We are excited to announce that Roy Arezzo has been selected for the 2024-2025 Teacher at Sea Alumni Association NOAA Fellowship. Roy will start in May 2024 and will spend his fellowship year working as a consultant for a… [Read more]
As a teacher at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, Germaine Thomas (TAS, 2023), teaching and fishing are a natural combination. When school lets out for the summer, she heads out to the water for her… [Read more]
We are excited to announce that Denise Harrington has been selected for the 2022 Teacher at Sea Alumni Association NOAA Fellowship! Denise will start in July 2022 and spend her fellowship year working as a consultant for a variety of education and… [Read more]
To commemorate 50 years of service by NOAA ships Fairweather and Rainier, NOAA hosted a ceremony and public ship tours at the Marine Operations Center – Pacific (MOC-P) in Newport, Oregon on March 22, 2018. Rainier and Fairweather are… [Read more]
The annual National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference: Sun, Surf, and Science was held in Los Angeles, California from March 30, 2017 – April 2, 2017. Teacher at Sea Alumni (TASA) came together to support NOAA’s Office of… [Read more]
NOAA’s Pacific Northwest Region Teacher at Sea Alumni (PNW TASA) Workshop was held on November 4-6, 2016, in Seattle, WA at NOAA’s Western Regional Center Sand Point Facility. Eighteen Teacher at Sea Alumni (TASA) from the region (WA, OR,… [Read more]
On May 10, 2016, NOAA Teacher at Sea Program Support Specialist and Fisheries Biologist, Emily Susko, visited James Monroe Elementary School in Everett, Washington, to speak to Barney Peterson’s (TAS 2006 and 2016) fourth-grade students. Ms. Peterson sailed on… [Read more]
Andrea Schmuttermair (TAS 2012) and her students at Colorado STEM Academy in Westminster, CO addressed the impact of marine issues on inland states during their Problem Based Learning project, Marine Mission. Students learned about marine debris, ocean acidification sustainable… [Read more]
On July 15, 2015, ten NOAA Teacher at Sea alumni were honored with the distinguished NOAA Teacher at Sea Program Excellence in Science Education Award at an event on Capitol Hill hosted by United States Senator Jeanne Shaheen (New… [Read more]
Barney Peterson (TAS 2006) and Her Students Raise and Release Thousands of Coho Salmon Barney Peterson and her fourth-grade students at Monroe Elementary School in Everett, WA, have been raising and releasing Coho Salmon fry for the last 14… [Read more]
