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Results of NOAA Ship Naming Contest

20 Oct, 2024

You may remember when we posted a request to our TASAA Facebook page for you to submit your naming ideas for two new NOAA charting and mapping vessels. After reviewing them to ensure… [Read more]

Field of purple wildflowers in the foreground with a backdrop of snow-capped mountains under a clear blue sky. Evergreen trees stand to the left, adding to the scenic alpine meadow landscape.

Classroom to Coastline: Bringing Together Educators

20 Aug, 2024

The third cohort of Project ROVe took place in July, 2024. In partnership with Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, it was the first hybrid cohort,… [Read more]

A collage of four images: Top left shows two people standing outside a building, both smiling. Top right and bottom left show classroom scenes with students and an instructor working on electronics. Bottom right shows the same two people from the first image in a lab with equipment.

Empowering the Leaders of Tomorrow

30 Jul, 2024

By Andrea Schmuttermair, TASAA ROV Education Coordinator You may have watched the second Project ROVe video, Engaging Learners, Creating Leaders, which highlighted 2018 TAS Alum Brandy Hill and her 6th grade students as they built ROVs in their science… [Read more]

Illustration featuring eight round icons related to ocean and water themes. Icons depict various scenes including waves, marine wildlife, clouds, sun, rain, ships, underwater exploration, industrial pollution, and a stylized hurricane symbol.

Recognizing Our Ocean this Month

12 Jun, 2024

The ocean is a life force for our planet. It produces over half of the world’s oxygen and stores 50 times more carbon dioxide than our atmosphere. It produces over half of the world’s oxygen and stores 50 times… [Read more]

Multiple student projects on a table, featuring geometric structures made from sticks and connectors like clay, some with prominent yellow and red nodes, displayed on white sheets of paper.

Building Community, Lasting Connections

13 May, 2024

One of the pillars of Project ROVe, a marine technology program for educators, is building community and creating a network of support between teachers, students, and experts in the field. From 2022-2024, there have been three program cohorts, totaling 39… [Read more]

Two people wearing face masks in a control room with multiple screens displaying underwater images. the woman in a blue jacket gestures animatedly, the man, also in a mask, listens.

A Glimpse Into the Voyage of the E/V Nautilus

26 Oct, 2023

On Sept. 14th, 21 TAS alumni joined a private live Ship-To-Shore interaction with the team from the E/V Nautilus. In September 2023, the E/V Nautilus explored unseen deep-sea habitats with ROV and seafloor mapping operations in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine… [Read more]

Students in blue raincoats under a bridge at Niagara Falls

Spencer Cody’s Extraordinary Explorations

30 Jun, 2023

Despite living in South Dakota, as far away from any coast as one can get in North America, Spencer Cody (NOAA TAS 2014… [Read more]

Knitted scarf with rows in shades of orange and blue

Stitching the Sky at Sea

24 May, 2023

by Laura Guertin (TAS, 2014 & 2023) We are surrounded with Earth Science data, some right before our very eyes. In fact, we are able to observe and collect data from our atmosphere easily and without any scientific… [Read more]

Building Connections and Making Waves in Savannah

23 May, 2023

By Andrea Schmuttermair, TASAA ROV Education Coordinator The thing I love most about the Teacher at Sea Alumni Association (TASAA) is the people, the amazing network of educators who all have one thing in common-we are explorers. Each one… [Read more]

Teacher At Sea Alumni staffing booth at 2023 NSTA Conference

The Joy of Reconnecting in Person: Our Return to the NSTA Conference

1 May, 2023

By Jenny Goldner, TAS 2011 It seems like it was just yesterday, but it was three years ago. I had just fixed myself dinner and sat down to watch a little TV before bed. I heard an announcement come… [Read more]

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