities, crafts, and more!
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The NOAA Space Weather Scales were introduced as a way to communicate to broad audiences the current and future space weather conditions and their possible effects on people and systems.
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A new model from the Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) calculates disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field from geomagnetic storms. The near real-time data indicates the level of space weather impact affecting the electrical power grid to help operators manage effects on critical infrastructure.
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NOAA's environmental satellites provide data from space to monitor the earth to analyze coastal waters, relay life-saving emergency beacons, and predict and track tropical storms and hurricanes.
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Color and learn about weather with these printable coloring pages, brought to you by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites — R Series weather satellites.
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One of the keys to learning about the Sun is to view it in different wavelengths of light. The views can be quite different, and so are views of objects on Earth in different wavelengths. This activity examines objects through a filter set of colored and specialized filters and illustrates how science uses different wavelengths to selectively study features of the Sun.
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Solar Physics and Terrestrial Effects is a resource consisting of three main parts: a short textbook, a hands-on activity guide, and resource listings. The textbook should provide the necessary background in solar physics for teachers. The activity section offers ideas for hands-on experiences that can be done in the classroom, using materials that are cheap and easily available. Background information is available in the text for the activities. Any materials that are needed for activities can be obtained from a variety of sources.
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In order to protect people and systems that might be at risk from space weather effects, we need to understand the causes. The sun is the main source of space weather. Eruptions of plasma and magnetic field structures from the sun's atmosphere, called coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and sudden bursts of radiation, called solar flares, can cause space weather effects at or near Earth. Luckily, Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere do a great job of protecting us from the most hazardous effects.