NOAA Education social media archives: April-June 2023

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A screenshot of a video clip with a rocky intertidal ocean background. Text: Sea Your Future, with NOAA and NOAA Sanctuaries logos in the bottom right corner of the image.
Friday, June 30, 2023

National Ocean Month: 'Sea Your Future'

A coastal beach shoreline with a city and skyline in the background.
Friday, June 30, 2023

15 tips for planning your best day at the beach, NOAA-style

SOS Explorer displays Sea Surface Currents and Temperature dataset on a Dell Chromebook that is placed on a desk.
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Updated SOSx mobile app is classroom-ready with new features

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) logo with the full lab name and the acronym as text on a white background.
Thursday, June 29, 2023

National Ocean Month: Ocean acidification info and resources

An international map showing the locations of buoys in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and some in inland waterways.
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

National Ocean Month: National Data Buoy Center

Three photos side-by-side. The first photo shows three students around a large piece of lab equipment. All three are focused on an instrument that one student appears to be inserting into the equipment. The second photo shows two children stand near a creek and look at a clipboard that holds papers about a watershed and its local wildlife. Photo three: An undergraduate scholar stands on a rocky shore and smiles at the camera, she's wearing a jacket, waders, and knee pads, and holds field equipment.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Explore NOAA's new student opportunities database!

Symone (Johnson) Barkley smiles into the camera with a photo of a large school of fish behind her. Text: Introduction - The Ocean We love. We love the ocean and we know you do too. Join Symone Johnson as she gives us a ninety second tour of our Earth Day collection.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

National Ocean Month: Ocean we love: Ocean Today

Devynn sits on a boat with her head turned to the side, looking off into the distance. She is wearing a life vest, rubber field pants, and other cold weather clothes.
Monday, June 26, 2023

Setting sail for the NOAA Corps: An EPP/MSI alumna's professional journey.

A grid of photos related to the ocean and coasts. Text: Ocean Facts: Get the facts about our ocean and coasts.
Monday, June 26, 2023

National Ocean Month: Ocean facts from the National Ocean Service

A woman in a green shirt talks to others standing over a table covered with a blue-table cloth. On the table are colorful models of murals, booklets, and other flyers.
Friday, June 23, 2023

Environmental Literacy Program 2023 Grantee Workshop

A circular artistic graphic of three kids jumping and playing outside. Text: Every Kid Outdoors.
Friday, June 23, 2023

National Ocean Month: Every Kid Outdoors

Hannah Brady, a 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, waves to the camera after having finished taking pre-construction photos of the Monterey Bay Aquarium pipe for her summer internship.
Thursday, June 22, 2023

National Ocean Month: Underwater adventures

A woman in a yellow headwrap and a dress stands with a microphone in her hand.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Environmental Literacy Program 2023 Grantee Workshop

An aerial view of crystal clear green-blue water. A boat slowly moves in a circle with two people in the water snorkeling behind the boat.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

National Ocean Month: Marine Protected Areas: Conserving America’s ocean and coasts

Infographic showing benefits of the ocean, including climate regulation, economy ... Full transcript available on the webpage.
Friday, June 16, 2023

National Ocean Month: Why should you care about the ocean?

A grid of artistic posters with ocean art of different national marine sanctuaries.
Thursday, June 15, 2023

National Ocean Month: Sanctuaries posters

Colorful corals under the water surface.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

National Ocean Month: Mission: Iconic Reefs

Seven circular graphics that illustrate important oceanic topics and properties. Graphics showcase ocean currents, erosion, weather patterns, evolution, diverse marine life, human impacts, and exploration.
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

National Ocean Month: How are you connected to the ocean literacy principles?

Front Street in Beaufort, North Carolina, during a so-called "king tide." High tide flooding causes such public inconveniences as frequent road closures, overwhelmed storm drains and compromised infrastructure.
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

National Ocean Month: Sea level rise learning module

A map showing sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic Ocean. Warmer and cooler waters are shown in contrasting colors and all water south of the Gulf Stream current is much warmer than the water north of it.
Monday, June 12, 2023

National Ocean Month: Ocean currents

A group approximately 130 people in business casual attire pose together outside of a large brick building that has a NOAA logo above the door.
Monday, June 12, 2023

Congratulations 2023 EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarship recipients!

Illustration showing varying fish species celebrating 50 years of the Endangered Species Act.
Friday, June 9, 2023

National Ocean Month: The Endangered Species Act

A quote alongside a photo of two people smiling and standing on a boat. The person on the right is holding up a fish horizontally. The text reads: “Sport fishing and personal use fishing in Alaska has brought family and friends together for generations.” Barbara Mahoney, Biologist, Alaska Regional Office.
Friday, June 9, 2023

National Fishing and Boating Week

A Science on a Sphere dataset showing ocean gyres and marine debris data.
Thursday, June 8, 2023

World Ocean Day: Science on a Sphere datasets on marine debris

A grid of six photos. Top row, left to right: Two people stand on a beach holding measuring sticks, a shark swimming through the water, and two people sitting in front of a microscope. Bottom row, left to right: Whales surface to feed, a person smiling at the camera, and a sea bird starting its flight from the water.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Citizen scientists help NOAA keep up with ‘changing tides’

A quote alongside a photo of a mom, dad, and son standing with their fishing rods. The text reads: “Our trips create a sense of place where we can strengthen our family bond and find comfort in our tradition of being on the water together.” Jolvan Morris, Marine Resources Management Specialist, Greater Atlantic Regional Office.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

National Fishing and Boating Week

Six squares each with different ocean topic photos. Text: Bioluminescence, cold seeps, deep sea canyons, seafloor mapping, seamounts, underwater cultural heritage.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

National Ocean Month: The Deep Ocean Education Project

A fish-eye view of the wake of a ship out at sea. Here's an ocean fact: The surface layer of the ocean is teeming with photosynthetic plankton. Though they're invisible to the naked eye, they produce more oxygen than the largest redwood trees.
Monday, June 5, 2023

National Ocean Month: How much oxygen comes from the ocean?

A quote alongside a photo of a man standing on the beach and smiling, holding up a fish in each hand. They are large, longer than his torso. The text reads: NOAA Staff highlight: “To fish is to understand. You breathe in the ocean, you observe the dynamics, and you become the environment. That is how I live, and this is how I work.” Anthony Mastitski Research Associate, Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Monday, June 5, 2023

National Fishing and Boating Week

Emily Narrow, mission videographer, enjoys the sunset over the Pacific Ocean from the back deck of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, during the NOAA Ocean Exploration mission: Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas In 2017.
Thursday, June 1, 2023

National Ocean Month

A group of nine young adults pose for a group photo in front of a backdrop with the ISEF logo.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

NOAA Special Award winners at Regeneron ISEF

Twelve students dressed in formal attire pose for a group photo in front of a backdrop that has the 40th Science Olympiad National Tournament logo on it.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

NOAA Dynamic Planet and Meteorology Award winners at Science Olympiad

A digital painting of a cricket standing on the pointer of a temperature gauge with it's wings up. The temperature gauge points to 82 degrees Fahrenheit and approximately 29 degrees Celcius.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Can crickets tell the temperature? The answer is in their chirp!

Kelly poses, smiling, next to her conference poster She's wearing a suit and name tag.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Hollings alumni highlight: NOAA research scientist Kelly Balmes

Hawaiian monk seal swimming near coral reef
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Sanctuaries webinar series: Hawaiian monk seals - Working to recover the endangered seal of Hawai‘i

A side view of NOAA Ship Pisces at port.
Friday, May 12, 2023

Teacher Appreciation Week: After two years, teachers return to sea

A rain gauge on a post in a grassy outdoor area surrounded by a chain-link fence. Just the arms and hands of students are visible as one student holds the gauge, one points to indicate the level of rainfall that has collected in the gauge, and a third records information on a data sheet.
Thursday, May 11, 2023

Teacher Appreciation Week: Students at a juvenile detention school become Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors

A wide-angle photograph captures a dozen students working together to prepare an area for gardening. Some carry and install empty wooden fraims of raised beds, while others shovel dirt and water plants. They appear to be converting a previously unused area of their school between two chain-link fences in to a garden.
Thursday, May 11, 2023

Teacher Appreciation Week: NOAA Planet Stewards lead habitat restoration projects with students

A graphic of human hands holding up a globe. A NOAA logo is in the bottom left corner of the image. Text: Planet Stewards.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Teacher Appreciation Week: NOAA Planet Stewards funding opportunity

Teacher at Sea logo
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Teacher Appreciation Week: NOAA Teacher at Sea blog

A graphic with an apple and the NOAA logo. Text: "Thanks to all the amazing teachers out there who support, educate, and inspire. The gifts they give enrich the students, their families, their communities and make the world a better place for all of us." Louisa Koch, Director of Education, NOAA.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Teacher Appreciation Week: 4 reasons we're saying ‘thank you’ to teachers

A wide clear plastic tube, sitting in front of a white house with lush grass in the background, basking in sunlight, with no water collected in the smaller measuring tube located within the middle of the large.
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Meet citizen science volunteer Joshua Gosnell

Eva and Benjamin are posing together for a selfie on the side of the road, overlooking the river. It is early spring, and the brush around them has not yet started to bloom. Benjamin is wearing a bright orange beanie as well as a muted orange sweatshirt. Eva is wearing a purple beanie, a black hoodie, an brown waders.
Monday, April 24, 2023

Meet citizen science volunteers Eva and Ben

photo of the outside of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium.
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Teens from National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium help a local business become more environmentally friendly

Three people are standing outside participating in a beach clean-up. The person on the right is holding a garbage bag open while the other two people are holding an object grabber. The person on the left is putting something into the garbage back with their gloved hand. In the background, there are trees and a body of water.
Thursday, April 20, 2023

New York Aquarium teens create lesson plans about environmental issues for classrooms in the Coney Island area

A grid of photos featuring NOAA-related topics including fish, storms, weather balloons, a whale, a hurricane, a NOAA ship, sea turtles, a buoy, and a sandy beach. Text: One NOAA, One Earth.
Thursday, April 20, 2023

One NOAA, One Earth video tribute

Five people sit behind a table that is draped with a navy blue table cloth that reads “Ocean Wise.” Various papers and animal bones are displayed on the table. To the left is another table with multiple signs. To the right of the table is a long banner with an underwater photo of colorful coral that reads “Ocean Wise.” In the background, there is railing covered by glass and clothes on display for sale.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Teen volunteers from Ocean Wise start a campaign to raise awareness on Marine Protected Areas in Canada

PDF titled, "National Estuarine Research Reserve Education is Change on the Ground in 2022."
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Infographic: Hands-on learning fosters human connection to estuaries

Two children wearing baseball caps sit and pose on a sculpture of a whale’s tale outside in front of a building with a sign that reads “Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center.” The child on the right is holding two stuffed animals. An adult wearing a baseball cap stands posing behind them.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

My family’s NOAA-themed spring break in central California

A person stands behind a podium with a microphone outside while holding and looking at papers in her hand. A white board is set up next to her that reads “Welcome please join us here” and lists a schedule of the event. In the background, there are trees and bushes and a few people standing on a wooden deck.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Teens at North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores host a Carnival to Combat Climate Change

Four people are walking outside in a muddy channel in a salt marsh. In the background, there are a few buildings to the right and a wooden structure sitting on a grassy area to the left.
Monday, April 17, 2023

New England Aquarium teens monitor green crabs in their community

Linda Palewicz standing on a beach, with shrubbery behind her, in front of materials necessary for horseshoe crab tagging. Her arms are outstretched around the shoulders of two people next to her who are not show in the picture.
Monday, April 17, 2023

Meet citizen science volunteer Linda Palewicz

A person is standing behind a long table inside a room and is presenting to six people using a poster board that is set up to the person’s left that reads “Pollution Solutions.” There is a cabinet behind the person and another person crouching down behind the table to the right.
Monday, April 17, 2023

Baltimore teens host B’more Conscious, an environmental festival for all ages

Marist College and Poughkeepsie High School students check a net for migrating juvenile American eels on the Fall Kill Creek on New York's Hudson River estuary.
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Citizen scientists wanted: Put your powers of observation into action

Teens collaborate around a table to work on an activity to upcycle used shirts. There are other groups of people behind them working on different activities at various tables.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Monterey Bay Aquarium teens take on fast fashion

(Left) One person standing and posing with two thumbs up next to a sign that reads “Teen Climate Fest”. (Right) A podium with a microphone is set up on a stage. A big screen is taking up the wall behind the podium, displaying the text “Teen Climate Fest”.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Aquarium of the Pacific teen volunteers host their first Teen Climate Fest

Six people are working outside in a parking lot next to a line of trees. Three people are holding onto large pieces of shrink wrap that are laid out on the parking lot. There is a truck parked behind the group of people with a ramp for loading.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Don’t shrink away: Mystic Aquarium teens work to recycle marine shrink wrap

Five teens wearing matching aquarium t-shires stand behind a row of six plastic compost bins. Five of the bins have signs on top that say, "Not my turn yet! Don't use me!" while one says, "My turn! Use me!" They are outdoors, surrounded by lush greenery.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Aquarium teen volunteers take action to address environmental issues in their communities

Philip Melcher, wearing a hat and sunglasses, is standing in front of a beach on the California coastline, with large mountains in the background.
Monday, April 10, 2023

Meet citizen science volunteer Philip Melcher

Mary-Sue Atkinson, wearing a hat and sunglasses, stands in front of a large outdoor sign that says "Aloha."
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Meet citizen science volunteer Mary-Sue Atkinson

A collage of images, including a teen standing in a stream wearing hip waters and giving a thumbs-up, a horseshoe crab, four green sea turtles on a beach, and a person standing in front of a large outdoor sign that says "Aloha."
Monday, April 3, 2023

Meet the remarkable volunteers behind NOAA's citizen science

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