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Searching for terms that contain more than one word.
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Expanding categories.
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Making the most of the filterable categories.
There are several categories you can use to filter through the resources.
- “Audience” filters by grade level, including postsecondary education, and also has a filter option for adult learners.
- “Subject” filters by the general subject area, such as Arts, Earth science, Math, and more.
- “Resource Type” filters allow you to look for resources ranging from activities, lessons, and units to videos or background information.
- “Topic” filters are more specific than subject. They include filters such as climate, freshwater, and weather and atmosphere.
- “NGSS DCI” filters by Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas. Only activities, lessons, and units (and no other resource types) have NGSS DCI associated with them. Not all activities, lessons, and units have this alignment.
- “Special categories” offers additional filters for specific types of resources and topics, such as printables, resources available in other languages, and safety/preparedness.
Exploring activities, lessons, and units.
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Understanding instructional strategies.
Within special categories, there is an expandable filter called “instructional strategies.” This includes special filters that are applicable for some lessons, activities, and units, including things like “outdoor education” and “uses data.”
- Climate (4)
- Freshwater (11)
- Marine life
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- Aquatic food webs (6)
- Coral reef ecosystems (9)
- Conservation (2)
- Ecosystems (11)
- Fish (12)
- Fisheries and seafood (15)
- Invasive marine species (3)
- Invertebrates (11)
- Life in an estuary (2)
- Marine mammals (13)
- Plankton (2)
- Salmon (4)
- Sea turtles (9)
- Seabirds (5)
- Seaweed, algae, and aquatic plants (4)
- Sharks, rays, and skates (7)
- Ocean and coasts
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- Earth processes (2)
- Harmful algal blooms (3)
- Maritime archaeology and history (22)
- Ocean acidification (4)
- Ocean chemistry (1)
- Ocean currents (5)
- Ocean exploration (20)
- Ocean floor features (8)
- Ocean pollution and marine debris (7)
- Ocean sounds (2)
- Oil spills (5)
- Rip currents (1)
- Sea level rise (2)
- Tides (3)
- Tsunamis (3)
- Space (1)
- Technology and engineering (20)
- Weather and atmosphere (7)
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NOAA Fisheries video gallery has short videos organized by topic and region. Explore Fisheries videos from across the country!
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NOAA Fisheries conducts world-class science to support sustainable marine life and habitats. We manage millions of square miles of ocean (almost 100,000 miles of coastline), support a $244 billion fishing industry, and protect and rebuild endangered marine species and habitats. It’s a huge job. Our podcast, “Dive In with NOAA Fisheries,” is about the work we do and the people behind it.
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Learn more about the many applications of environmental data from NOAA and our partners, including how data can be transformed into visualizations to tell a story.
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This textbook level eBook presents events, places, people, research, ships and technology that have shaped federal marine fisheries research in Alaska.
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Ocean Today host Symone Johnson introduces the Adventures of a Marine Archaeologist video collection, which explores shipwrecks across the globe and what we can learn about human history with guide Jim Delgado.
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This twelve minute short film travels around the world and back in time, revealing history not found in books. Join renowned maritime archaeologist Jim Delgado on his epic journey.
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An Incredible Journey is filled with 10 hands-on lesson plans that explore the salmon life cycle; the cultural, environmental, and economic importance of salmon; the major issues facing salmon today; and how individuals can get involved to protect these iconic species.
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Off the coast of North Carolina, researchers discover sunken ships from World War II.
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This archive presents a list of National Ocean Service Diving Deeper podcast titles, publication dates, audio (mp3) links, and transcripts for all episodes released between 2009-2016. This podcast was retired in 2016, replaced by the NOAA Ocean Podcast.
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The sites of your National Marine Sanctuary System are hubs for science, exploration, and education. At any given time, researchers are in sanctuaries exploring the deep, monitoring kelp forests, tracking coral reef health, and more. Sanctuaries Live gives you a front row seat to sanctuary science. Watch expedition livestreams, chat with scientists, master educational resources, and more. As we learn more about the mysteries of the ocean, we can better protect our blue planet. Keep this page bookmarked and check back regularly for new opportunities.