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Searching for terms that contain more than one word.
Use quotation marks around multiple-word phrases you want to search. For example, searching “climate change” will return resources about “climate change.” If you don’t include quotation marks, it will return resources that include either the word “climate” or “change.”
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Expanding categories.
Each category has a plus sign (+) to expand the available filters within the category. Some categories have subcategories. Look for the plus sign (+) to see more filterable items.
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.
Activities, lessons, and units are bundled together under resource type. You can expand to filter for only one type. Activity/demonstration refers to straightforward activities with little or no classroom strategy or pedagogy. Lesson refers to structured activities that are intended for a classroom audience. Module/unit refers to a collection of lessons that can build upon each other over multiple class periods or times of instruction; some people might call this a curriculum.
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.”
- Activities, lessons, and units (38)
- Arts and crafts (2)
- Background information (81)
- Career profile (29)
- Citizen science project (4)
- Collection (69)
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- Data product (69)
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- Multimedia (103)
- NOAA Education resource collection (5)
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- Related story (56)
- Climate (278)
- Freshwater (164)
- Marine life
(483)
- Adaptations (11)
- Aquatic food webs (58)
- Coral reef ecosystems (86)
- Conservation (31)
- Ecosystems (116)
- Endangered species (20)
- Entanglement (17)
- Fish (100)
- Fisheries and seafood (112)
- Invasive marine species (9)
- Invertebrates (91)
- Life in an estuary (36)
- Marine mammals (136)
- 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
(667)
- 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 (86)
- 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 (293)
- (-) Weather and atmosphere (328)
- B-WET grantee (2)
- Careers in hydrology (1)
- CIMSS weather and climate activities (1)
- CIRES/NOAA Science@Home webinar (1)
- CIRES/NOAA Serie La Ciencia-en-Casa (1)
- CLEAN climate and energy education resource collection (1)
- Data in the Classroom (2)
- Do you NOAA? (1)
- Earth Genius Program (1)
- ELP grantee (3)
- Exploring our fluid Earth (1)
- Faces of the National Weather Service (2)
- GOES-R infographics (1)
- GOES-R satellite video collection (2)
- Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System (1)
- Great Lakes Meteorological Real-Time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) (1)
- Great Lakes photo gallery (1)
- H.O.M.E.S. at Home webinars (1)
- Hurricane Hunters video collection (1)
- JetStream: An online school for weather (8)
- National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2)
- National Severe Storms Laboratory learning resources (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 Commissioned Officer Corps (1)
- NOAA Digital Coast (1)
- NOAA Enrichment in Marine Sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) curriculum (1)
- NOAA Live! 4 Kids (1)
- NOAA Marine Debris Program (1)
- Ocean Exploration facts (1)
- Ocean facts (1)
- Ocean Today (26)
- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory El Niño theme page (1)
- Satellite meteorology learning modules (3)
- Science On a Sphere catalog (5)
- SciJinks (13)
- Sea-Earth-Atmosphere (SEA) resources (1)
- Severe weather 101 (1)
- Severe weather event summaries (1)
- Storm surge videos and brochures (1)
- The GLOBE Program (3)
- UCAR teaching boxes (1)
- Weather 101 (1)
- Women in science profiles (1)
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What is a wall cloud? What's the difference between a watch and a warning? Is it ever “too cold to snow”? Learn all about thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, lightning, floods, damaging winds, and severe winter weather from the National Severe Storms Lab.
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Designed for people with experience in meteorology, this site shows real time and historic severe weather data on an interactive map, focusing on tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, and wind. Datasets include daily events, monthly summaries, annual trends, downloadable radar data, and event archives.
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An interactive map with information about the probabilities of tornadoes, wind, and hail across the contiguous United States.
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How does melting sea ice impact animals, their habitats, and sea level rise?
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From the National Weather Service, this data website provides animated maps of snow data in the contiguous United States going back to 2003.
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Pam Heinselman, a research meteorologist with the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, is being featured in "STEM Stories," a project to highlight the lives and work of women involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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The storm events database includes information on storms and other significant weather phenomena that lead to loss of life, injuries, significant property damage, and/or disruption to commerce; rare, unusual, weather phenomena that generate media attention; and other significant meteorological events, such as record maximum or minimum temperatures or precipitation that occur in connection with another event.
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The Storm Prediction Center has an interactive map with real-time and recent severe weather predictions, fire warnings, and other hazard information. Some historical data is also available.
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Hurricanes and severe storms bring high winds, rain, strong waves, and storm surges that can damage or destroy your home, boat, or other property, can put your family or business at risk, and have the potential to create a large amount of marine debris. This document runs through some basic steps to prepare for storms and prevent your property from becoming marine debris.
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This interactive map shows what East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and Puerto Rico coastal areas are vulnerable to storm surge flooding. This map is generated using elevation and watershed geographic data and is not a real-time hazard map.