The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is home to North America’s only living coral barrier reef. The reef tract spans 225 continuous miles and is composed of outer reefs and patch reefs containing over 50 species of corals and over 150 species of fish. Upwards of 90 percent of the live corals that once covered the reefs have been lost over the years to a variety of factors including misplaced boat anchors, ship groundings, pollution, overfishing, storms, disease and warming ocean temperatures. Read more.

The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit is designed to help people find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience. The Toolkit offers information from across the U.S. Federal Government in one easy-to-use location. The site is managed by NOAA’s Climate Program Office and hosted by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Sections include case studies, tools, expertise, regions, topics, and steps to resilience.

D-Day was not only the largest amphibious military landing in World War II, but in all history. What most people don't know is that ocean tides played a crucial role in this historic day. In this podcast, listen to the story of D-Day from the perspective of the science of tides and tide predictions from  Greg Dusek, a physical oceanographer and senior scientist at NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, the tides and currents office of NOAA’s National Ocean Service.

Apply today for the fall (begins mid-August) or spring semesters via the AMS website here. A limited number of fee waivers for DataStreme are also available.

AMS also recently launched a new certification program! Upon successful completion of any two of DataStreme courses, Project Atmosphere, and Project Ocean/Maury, teachers may apply to become a Certified AMS Teacher. Learn more HERE.

A limited number of fee waivers for applicants with financial need are available. Apply today.

Get a head start on your planning for the upcoming school year by learning how you can incorporate the 2019-2020 MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) research expedition into your curriculum!  Educators of middle and high school level students will join curriculum developers from the University of Colorado Boulder and MOSAiC expedition scientists for two different virtual workshops in July and August 2020 to learn more about two new Arctic climate and MOSAiC expedition units. Participants will engage with immersive 360° virtual expeditions, authentic real-time Arctic datasets, and App-based labs in these two-day online workshops. There is no cost to register, and participants will receive 10 continuing education hours with the option to also receive graduate credit from University of Colorado Boulder. 

• Workshop 1: Exploring the New and Old Arctic - July 28-29, 10 am - 2 pm MT, Register for Workshop 1
• Workshop 2: Arctic Feedbacks: Not All Warming is Equal - August 4-5, 10 am - 2 pm MT Register for Workshop 2

Learn more about both workshops here, email Jon Griffith with questions, and check out other MOSAiC expedition educational resources.

Join NSTA on Thursday, July 16, 2020, at 7:00 pm ET to learn about amazing tools that are helping to map, identify, characterize, and manage ocean resources now and for future generations. Register and find out more.

All registrants will receive an email confirmation with information about the program and links to visit in preparation of the event. New Users: Log in 15 minutes prior to the start time for an introduction to NSTA web seminars. Archives of the web seminars and the presenters' presentation slides will be made available to all attendees. Read answers to frequently asked questions from previous participants. For more information contact: webseminars@nsta.org

Diving With a Purpose trains divers wanting to learn about marine archeology on mapping shipwrecks using NOAA protocols. You learn trilateration, get assigned a part of a wreck in Key Biscayne National Park, and then spend 1-2 days measuring and mapping your section. A volunteer stitches all the drawings into a CAD-assistant composite that gets entered into the official Park record. Most of the groups are adults but all-youth groups are hosted each year as well. Diving With a Purpose also partners with the Coral Restoration Foundation on coral establishment and restoration projects.

Diving with a Purpose is featured in the National Museum of African-American History and Culture as part of their Slave Wrecks project, which is captured in this video.. 

Earth Challenge 2020 is a global citizen science initiative with the goal of engaging millions of global citizens in six major research areas: air quality, plastic pollution, food security, insect populations, water quality, and climate change. The goal: one billion data points in any research area impacting environmental and human health. Join a global citizen science effort to protect our planet on August 15, 2020.

The Earth Challenge app includes 4 separate widgets: plastic pollution widget, an air quality widget, and two others that focus on insect pollinators and food sustainability. The app is available for Android and iPhone, Earth Challenge hopes to help make existing citizen science data more open and Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). 

The Citizen Science Cloud is under development, and will be available August 15, 2020. Sign up for email updates to keep in-the-know about the Citizen Science Cloud's launch.

The Federal Government has announced strategies and recommendations to fully map, explore, and characterize the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). With more than 13,000 miles of coastline and 3.4 million square nautical miles of ocean, the U.S. EEZ is larger than the land area of all 50 states combined – yet only a fraction of this area has been explored. Learn More.

This manuscript - recently accepted to Environmental Research Letters, presents a new "Powers of 10" framework, demonstrating its potential as a practical tool for decision makers and change agents to inform and catalyze engagement and actions around climate and sustainability that complement existing frameworks. A more lay person’s explanation of the framework is explained in Medium: Powers of 10 to the People!

My NASA Data delivers immersive story maps for Earth Science education just in time for summer! Check out the full story map collection here featuring: 

• Hurricanes
• Urban Heat Island
• Volcanic Eruptions
• Phytoplankton
• Sea Ice Extent
• Ocean Circulation (just released)

My NASA Data is part of the GLOBE Mission Earth “Science Activation” project, a collaboration of multiple institutions across the U.S.to increase teacher/student involvement in the GLOBE Program. Contact: Email My NASA Data with any questions.

WORLD OCEAN RADIO is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays on a wide range of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. It’s also available for RSS feed and broadcast by college and community radio stations worldwide. Find World Ocean Radio at iTunes or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. 

This week's World Ocean Radio podcast is on THE SARGASSO SEA. 

Visit USGS Resources for Teachers to tap into over 140 years of research in the natural sciencesthrough their  collection of educational resources including lesson plans and activities, maps, podcasts, online lectures, videos and animations across elementary, secondary, university, and informal education settings. Resources focus on all the earth sciences and can be searched by grade level, topic, or type. All the materials are vetted, curated, and rigorous. Make sure to access the Learning From Home section, too!

The National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) have put together a portal for teaching geoscience online. Online classrooms have unique challenges and require specialized strategies for success. These challenges can be particularly acute for geoscience courses with laboratory and field components. Join a new community of geoscience educators focused on teaching their students in online environments. Ask questions, share experiences, and find resources that meet the needs unique to educators teaching geoscience online.

Regardless of whether you’re teaching online or face to face, NESTA’s (National Earth Science Teachers Association) Earth Science Online Teaching Resources Collection can help you find vetted lessons, interactive simulations and more that support students as they investigate Earth, environmental, and space science from home. There are also webinars providing valuable information you can use when developing lessons. Don’t delay, make use of the NESTA website today!