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An alligator rests on a log in a swampy area surrounded by trees and lush aquatic vegetation.

Funding opportunity: Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience in the Gulf

Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience in the Gulf

citizen science month

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Three photos of citizen science volunteers. From left to right, the first photo is of Shelby wearing a raincoat and hat, standing on a cliff near a foggy coastline. Second, Esther and Jerry stand together on a sandy beach holding turtle monitoring equipment. Third, Craig Wollam holds a large fish while standing on a boat with the coastline in the background.

Meet the citizen scientists supporting NOAA’s mission

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Get spooky with NOAA Education's Halloween pumpkin carving templates!

October 14, 2020

Five pumpkins carved with different NOAA-themed templates including an anglerfish, a jellyfish, a tornado, a bony fish, and a ship and plane.

Traditional Hawaiian knowledge engages students through watershed education

September 24, 2020

Learning science by connecting to our ahupuaʻa

High school students weed the loʻi (wet taro patch) doing habitat restoration, while also connecting to their ahupuaʻa.

Teachers: Check out NOAA resources for virtual and in-person education

August 11, 2020

A NOAA Teacher at Sea alum with shark jaws.

Art gallery: Browse the 2019 award-winning student artwork inspired by the ocean

March 19, 2020

“Atlantic Octopus” by Alicia Z., Grade 7, is a winner of the Marine Art Contest 2019. Winning art is posted on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary website.

New podcast helps parents teach their kids about Octonauts sea creatures

June 3, 2019

Welcome to "NOAA and the Octonauts," an episode-by-episode discussion of the children’s TV show The Octonauts, which features a crew of quirky and courageous undersea adventurers. Their mission: to explore the world’s ocean, rescue the creatures who live there, and protect their habitats. Our monthly podcast brings together experts from inside and outside of NOAA to help you and the children you care about learn more about the real-life versions of the Octonauts sea creatures and the ocean they call

Celebrate the power of the crowd this Citizen Science Day

April 9, 2019

Second graders from an elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee work together to classify images on Steller Watch, a citizen science project in which volunteers review images of Steller sea lions from the remote Aleutian Islands.

NOAA student scholarship honors life and legacy of Ernest 'Fritz' Hollings

April 9, 2019

NOAA Hollings Scholars from the classes of 2011 and 2012 met with Senator Ernest F Hollings (center) at the University of South Carolina’s Hollings Library.

Art gallery: Browse award-winning student artwork inspired by the ocean

March 12, 2019

"Naked Sea Butterflies" by Amy W., Grade 9. Marine Art Contest 2018.

How NOAA's education resources support science standards

March 30, 2016

National Estuarine Reserves are living classrooms to educate and encourage future community leaders.

2015-2035 NOAA Education Strategic Plan

March 16, 2016

Earth Revealed on NOAA's Science On a Sphere at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.