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A smiling woman with long dark hair, a NOAA Teacher at Sea, wears a navy "E/V Nautilus Ocean Exploration Trust" t-shirt and stands in front of a sunny ocean view with blue sky, waves, and rocky shore.

TAS Alum Ashley Cosme Selected to Explore the Pacific Aboard E/V Nautilus

27 May, 2026
 We are thrilled to share that Ashley Cosme (TAS, 2018) has been selected as a 2026 Science Communication Fellow with Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) and will sail this summer aboard the E/V Nautilus as… [Read more]
A man smiles and raises his arms in victory while holding a large $50,000 STEAM Educator Award check from Harbor Freight Tools for Schools outside Friday Harbor High School, next to a blue vehicle.

NOAA Teacher at Sea Alumnus Sam Garson Wins $50,000 Teaching Prize!

25 Mar, 2026
 We are thrilled to celebrate alum Sam Garson (TAS, 2024), a science and industrial technology teacher at Friday Harbor High School in Washington State, for being named a winner of the 2025 Harbor Freight Tools for… [Read more]
A woman with curly hair wearing a maroon sweater stands indoors, smiling, and holding a framed award that reads "Rhode Island STEAM Center High School STEAM Educator Award 2025."

Tiffany Risch Receives 2025 Rhode Island STEAM Educator Award

23 Jan, 2026
 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 Awarded 2026 Ohio Teacher of the Year

15 Oct, 2025
 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]
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Hooked on Felting: How Anglerfish Sparked STEAM Creativity with Stacey Klimkosky

17 Jun, 2025
 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]
A woman in a red hooded jacket smiles while standing on the deck of a ship at sea, with an iceberg visible in the distance under a cloudy sky.

Chasing Phytoplankton Blooms in the Southern Ocean with Bhavna Rawal

13 May, 2025
 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]
A smiling person wearing glasses and a yellow, white, and black jacket holds a small brown flat fish in their hand indoors.

From Puerto Rico to the Pacific: Michael Gutiérrez’s Journey with NOAA Continues

11 Apr, 2025
 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]
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From Science Fair to the Amazon: Oktay Ince’s Mission to Inspire the Next Generation

13 Mar, 2025
 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]
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Teacher at Sea Sets Sail in January

15 Jan, 2025
 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]
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Dr. Ragupathy Kannan’s iNaturalist Bioblitz

11 Dec, 2024
 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]
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The Teacher at Sea Alumni Association is composed of educators from across the United States who have successfully completed their NOAA Teacher at Sea research cruise. The Association provides valuable networking opportunities and high-quality professional development experiences for these exceptional educational leaders.

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