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BLOG POST Helping Kids Help the Ocean An 11-year-old in Texas is saddened by the oil spill and begins searching for something she can do to help. A 13-year-old in Washington, D.C., convinces her mom to make small changes in thei...MORE STORIES


	BLOG POST MORE STORIES Coral Reefs Need You For those of you who have had the opportunity to visit a coral reef, you know th...
	BLOG POST MORE STORIES Saving Sharks and Dolphins, Near and Far Sophi Bromenshenkel is an unlikely shark-lover. She's eight years old and hails...
	BLOG POST MORE STORIES Teens Making a Difference in Your Community Over the past year I have been working for an organization called Coastal Americ...

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					NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program Apr 20, 2012 - 12:50PMNOAA is working with students across the globe to place floating buoys throughout the ocean through their Adopt a Drifter Program. The buoys will drift with the help of ocean currents and record the sea surface temperature and...

Celebrate World Ocean Day

Jun 3, 2011 - 2:55PM

June 8th is World Ocean Day- a great time to celebrate all that the ocean...

Marine Debris: Trash Travels, But You Can Help Stop It

Sep 19, 2010 - 12:09PM

Marine debris--or trash that has washed or been dumped into our ocean and...

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How You Can Help the Ocean Make the ConnectionThe first step in making a difference is learning about the ocean and how your actions have an impact....

Helping Kids Help the Ocean Jul 15 2010 - 5:19pm An 11-year-old in Texas is saddened by the oil spill and begins searching for something she can do to help. A 13-year-old in Washington, D.C., convinces her mom to make small changes in their daily routine that make their home more ocean-friendly. A 7-year-old spends a part of his Saturday trip to...	Educational Uses of Gyotaku or Fish Printing Jul 18 2011 - 12:01pm Gyotaku is a traditional form of Japanese art that began over 100 years ago as a way for fishermen to keep a record of the fish they caught. They would apply sumi ink to one side of a freshly caught fish, then cover the fish with rice paper and rub to create an exact image of the fish. The ink...
Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary Map Project Sep 2 2010 - 12:44am Students participate in a map project for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.	NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program Apr 20 2012 - 12:50pm NOAA is working with students across the globe to place floating buoys throughout the ocean through their Adopt a Drifter Program. The buoys will drift with the help of ocean currents and record the sea surface temperature and location of the buoy as they travel. The information gained from the...
Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity Sep 15 2011 - 11:14am Have you ever gone to your favorite coastal or lakeside beach and instead of having a fun day in the sun you were faced with a trove of trash? How heartbreaking it is to see waters and shorelines littered with items that you have at home, that maybe you’ve even recently thrown away.	Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence Nov 21 2011 - 12:00pm What does a bioluminescent creature that lives more than two miles below the surface of the ocean and a glow stick have in common? More than you think. In a unique spin on an art technique called "light painting," you can create your own bioluminescent organisms with glow sticks in your classroom...
Teach Us Mar 12 2010 - 8:10pm Welcome Teachers! Thank you for visiting the Ocean Portal. We hope the “OP” will be a valuable tool for you and for your students—a place where you can find teaching resources and your students can find helpful, exciting, or just-plain-weird content that sparks interest in science and the ocean....	Teens Making a Difference in Your Community Apr 4 2011 - 9:43am Over the past year I have been working for an organization called Coastal America helping to plan the Third National Student Summit on the Ocean and Coasts, a program that teams up high school students with educators to work on an ocean-related research project and “action plan” in their community.
Rethink the Shark Dec 18 2009 - 3:17pm Sharks have a long and impressive lineage. Ancient sharks were cruising the ocean 400 million year ago- long before dinosaurs roamed on land. Relatives of the great white like the giant megatooth evolved more than 20 million years ago. But today, sharks are threatened from a...	You Navigate Dec 15 2009 - 11:18am We chose the tagline “You navigate” for the Ocean Portal in part because we really want you—the visitors to the site—to help steer the course. We hope you find your own intriguing paths to explore the OP as it exists now, but we’re also looking for input to help guide the site’s development in the...
2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 4 Mar 28 2011 - 3:12pm Recorded Feb. 15, 2011, this video from the Third Student Summit on the Ocean and Coasts includes presentations that were given by delegations from the Mystic Aquarium (01:00), Gulf Coast Research Laboratory & Marine Education Center (17:00), Seattle Aquarium (30:15) and the Waikiki Aquarium (...	International Beach Clean-Up Jan 15 2010 - 1:53pm A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings people together to care for their coastline.
Teens Focus on Ocean & Climate Issues for National Summit Jan 14 2011 - 7:03pm Eighty high-school students from across the United States and Mexico are teaming up with educators and experts to develop action plans that will address an ocean/climate-related issue in their local communities—such as the impact of runoff on water quality and the effects of sea-level rise and...	A Watershed Moment for the Ocean Jun 2 2010 - 9:05am As the days grow long, school bells fade into distant memories, and families start taking long weekends at the beach, the Ocean Portal Team is preparing for the weeks ahead. The way we see it, June 2010 is going to be a significant month for the ocean.
South Carolina Delegation Feb 7 2011 - 8:08pm What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These South Carolina students are among dozens from across the United States and Mexico who are developing action plans on ocean and climate-related issues in their local communities. They’re getting advice from their teachers and experts...	Webcast: Stories from the Reef Jul 1 2011 - 10:42am The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef brings together mathematics, marine science, craft, and community activism in an effort to raise awareness about the threat to coral reefs worldwide. This discussion considers the impact of community projects on conservation efforts with: