NOAA's Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program coordinates research on deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems, building our limited understanding of where and how they exist. This webinar covers advances in the science and protection of deep-sea corals, and introduces free NGSS designed lessons, activities, and resources designed to facilitate classroom explorations into building our understanding of these hidden ecosystems. 

Interested in a live event? Check out Deep Sea Coral with Zoologist Andrea Quattrini, this Wednesday, 5/20 from 2 – 2:30 pm EDT from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Sign up here.

The National Marine Sanctuary Webinar Series provides educators with educational and scientific expertise, resources and training to support ocean and climate literacy in any setting. Enjoy the webinars live or access and review their webinar archive.

NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries also offer live interactive events that connect you to the network of underwater parks encompassing over 600,000 square miles of pristine marine ecosystems and to experts in research, education, and exploration in real time. Check out these engaging resources for all ages and their schedule of upcoming events here.

NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch/PolarWatch provides easy access for everyone to global and regional satellite data to understand, manage and protect ocean and coastal resources as well as assess impacts of environmental change. In this seminar, you’ll receive an overview and demonstration of the map viewer and learn how to display, explore, and access sea surface temperature, salinity, color, wind, synthetic aperture radar and sea level anomaly data products. See the OneNOAA seminar series of all webinars here and access the CoastWatch STAR Seminar on Webex.

On World Oceans Day, people around our blue planet celebrate and honor the ocean, which connects us all. This year, World Oceans Day is being celebrated on June 8th, 2020, and calls on world leaders to protect 30% of our blue planet by 2030. Interested educators and students can check out World Oceans Day events, resources and more via its website.

In honor of World Oceans Day, check out this article: Thirty-six Thousand Feet Under the Sea 

A long-time Planet Steward Peer Leader and master teacher shares an elementary engineering activity in Science and Children with her co-author that allows young students to design, engineer, and build. While this activity is written for classroom use, it’s equally effective as an “at home” activity station. As the authors note, such a student(s) directed activity allows innovation, invention, and imagination to flourish and fosters better thinkers, learners,  and problem solvers.

Invite your students to a special series of science talks with Virginia Aquarium staff as they share some of their work with animals, conservation projects, and research. Upcoming virtual talks include:

• Zoo and Aquarium Conservation, May 26th, 2pm-2:45pm EDT

• Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Response, June 2nd, 10am-10:45am 

Registration (via the links to the events) is required.

With NSTA’s Daily Dos, teachers and parents can engage their students in authentic, relevant science learning that focuses on sensemaking tasks. Using the Next Generation Science Standards science and engineering practices, students actively try to figure out how the world works or how to design solutions to problems. Engage students in NSTA’S DAILY DO here. Tasks are available specifically for elementary, middle, and high school students as well as Daily Dos for families.