NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program
The Call for Applications for NOAA's Teacher at Sea 2007 Field Season is now open. Please visit our How to Apply page for details.
Look here for a list of our current and upcoming NOAA Teachers at Sea for the 2006 Field Season!
| NOAA Teacher at Sea, Jacquelyn Hams, assists in charting navigation aboard NOAA Ship RAINIER. |
The mission of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Teacher at Sea (TAS) program is to give teachers a clearer insight into our ocean planet, a greater understanding of maritime work and studies, and to increase their level of environmental literacy by fostering an interdisciplinary research experience. The program provides a unique environment for learning and teaching by sending kindergarten through college-level teachers to sea aboard NOAA research and survey ships to work under the tutelage of scientists and crew. Then, armed with new understanding and experience, teachers bring this knowledge back to their classrooms. Indeed, the greatest payoff of NOAA's Teacher at Sea program is the enthusiasm for learning more about our ocean planet generated between teachers and students.
Since its inception in 1990, the program has enabled more than 460 teachers to gain first-hand experience of science and life at sea. By participating in this program, it becomes possible for teachers to enrich their classroom curricula with a depth of understanding made possible by living and working side-by-side, day and night, with those who contribute to the world's body of oceanic and atmospheric scientific knowledge.
If you’re ready for a life-enriching adventure that will benefit you, your students, and your community you could be our next Teacher at Sea!
NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
NOAA's Teacher at Sea program is coordinated and administered by NOAA's Office Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO). OMAO operates, manages and maintains the NOAA fleet of ships and aircraft in support of NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in the Earth's environment and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our nation's economic, social, and environmental needs. OMAO is composed of civilians, wage mariners, and the officers of the NOAA Commissioned Corps, one of the nation's seven uniformed services.(top)
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