Additional Education Resources


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There are many excellent resources available for teaching ocean science and ocean exploration. We highlight several of these during our Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration teacher professional development workshops. Below you will find links to exemplary tools and resources to further help you bring ocean science into your classroom.


Onsite Professional Development Resources

NOAA, Ocean Exploration Workshop Presentations: For those who have participated in an Ocean Exploration Professional Development workshop, the slides from the Introductory Workshop and the Follow Up Workshop are available here for your use.

Program Introductory Workshop Presentation (20.8 Mb, Power Point)
Program Follow-Up Workshop Presentation (7.6 Mb, Power Point)

Remember to visit the Ocean Explorer Gallery for images that pertain directly to your region of the country or highlight key concepts you wish to cover in your classroom.



Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts
http://www.coexploration.org/oceanliteracy/documents/OceanLitChart.pdf External Link

Ocean literacy is an understanding of the ocean’s influence on you—and your influence on the ocean. An ocean-literate person understands the Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts about the functioning of the ocean; can communicate about the ocean in a meaningful way; and is able to make informed and responsible decisions regarding the ocean and its resources. Developed through a community-wide consensus-building process, this definition along with the Essential Principles
and supporting Fundamental Concepts build on previous efforts to define ocean literacy, assess what the public knows about the ocean, and redress the lack of ocean-related content in state and national science education standards, instructional materials and assessments.



Sea to Shining Sea
http://www.mcbi.org/shining_sea/s2ss_globe.htm External Link

The Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI), National Geographic Society, NOAA, and SkyTruth created "From Sea to Shining Sea" — a map that depicts the 3.6 million square miles of US land above sea level, but specifically highlights the 4.4 million square miles of ocean under US jurisdiction. Request a hard copy of the Sea to Shining Sea map or visit the interactive web-based map using Google Earth.



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