Project Oceanography is a live television program designed for middle school science students. Each week during the school year, students can learn about a variety of ocean science topics. Some of the topics covered include: Antarctic oceanography, marine debris, tsunamis, plankton, hydrodynamic flow through seagrass beds, channel islands, kelp forests, cold seeps, pollution, and water quality. Programs ... Full description.

Educating Young People About Water is a website for obtaining materials designed to help develop a community based, water education program that targets youth and links key community members. There are three guidebooks: A Guide to Program Planning and Evaluation, A Guide to Unique Program Strategies, and A Guide to Goals and Resources. The last guide is searchable on-line with more than 100 curricula ... Full description.

The majority of Ocean World is devoted to a series of ten reference sections: coral reefs, currents, El Nino, Fisheries, Ice Ages, icebergs, JASON-1 (a satellite), the role of the ocean in weather, satellites and ocean exploration, and waves. Each section culminates with an interactive quiz, links to sources of related real-time data, and a list of additional related links. Also available is a set ... Full description.

This module is designed to connect cutting edge NASA research with the teaching and learning of core science and mathematics concepts and skills while addressing state and national education standards. The process of science inquiry and the tools used to do research play a major role in all the lessons. Topics and research projects include Temperature Variations and Habitability, Modeling Hot and ... Full description.

Tectonics is a series of geospatial investigations designed to augment existing middle school Earth science curriculum. Students use Web GIS to investigate important tectonics concepts. The investigations include scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas from the National Research Council (2012) Framework for K-12 Science Education. Full description.

Global Systems Science (GSS) is an interdisciplinary course for high school students comprised of nine Student Books with Instructor Guides. The books may be used for a one-year integrated science course, or individual guides may be incorporated into existing high school biology, physics, chemistry, Earth science, or social studies courses. The nine Student Guides are divided into four themes: 1. ... Full description.

This site contains English and Spanish versions on the following classroom units: Five Senses, Spiders, Dinosaurs, Plants and Seeds, The Human Body, Good Health, Sun and Stars, Weather, Ocean, Matter, Sound, and Simple Machines. The resource is designed to help elementary school teachers organize their classrooms and instructional activities in order to increase achievement of Hispanic primary-grade ... Full description.

These lesson plans and activities cover science topics such as: predicting weather patterns, ecosystems of Utah, abiotic and biotic factors, characteristics of living things, the use of patterns in mathematical problems, the solar system, the moon, stars, microbes, air pressure, sound waves, etc. Full description.

The Institute for Resources, the Environment, and Sustainability (IRES) is an interdisciplinary graduate program focused on transdisciplinary Resource Management and Environmental Studies. Research topics include water resources, coastal zone management, land use (agriculture, forestry, mining) and environmental quality, Eco-Risk and forest economics and policy. The IRES program projects consist of ... Full description.

This newly-developed curriculum takes lesson plans that were developed for NOAA Voyages of Discovery and the Ocean Explorer website and presents them in a comprehensive scope and sequence through subject area categories that cut across individual expeditions. Each lesson focuses on an inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning and is correlated to the National Science Education Standards. Curriculum ... Full description.