Tiffany Risch, who sailed aboard the NOAA Ship Delaware II in 2008, has been named a 2025 Rhode Island STEAM Educator Award recipient. The award recognizes one outstanding educator at the elementary (K–5), middle (6–8),… [Read more]
Christopher Monsour, who sailed around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands on the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette in 2007, was just named 2026 Ohio Teacher of the Year! Currently a high school science teacher at Columbian High… [Read more]
In December 2024, TASAA hosted a virtual, wool needle felting workshop in which participants created an anglerfish from a kit that was provided. We hoped it would inspire participants to use needle felting in their classrooms… [Read more]
Bhavna Rawal (TAS, ’12) is a Chemistry Instructor and professor at Lonestar Community College- CyFair in Houston, TX. She recently partnered with Dr. Kevin Arrigo from Stanford University on a Polar STEAM project titled Understanding the Massive… [Read more]
In 2022, Michael Gutiérrez sailed with the NOAA Teacher at Sea (TAS) program on a Pacific Hake survey on NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada off the Washington and Oregon coasts. As a 12th grade Environmental Science teacher… [Read more]
After having been accepted to sail in 2020 and delayed by the pandemic, Oktay Ince sailed with NOAA TAS in 2022 on a hydrographic survey of Lake Erie. Later that year, he was fortunate that… [Read more]
As we embark on our 35th year of Teacher at Sea, we are excited to announce a unique opportunity we seized to send a teacher to sea in January! TAS '25 Kiersten Newtoff, a biology… [Read more]
Dr. Ragupathy Kannan (TAS, 2019) received a 2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar award for his project, Citizen Science: Using e-Learning Platforms to Promote Biodiversity Awareness in Malaysia. This is his fourth Fulbright award! As a biology professor, his… [Read more]
The 2024 NOAA Teacher at Sea Season has come to a close and preparation for the next season has already begun. This year we’re starting a new tradition by introducing our new alumni to the association by way of a… [Read more]
It’s always wonderful to see TAS alumni continuing to engage with NOAA, even years after they sail. Recently, Mark Wolfgang (TAS, 2017) was a guest on the Planet NOAA Podcast. Mark teaches Biology and Zoology at Franklin… [Read more]
