NOAA's many educational activities are distributed across the agency. This site has been designed to help students, teachers, librarians and the general public access the many educational activities, publications, and booklets that have been produced.

 

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Participate in a Survey and Win a Prize!
TERC, a non-profit educational research and development organization, in collaboration with NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System are developing teaching and professional development materials about estuaries, watersheds, and related concepts. Classroom Teachers and Informal Science Educators are invited to help by sharing thoughts and opinions about teaching these topics in an anonymous, online, needs assessment survey. To take the survey, just click on the link:

In English: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=359273229697
en Español: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=344613252368).

All respondents are eligible for a raffle to win memberships and educational materials donated by some fabulous professional organizations.

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NOAA Creates Hurricane Education Site

Name NOAA's New Survey Vessel: A Student Contest

NOAA has an exciting opportunity for students in grades 6-12 in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont to help name a new Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull Coastal Mapping Vessel (SWATH CMV) for NOAA.  When completed, the ship will map the seafloor in the coastal areas along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Caribbean Sea and Great Lakes, conducting hydrographic surveys using side scan and multibeam sonar technologies.  The winning team of students will be invited to attend the keel laying ceremony in Mississippi where the ship is being built and receive a replica of the nameplate for the school.

You and your children or local schools can be a part of NOAA's future. Find out how at:  www.education.noaa.gov/shipname.  Please forward this message to anyone who may be interested in this contest.

 

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NOAA Creates Hurricane Education Site

"Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy." - Max Mayfield, Former Director, NOAA's National Hurricane Center

NOAA has created an education site for teachers that helps teach about hurricanes. Teaching materials, multimedia visual information, an archive of previous hurricane seasons and posters are available at this site.

History teaches that a lack of hurricane awareness and preparation are common threads among all major hurricane disasters. By knowing what actions you should take, you can reduce the effects of a hurricane disaster.

To visit the hurricane education site, click here.

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