It’s not every day that a research vessel visits a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Whenever the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer arrives in such a place, the team connects educators to the research taking place in their own deepwater backyards.
![Educators participate in a communications lesson during a 2017 professional development workshop at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center, National Marine Sanctuaries, American Samoa. (Image credit: Emily Narrow, Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration) Educators participate in a communications lesson during a 2017 professional development workshop at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center, National Marine Sanctuaries, American Samoa.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/amsameducators1.jpg?itok=fZxy2UtX)
Educators participate in a communications lesson during a 2017 professional development workshop at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center, National Marine Sanctuaries, American Samoa. (Image credit: Emily Narrow, Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration)