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PLEASE REVIEW OUR EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN
Posted July 21, 2008

We are pleased to announce NOAA's draft Education Strategic Plan is now available for review. Instructions for review and the Plan itself can be found throught the following link: NOAA Education Plan 2008 Review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Storck, Education Analyst, NOAA Office of Education, Phone 202-482-2269, E-mail: Steve.Storck@noaa.gov.

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE ANNOUNCING PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (PDF)

To view the Federal Register Notice please click here

Teacher Professional Development Workshop August 23, 2008
Posted June 23, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held August 23, 2008 at the Tennessee Aquarium, Chatanooga, Tennessee. For more information, please contact George Bartnik at (423) 785-4049 or gpb@tennis.org

Teacher Professional Development Workshop September 13, 2008
Posted June 23, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held September 13, 2008 at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama. For more information, please contact Denise Keaton at (251) 861-7515 or dkeaton@disl.org

Teacher Professional Development Workshop September 20, 2008
Posted July 14, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held September 20, 2008 at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science,St. Petersburg, Florida. For more information, please contact Teresa Greely at (727) 510-4131 or greely@marine.usf.edu. Deadline for Applications: September 5, 2008.

Teacher Professional Development Workshop September 27, 2008
Posted July 31, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held September 27, 2008 at Nauticus, The National Maritime Center and Norfolk Public Schools. For more information, please contact Veronica Haynes at (757) 628-3878 or vhaynes@nps.k12.va.us. Deadline for Applications: September 8, 2008. *Follow up workshop date TBA.

Introductory Teacher Professional Development Workshop October 4, 2008
Posted August 6, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held October 4, 2008 at SeaWorld Adventure Camp, San Diego, California. For more information, please contact Adrienne Marriott at (619) 252-3450 or Creec9a@hotmail.com.To register, please go to http://www.creec.org/region9a. Deadline for Applications: September 26, 2008. Follow up workshop date: January 31, 2009.

Teacher Professional Development Workshop October 11, 2008
Posted June 23, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held October 11, 2008 at the New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, please contact Jayshree Oberoi at (617) 973-6590 or joberoi@neaq.org

Teacher Professional Development Workshop October 11, 2008
Posted July 31, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held October 11, 2008 at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, Louisiana. For more information, please contact Gail Gainey at (504) 378-2638 or ggainey@AudubonInstitute.org. Deadline for Applications is September 26, 2008. *Follow up workshop date TBA.

Teacher Professional Development Workshop October 18, 2008
Posted July 31, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held October 18, 2008 at the South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, South Carolina. For more information, please contact Brian Thill at (843) 579-9546 or BThill@scaquarium.org. Deadline for Applications is October 10, 2008. Follup workshop date TBA.

Teacher Professional Development Follow-up Workshop October 25, 2008
Posted August 6, 2008

We are pleased to announce a Follow-up Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held October 25, 2008 at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. For more information, please contact Joe Harber at (410) 659-4272 or jharber@aqua.org.

Teacher Professional Development Workshop November 15, 2008
Posted July 31, 2008

We are pleased to announce an Introductory Professional Development Workshop for Teachers entitled "Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration" to be be held November 15, 2008 at the John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois. For more information, please contact Amy Christiansen at (312) 692-3165 or AChristian@sheddaquarium.org. Deadline for Apllications is October 31, 2008. Follow up workshop date TBA.

Winner's of NOAA's Spherical Display Systems for Earth System Science Competition Announced
Posted June 12, 2008

We are pleased to announce the winners of this year's Spherical Display Systems for Earth System Science - Installations and Content Development Competition. Awards were made to eight informal science education institutions for exhibits incorporating spherical display systems and new Earth System Science and for the creation of content for these dynamic systems. Spherical display systems are sphere-shaped "screens" onto which global data and other imagery can be shown and provide public science centers with the ability to visualize real data and models to teach children and adults about dynamic Earth processes.

Please visit our Funding Opportunities page for futher information.

2009 Environmental Literacy Grants for K-12 Education
Posted January 4, 2008 - Revised July 3, 2008

The solicitation for proposals has now closed. NOAA's Office of Education (OED) is currently reviewing the full applications for environmental literacy projects in support of K-12 education. Funded projects will be between 1 and 5 years in duration and will promote changes in K-12 education to expand the amount of Earth System Science taught in the classroom and improve student learning and application of that subject.

Please visit our Funding Opportunities page for futher information. A list of previously funded projects is available at www.oesd.noaa.gov/elg_projects.html.

Funding available through NOAA's Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program
Posted March 24, 2008 - revised April 23, 2008

This solicitation for applications has now closed. Applications are currently under review and applicants will be contacted in July 2008. If you have any questions, please contact Bronwen Rice, B-WET National Coordinator, at Bronwen.Rice@noaa.gov.

NOAA B-WET provides grants in support of locally relevant experiential learning through meaningful watershed educational experiences in the K-12 environment. The NOAA B-WET program has been highly successful in the three regions where it currently operates (Chesapeake Bay, California, and Hawaii) and may be expanding in 2008 to three new regions: Northeast, Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest. Funded projects will involve meaningful watershed educational experiences addressing regional priorities. Annual project funding ranges from $50,000-$100,000.

See the Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) for details. The FFO is available from http://www.grants.gov (Funding Opportunity Number SEC-OED-2008-2001368).

***Please note that it is very important for potential applicants to register with Grants.gov ASAP. The opportunity will only be open for 30 days, and it can take several weeks to complete the registration process with Grants.gov***

For more information on this funding opportunity, please visit: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/BWET/

Revolutionizing Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century: Report and Recommendations from a 50-State Analysis of Earth Science Education
Posted June 11, 2007 - Revised December 19, 2007

The raw data from TERC's analysis of the state-by-state education standards is now available. It can be downloaded below in either an Excel of Filemaker 7 format.

Click here to download the Excel version (6.4 MB)
Click here to download the Filemaker 7 version (2.2 MB)

This study analyzed K-12 Earth science standards and frameworks of all fifty states, plus the District of Columbia, to determine how well each state's standards address the following six Earth science content and pedagogical criteria:

• Content related to atmosphere, weather, climate and the ocean;
• Environmental literacy principles and applications;
• Earth considered as a dynamic interactive system;
• Earth examined through the perspective of space-age tools;
• Use of 21st century technologies in Earth science research; and
• Application of inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning about Earth science

The study was conducted by TERC on behalf of NOAA's Office of Education and is available in both a high resolution and a lower resolution version. To access the TERC website click here. (This is a not a U.S. Government website. NOAA is not responsible for the content of external internet sites).

TERC Report with high resolution images (6 MB)
TERC Report with low resolution images (1.2 MB)

Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded here for free. (This is a not a U.S. Government website. NOAA is not responsible for the content of external internet sites).

If you have any questions or comments about the study, please send them in an email to Sarah Schoedinger.