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Volunteers Needed for 2010 National Ocean Sciences Bowl It’s that time of year again when regional high schools teams start brushing up on their knowledge of the nation’s oceans and Great Lakes in hopes of winning the annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl. [more] |
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‘Saving Springer’: A Whale of a Lesson “Awesome.” That’s how one teacher described NOAA’s new killer whale curriculum. The soon-to-be released elementary school curriculum was developed by NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center scientists Lisa Hiruki-Raring and Harriet Huber, and education consultants Peggy Foreman and Donna Sandstrom. [more] |
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Educators Learn About NOAA at Bay Watershed Education and Training Conference During July 14-16, 2009, more than 130 Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program grantees from around the country gathered at NOAA in Silver Spring, Md., for the inaugural B-WET National Conference. [more] |
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Perseverance Pays Off: NOAA Concept for Flood Plain Model To Hit Market Thanks to the determination of a National Weather Service hydrologist and a Michigan high school science teacher, Earth science students around the country will soon have access to a simple, portable and educational flood plain model. [more] |
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Students Trade Lazy Days of Summer for NOAA Science Camp With partners Washington Sea Grant and the University of Washington’s Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, NOAA held its seventh annual NOAA Science Camp at the agency’s Sand Point campus in Seattle, Wash., for two weeks this July. This year’s camp hosted a total of 80 campers. [more] |
