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- “Audience” filters by grade level, including postsecondary education, and also has a filter option for adult learners.
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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
(36)
- 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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As a part of the 50th anniversary of the 1972 National Marine Sanctuary Act, the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries released posters capturing the beauty and diversity of your National Marine Sanctuary System.
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Science isn't all about numbers. In 2017 the National Weather Service learned of the importance of the Navajo Tsiiyéeł and the relationship with weather. In this short, Navajo filmmaker Cherylee Francis and actors partner with the National Weather Service to explain this important connection. WINNER of First Place and Audience Choice at the 2019 Navajo Film Festival!
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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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Connect with ocean experts and explore topics from corals to coastal science with our audio podcast.
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The NOAA Office of Response and Restoration blog has been active since 2010.
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Short profiles on Maria Mitchell, Marie Tharp, Dr. Nancy Foster, Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields (ret.), and Pamela Chelgren-Koterba.
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Hear from maritime archaeologist Jim Delgado on what we can learn from shipwrecks.
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An international agreement recognizes the Titanic wreck site as a memorial to those who died and a wreck of great archaeological, historical, and cultural importance.
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Restoring Ea is a place-based middle school science unit exploring management strategies that could be used for the Loko ea fishpond to sustainably feed people and ensure the ecosystem is healthy and pono (balanced). This unit honors and leverages traditional and scientific ways of knowing to create experiences that connect students to ‘āina (land) through investigations of place. This unit leverages the FieldScope platform (https://lokoea.fieldscope.org/) to allow students to investigate environmental data previously collected at Loko ea over time and also to collect additional data themselves.
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Live events, tailored for students and run through Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants, will connect viewers with national marine sanctuary experts in research, education, and exploration in real time. Through the following programs, you will be able to learn about national marine sanctuaries and ask questions to leading experts in their field.