This webinar and the corresponding MWEE guide to watershed education  from the Planet Stewards archive introduces you to three dimensional learner-centered experiences that focus on investigations into local environmental issues, leading to informed action and civic engagement. Open this webinar and/or the entire treasure trove of Planet Stewards webinars .

On January 14th, 2pm ET, don’t miss the webinar, “My Personal Leadership, Philosophy and Principles: All In, All Good, and All for One,” by Admiral Timothy Gallaudet, PhD, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/ Deputy NOAA Administrator. The Leadership Seminar Series will highlight those who lead NOAA and ensure its excellence. These leaders and NOAA partners speak on topics relevant to NOAA’s mission.  See the upcoming series and OneNOAA Science Seminar calendar here.

This webinar series provides formal and informal educators with educational and scientific expertise, resources, and training to support ocean and climate literacy in the classroom. As a system of nationally significant places managed by NOAA, national marine sanctuaries are directly experiencing climate impacts, and serve as important assets for climate-informed management, science and education. Join Dr. Zachary J. Cannizzo to learn more about how the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is actively incorporating climate into education and outreach. Visit the NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries archives to watch past webinar recordings. 

The 12 essays featured in Arctic Report Card 2019 provide comprehensive summaries of key land, ice, ocean, and atmosphere observations made throughout the Arctic in the context of historical records. Taken together, the essays also serve to highlight the many strong and complex connections within the Arctic system. It is these connections that magnify the impact of the changing Arctic environment—changes that affect ecosystems and communities on a regional and global scale. Access the 2019 Arctic Report Card here.

The American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Education Program invites K-12 teachers to enroll in weather, ocean, and climate science professional development courses. With major support from NOAA, DataStreme Project distance learning courses are available to teachers nationwide. DataStreme Atmosphere focuses on the study of key meteorological concepts and dynamic weather events in near real time; DataStreme Ocean addresses the ocean’s physical, chemical, biological, and geological properties and their effects on coastlines, ecosystems, and climate; and DataStreme Earth’s Climate System explores the scientific principles governing the climate system and the ways humans interact in it. Each course is 13-weeks long with Mentor Teams located around the country. Graduate credits are also awarded. Apply today for Spring semester 2020 – Deadline is January 9th, 2020. Learn more here.

HHMI BioInteractive is inviting biology and environmental educators at the high school or undergraduate level to participate in a three-year professional development Academy to promote and support evidence-based teaching practices that incorporate our classroom resources, approach, and values.

• Up to three years of professional learning and development.
• Full travel and registration support to participate in at least one regional or national science education and/or scientific conference annually during the three-year Academy.
• Participation in a national professional network of expert life science educators.
• Stipend, full travel and registration, and coaching support to present at least once at a national and/or regional meeting.

Visit BioInteractive here for more information and eligibility requirements. Intent to apply is due Jan. 6, 2020 with applications due March 23, 2020.

The Science Communication Fellowship immerses formal and informal educators in the Nautilus Corps of Exploration and empowers them to bring ocean exploration to a global audience via the Nautilus Live website and live sessions from aboard the ship.Science Communication Fellows then bring their expedition experience back to their classrooms, organizations, and communities centered around their time at sea. Applications are open now! Learn more and apply before January 10, 2020.

With a little more than a month left to apply, now is the time to go online and view a new webcast about the prestigious Edward C. Roy, Jr. Award for Excellence in K-8 Earth Science Teaching. The free, two-minute webcast provides an overview of the competition. You can view the webcast today.The winner will receive a $2,500 prize and a travel grant of $1,000 to attend the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Annual Conference in April 2020 to accept the award. To learn more, teachers should visit online. Applications must be postmarked by January 22, 2020. 

Since its inception in 1992, nearly 400,000 students from across the United States and Canada have participated in the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision that can inspire a lifelong love of science, technology and innovation.  A teacher will guide his or her students as they pick a current technology, research it, envision what it might look like in 20 years, and describe the development steps, pros & cons, and obstacles. To download an ExploraVision brochure, please click here or visit the program’s website.

The National Geographic GeoBee is an annual competition designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world, while the National Geographic GeoChallenge is a project-based, multilevel competition that empowers students in grades four through eight to develop creative solutions to today’s urgent environmental problems.  School Registration for the 2019-2020 school year is now open for both competitions! The GeoChallenge deadline is January 16 and the GeoBee deadline is January 24.

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that EPA’s Office of Environmental Education is now accepting applications for the 2020 Presidential Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators (PIAEE). Winners will be invited to Washington, D.C. in mid-2020 to be honored by the agency and present their work in a poster session. Both awards were established in 1990 and recognize outstanding environmental stewardship projects for students in grades K-12 who promote environmental awareness and encourage community involvement, and educators who employ innovative approaches to environmental education. One student in grades K-5 and another from grades 6-12 will receive the award, and two educators will be selected.  

For more information on the youth awards (PEYA), please contact: PEYA@epa.gov  For more information on the teacher (PIAEE) award, please contact: PIAEE@epa.gov.

Do you want to attend the #NMEA20 annual conference in Honolulu in July 2020 and could you use some financial assistance to attend? There are currently three different types of scholarships available: 

1. NMEA  member-only scholarships, 
2. Expanding Audiences scholarships, and 
3. Traditional Knowledge scholarships. See our Scholarships page for more information.

 All scholarship nominations and applications are due by February 15, 2020, and applicants are usually notified by mid-March, so that everyone can register by the NMEA annual conference early-bird registration deadline!

NMEA is also pleased to announce Current: The Journal of Marine Education, which is to be relaunched in to its new online, open access format with Ubiquity Press! NMEA’s first online and open access issue (Winter 2020) will be released in the new year. Subscribe here

David Wright is a firm advocate for demonstrating the wonders of science through action. He makes ice cream for his class using liquid nitrogen, lets deflating balloons fly around the room, and makes flames appear. One appreciative student filmed the professor's stunts all semester long, and she uploaded a video compilation to Twitter, expecting a few hundred likes and a couple of thousand views. She was wrong: Her video went massively viral and was seen more than 10 million times in 24 hours. Read more from BuzzFeed.

This activity for secondary educators incorporates a team-based collaboration on greenhouse gases and current technologies that can provide a solution to our climate change woes. Students fill in eight climate stabilization wedges to learn more about the current strategies available for climate mitigation. The students will have the opportunity to pick the eight different climate-cutting strategies to complete the climate mitigation portfolio. Browse the CLEAN portal for more resources related to climate mitigation. 

Audience: Ideal for High School and up

Time requirements: Approximately three 45-minute blocks

Planet Stewards acknowledges  #CSEdWeek, which took place December 9-15, 2019 to coincide with the birthday of Admiral Grace Hopper, a pioneer in the field of computer science who was born on December 9, 1906. This annual event was first recognized in 2010 when the 111th Congress passed House Resolution 1560. Computer science has allowed significant advances in our knowledge of planet Earth, as well as wide-spread democratization of this knowledge and the digital tools that make these advances and their global dissemination possible. Find various educational environmentally focused resources at the CS Education Week website.

The Bridge is featuring resources about Earth's southernmost continent this December. First up, is Classroom Antarctica, a series of lesson materials from the Australian Antarctic Division. To complement those lessons,they also recommend the National Science Foundation's Arctic and Antarctic Classroom Resources. Classroom Antarctica is aimed at grades 3 to 8 and designed to stimulate student interest in real-world applications for science, mathematics and studies of society and environment, while the National Science Foundation website offers a diverse collection of lessons, videos, and web resources on polar research programs.