Workshops and Professional Development

At Your School in San Francisco
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary's At Your School programs in San Francisco bring the ocean to your classroom. They have programs for K-12 that encourage your students to discover the wonder of ocean science without leaving the school grounds. Programs are standards-based and topics vary by grade and include crabs, sharks, marine birds and how scientists study sea life.

LiMPETS Teacher Workshops
Are you interested in learning about rocky intertidal and sandy beach monitoring techniques? Would you like to set up a field monitoring site with your students? If so, check out the professional development opportunities we have available.

Coral Reef Workshops for Educators
The Gulf of Mexico Foundation and ConocoPhillips proudly present the 16th annual Down Under, Out Yonder workshop for K-12 and college entry biology educators nationwide. Down Under, Out Yonder aka DUOY is a five-day teacher workshop that includes three days of scuba diving in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

Rivers to Reefs Educators Workshop
This week-long teacher workshop led by the Georgia Aquarium and NOAA’s Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary staff, will immerse teachers in a way like no other workshop. Teachers will wade into the watery world as they learn about watersheds, water quality, current aquatic issues and river, marsh and reef ecosystems. This workshop takes teachers from the headwaters of the Ocmulgee River to the Georgia Coast aboard a research ship that sails 20 miles offshore to Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary where participants see the reef in real-time through the use of remotely operated vehicles or ROV technology.

Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Teacher Workshop
Looking to link technology with ocean exploration and research? Join the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Georgia Aquarium for a ROV Teacher Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia. During this hands-on workshop, teachers build their own Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from PVC pipe and other materials while learning about ROV technology and its use in research, monitoring and exploration of national marine sanctuaries.

Excite your Students with Marine Technology and Maritime Heritage
The NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary will hold underwater robot building workshops across the mid-Atlantic beginning in July 2010. The sanctuary will also host half-day and day-long summer teacher workshops on a variety of science and history topics in summer 2010.

Watershed Academy Workshop
The Watershed Academy Workshop will provide teachers and youth leaders with the tools, resources and support to integrate locally relevant, hands-on watershed and ocean science in public education and extended learning programs. This FREE workshop is for teachers and youth leaders interested in facilitating the Watershed Academy at their school site or youth centers.Read more about this innovative multicultural program, or contact sanctuary.education@noaa.gov for more information.

Channel Islands MERITO Academy
The MERITO Academy is a partnership between Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute. The MERITO Academy's goal is to increase students' understanding of coastal and ocean issues through hands-on, in the field and in-class activities while exposing students to careers in science and building pride and stewardship towards their sanctuary and local environments.

Ocean Science Professional Development Workshop
These Ocean Science Teacher Workshops are hosted by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and the Seattle Aquarium. They are designed for Olympic Coast's 4th and 5th grade teachers to better prepare them to use inquiry-based marine science as a context for learning about ecosystems and ocean literacy principles. Participants will engage in activities that support inquiry-based, experiential learning in the classroom and at the beach. Teachers will learn how to design their own investigations in the field to help them to better understand real world marine science. More information for 2010 TBD.

Animals in Curriculum-based Ecosystem Studies (ACES) Program
Are you interested in tracking ocean animals live in your classroom? ACES is an important, necessary expansion of Signals of Spring, an award-winning, classroom based curriculum program in which students use Earth imagery to explain the movement of animals that are tracked by NOAA's operational satellites. Students will study aspects of the animal's life history, conservation status, food web, and connections to ocean processes and remote sensing data. Find out more about the ACES Program, by contacting Jenny Stock.

Dive into Education Marine Science Program
Dive into Education is a marine science education program aimed at providing teachers with resources and training to support ocean literacy in America’s classrooms.

Charting a Course for Maritime Heritage Education
This is a conference that brought together formal and informal educators to promote the sharing of maritime related education partnerships, programs and products.