June is National Ocean Month

and NOAA is celebrating 

30 Days of the Ocean. 

Check out a new theme every week!

In June, NOAA Celebrates 30 Days of the Ocean! Join us and learn about our ocean world  and see all the special features we've put together - like a new series of graphics relating to the Ocean Literacy Principles as well as the events taking place at Capitol Hill Ocean Week!

• On Tuesday, June 8, 4pm ET:  NOAA Ocean Today presents:  How to Help
      Whales, A World Ocean Day Watch Party

Join Ocean Today host Symone Barkley on an incredible journey into the ocean, up in the air, on the shore as she watches whales migrate along our coasts. Learn how NOAA is tracking whales and what you can do to help using citizen science! Using the Whale Alert and Ocean Alert apps, you can help ships steer clear of migrating whales and report entangled whales. For more information and to register: https://www.facebook.com/events/ 2963236203951124/

NOAA Education has new features to help you navigate through the revised website and find resources you need for yourself and your students. Let NOAA Education know what you think by completing their customer satisfaction survey.

And check out NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) new education website .Organized by topic, visitors can explore weather-related science, safety, citizen science programs, careers, and more! The Data Resources for the Classroom section offers access to real-time weather data. Additional topics include tides and currents, air quality, storms, other weather variables.

A great resource on the new NWS education website is the simulation activity HotSeat: You Be the Forecaster. This activity is suitable for all ages. It teaches about the meteorology related to extreme weather events, and the decision-making process behind the NWS warning system.

This quarterly publication pulls together resources, projects, events, and activities from across NOAA related to marine debris - as well as highlighting national and regional efforts dedicated to keeping the sea free of debris through education and action! Each newsletter features student opportunities, educational materials, and a fun craft using repurposed or upcycled items. Subscribe today and stay updated on all things marine debris education! Here are a few items from the last edition:

Club Marina is a group of high school students interested in environmental science who are committed to protecting the environment. In an effort to educate and raise awareness about the dangers of marine debris, they’ve been hard at work creating videos about hurricanes and debris in Puerto Rico. In this series of Spanish videos, viewers have the opportunity to understand more about preventing marine debris, hurricane preparedness, and debris management.  Learn More >

NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is partnering with Pride Outside to share #PrideInTheOcean, a social media campaign to celebrate June as both Pride Month and Ocean Month. Our ocean is for everyone – no matter where you're from or who you love. You can participate by sending in an image of yourself in, on, or by the ocean with your pronouns and a short caption explaining why and how you take pride in the ocean. Throughout June, submitted images will be shared on Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and Pride Outside social media.  You can read more about this effort and how to participate here.

June 1 marked the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA's National Ocean Service provides a wide variety of emergency services in preparation for, response to, and recovery from hurricanes. Being aware of the power of these destructive forces, and the science behind them, can help you stay safe this hurricane season. NOAA research shows that tropical cyclone rainfall rates are likely to increase due to the effects of global warming. 

 NOAA’s Historical Hurricane Tracks is an online tool where you can search hurricane tracks by location, year, name, or category. Try it out: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/historical-hurricanes/ and stay safe this hurricane season.

NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is excited to announce the release of their new Responsible Wildlife Viewing guidelines in English and Spanish. These simple guides are designed to engage and educate everyone who spends time enjoying the coasts and coastal waters.

Without the ocean, human life on Earth would be impossible. But increasing overexploitation and global warming are depleting ocean biodiversity and bringing the ocean to a tipping point, beyond which we may never recover. Register here.

The National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series provides educators with educational and scientific expertise, resources, and training to support ocean and climate literacy in the classroom. You can visit the archives of the webinar series to catch up on presentations you may have missed here.

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Seattle Times Journalist Lynda Mapes' new book ORCA: Shared Waters, Shared Home describes how NOAA Fisheries scientists seek to unravel connections between endangered Southern Resident killer whales, threatened Puget Sound Chinook salmon, and the rest of the marine ecosystem. Scientists and news journalists will tell the stories of salmon survival and the native Northwest habitat our salmon and steelhead depend on -- and that we can all help restore.  Register here.

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The NOAA Ship Fairweather is a Hydrographic Survey platform whose mission is to provide modern bathymetric data for maritime safety. The Alaskan coastline has remained largely uncharted to modern bathymetric standards and a portion of the coastline hasn't been charted at all. In Prince William Sound the Fairweather focused her efforts on newly exposed areas due to significant glacial retreat. Special consideration was paid to areas around Barry Arm, a newly identified landslide area with dangerous tsunami potential. Register here.

See other NOAA Science Seminars and register to attend. Slides and recordings willl be available after the webinarr to those interested.

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Joseph Pica, Deputy Director of  NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), has had a career at NOAA that has spanned its full portfolio of science, service and stewardship from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun. Mr. Pica's journey is tied together by the themes of leadership and environmental information, with the former aimed at enhancing the value provided by the latter. As Mr. Pica discusses his experience, he will share examples of NOAA's valuable environmental information and how he grew his leadership capabilities that continue to be focused on the provision of NOAA's environmental information to serve the Nation. Register here.

Attention California teachers!  A free virtual institute  is being offered live June 21-25, 2021 from 9am–12pm online with afternoon time offered asynchronously. This institute will examine sustainable communities with a social, economic, and spatial justice, and ecological lens. 

Dates and Topics:

• June 21: Creating Meaningful Conver-
       sations  Around Climate Change
• June 23: Using Data to understand
       Climate Change
• June 28: Adapting to Climate Change
• June 30: Earth Cycles

Engage your students in the latest science through hands-on activities about climate change! Whether you consider yourself a climate novice or expert, these workshops will help expand your climate change teaching. You will practice activities that engage students in experiments, games, and more! All of which are based on current USDA Climate research. Each workshop is focused on a different climate change theme; attend one or all. All activities covered in the workshops are NGSS aligned and freely available to educators at www.Asombro.org/climate.

All 4 workshops are 4:00-5:30 MST on Zoom and there is No cost to participants. Register by Sunday, June 20th, at https://asombro.org/teacher-workshops/.

Communities Grow Greener When Young People Have a
Voice | June 22, 3:00 PM ET

This webinar walks you through key steps in involving young people in local investigations and civic action to improve their communities, including building sustained relationships with community partners. Register here.

Demonstrating the Power of Environmental Education (EE) | July 7, 3:00 PM ET

Learn how to use the data from eeWORKS to back up the feel-good EE stories you hear about to support your work. You will hear from researchers and learn about communications tools you can use to help you structure and evaluate programs, provide professional development, apply for funding opportunities, make the case for EE to policymakers, and more. Register here.

Want to take a deeper dive into innovative instructional strategies? Try an online course with a cohort of peers. Empower your learners to make sense of our interconnected world by integrating geographic thinking skills and resources into your instruction in a National Geographic short course! Check out their courses here and sign up today! New courses begin June 23rd!

Join ONEP for two offerings this summer in their Professional Early Learner Series:

• Fostering Natural Curiosity with Growing Up WILD 
       July 13 & 15, 2021 | Online
  
  
• Fostering Natural Curiosity & Environmental Experiences July 20 & 22, 2021 | Online

Learn more & register>

Vsit the Oregon Coast website to learn more about the variety of webinars, workshops, and events being offered to engage and strengthen STEM/CTE education in the Pacific Northwest.

Learn more here>

Would you like to represent Climate Generation at the United Nations 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland in November of 2021? Climate Generation is accepting applications through the end of June from individuals working in education & engagement.

Open to all ages 18+, with priority selection of applicants in Midwest states and diverse backgrounds.

Fill out a preliminary application here. Invited applicants will be asked to submit full applications in June.

The Wastewater Pollution Toolkit provides the latest science and strategies to help everyone understand wastewater threats. The resource summarizes the impacts of wastewater pollution to human and marine health; current management strategies and innovative solutions; and approaches to mitigate wastewater pollution through monitoring, management, and collaboration. 

The Wastewater Pollution Toolkit was developed by the Reef Resilience Network and The Nature Conservancy in consultation with expert advisors from across the globe .

Access the Toolkit

Connectivity Project is a compelling and inspiring short film series exploring the ripple effects of our actions in an interconnected world. With an accompanying study guide supporting these engaging films, a deep sense of awe, belonging, and responsibility are gained, both building community and inspiring informed choices and conscious action. This work is for middle school through college, as well as for community presentations with  congregations, environmental organizations or focus groups. Learn more at www.connectivityproject.com

 It can be complicated to explain how science works, how to use science to make decisions, and why knowledge changes, but some new resources can help. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has compiled a video, real-world science stories, and an interactive quiz to help your students understand how science works and why it’s important to their lives. Read more  at the Decoding Science website here and begin asking questions!

Find out about a biology lesson that incorporates a new approach to teaching middle and high school students how to fact-check online information, then adopt something similar into your classroom! The lesson focuses on social media posts about genetic engineering (GE) of plants, but this promising approach to digital literacy can be adopted for other scientific topics and internet information sources. Find it on NSTA's website here.

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program and the National Science Foundation are producing a series of Virtual Field Labs (VFLs) for students in middle to college levels. The VFLs take students along with a climate scientist as they collect and analyze data to answer a different climate question Climate Clues from the Past,  Abrupt Climate Disruptions are available now and  Sea Level Rise is soon to be released. Learn more and access the VFLs here.

The Towson University Center for STEM Excellence has developed a series of free NGSS aligned online resources for teachers and students engaging in distance learning. Each lesson is contained in a Google Slides presentation, which can be assigned to students through a single link. Instructions for Teachers (PDF) provides logistics on how to access and assign the lessons. Lessons include:

• Bird Migration and Climate Change
• Freshwater, Saltwater
• How Do Scientists Know Things?
• Ocean Acidification and Oysters
• And more!

Watch their Distance Learning Resources Webinar on YouTube for an overview of all of their resources. Check back regularly as they continue to provide new programming.

Take a 5-minute mini-classes in the technologies helping us meet our sustainability goals – from well-known solutions like renewable energy to futuristic ways of scrubbing carbon out of the air. Axios’ experts dive into the technologies driving the news today, how they work, and where they stand in terms of research and deployment.

Access the mini-classes here.