This curriculum focuses on the coastal ecosystem in the Gulf of the Farallones, in the Pacific Ocean near San Francisco Bay. One goal of this curriculum is to teach about the natural connections in this ecosystem and how humans fit into it. Topics include the seasonal upwelling of ocean water, the feeding relationships among organisms in the open water, the sandy beach habitat along the shoreline, ... Full description.

The Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) is a research-based weather and climate curriculum for K-12 classrooms. ACMP comprises hands-on, inquiry-based classroom lessons, an interactive multimedia DVD, engaging lectures from Geophysical Institute and International Arctic Research Center scientists, and a Student Network for Observing Weather (SNOW), enabling students around the world to study Alaska's ... 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.

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.

A comprehensive, interdisciplinary K-8 curriculum designed to be used by the whole school over the entire school year. Teacher training available through a summer institute, in-services, and customized site-based consulting. School year ends with a week- or month-long Ocean Immersion event with guest speakers, field trips and special projects. Full description.

Scientists and educators have joined forces to create this collection of teaching materials on El Nino, storms, the atmosphere, fisheries, the Great Lakes, and oceans. Each unit contains background information, data, applications, and additional activities. Activities and information are available in pdf and web page forms. Full description.

This secondary-level educational program in Earth Sciences includes an extensive selection of student learning materials, teacher resources, and assessment tools for a hands-on, inquiry-driven instructional program. Module topics include Earth's geosphere (volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics), understanding your environment (landscape evolution, river systems, land use), Earth's fluid spheres ... Full description.

Overview of WHOI program. Main K-12 resource page features journals and logs from several WHOI expeditions, including dives to the New England Seamounts. Teacher links include information on curriculum supplements and additional sites of interest; sites include aquariums, weather, research vessels, marine science careers, and marine mammals to name a few. Full description.

This page holds the archived reports from the Curriculum Foundations Project. This project held workshops in several different subject areas in order to initiate a dialogue among the representatives from each partner discipline, with mathematicians present to listen and serve as a resource when questions about the mathematics curriculum arose. Users can access Microsoft Word reports as well as a compressed ... Full description.

The Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP) allows students to participate in research, mapping activities, and labs relating to Mars exploration. The program, run by Arizona State University, offers students nationwide the opportunity to conduct authentic Mars research using data from the 2001 Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera. There are downloadable curriculum with National ... Full description.