Teacher Resources
Alabama Water Quality Curriculum, Grades 4 -12
Classroom and Field Activity Resources
This website from the University of Florida Sea Grant hosts activities which have been created by or suggested by Florida marine educators.
Build a Squid
Nothing but fun! Build your own squid, set it free, and then check out what yours and all the other squids have been up to.
Right Whale Game
The Ocean Conservancy has created a website devoted to right whales. The site offers an interactive right whale game where you can navigate the right whale safely through trash, lobster traps, and ships; it also includes right whale information; a coloring page, and more.
Online Education Resources from the Yale Peabody Museum
The fellows at the Yale Peabody Museum have developed a variety of curriculum units that are available to download for use by educators in classroom settings.
Resources for Learning
The American Museum of Natural History offers Resources for Learning, an online collection of activities, articles, and more, for educators, students and anyone interested in teaching or learning about science. There are over 1000 resources to choose from, browsable by topic, keyword, and special collection. Topics include earth science and biology; special collections include water, climate change, and Ology, the museum’s website for kids.
Multimedia
WhaleNet-Interactive Education Resources
Whalenet contains images and movies from actual research, as well as curriculum units, information on various species, behaviors, sounds, etc. Gather online real-time and archived satellite tracking data from seals, whales, dolphins, porpoises, and sea turtles.
Wetlands & Wonder Video: Reconnecting Children with Nearby Nature
This 14-minute video produced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discusses the loss of wetlands and the effect that the loss of natural areas closest to us has on our connection to the natural world. The video includes streaming text for the hearing impaired.
Making Waves
NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) Communications and Education Division has launched a weekly podcast, Making Waves. The podcasts highlight current activities, recent discoveries, and other happenings around NOS and will be launched each Friday.
EcoLibrary
The EcoLibrary is a source for free photographs useful for illustrating concepts in ecology, conservation biology, and the environment.
Expedition: Blue Planet
Expedition: Blue Planet highlights a journey across 5 continents to explore critical water issues, focusing both on water itself and our connection to water issues around the world. The website includes blogs, photos, and more.
Nature Video Archive
This website from Nature, the International Weekly Journal of Science, is designed to complement selected articles and letters from their print magazine. These videos feature analysis and commentary from Nature editors and selected scientists. Video topics include ancient tsunamis, deep sea biodiversity, and more.
Research
Antarctic Summer
Two young scientists spending six months in Antarctica share their experiences and different perspectives.
National Ocean Economics Program
The National Ocean Economics Program provides a full range of the most current economic and socio-economic information available on changes and trends along the U.S. coast and in coastal waters.
America, the Ocean, and Climate Change
In new public opinion research, America, the Ocean, and Climate Change: New Research Insights for Conservation, Awareness, and Action, over 22,000 Americans were surveyed on a comprehensive range of ocean- and environment-related topics. The website offers downloadable files, including the executive summary, a PowerPoint presentation, key findings, and more.
Education for all ages
Beach Chair Scientist
The purpose of this website and blog is to provide simple, understandable answers to beach related questions, such as “Where to seagulls nest?” and “Why do I always see crab shells along the shoreline?” Readers can submit their own questions.
Inside Birding
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Inside Birding is a new video series designed to provide birders with the information they need to improve their skills and make their experience more rewarding, and can also serve as a primer for new birders. The series is made up of four, ten-minute video segments covering bird size and shape, color, behavior, and habitat.