NOAA Corps Officers LT Madeleine Adler and LTJG Aaron Colohan visited Green Acres School in Rockville, MD on June 9, 2014. Fifth grade students in Elizabeth Bullock’s class constructed boats out of at least 50% recycled materials and raced… [Read more]
NOAA scientists from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (NMFS PIFSC) visited Suzanne Acord’s (TAS, 2014) ninth grade students at Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, HI on May 15, 2014. The Chief Scientist, Dr. Don Kobayashi,… [Read more]
Dr. John Carlson, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center research fishery biologist, and his team traveled to Andros, Bahamas in March 2014 to locate, tag and track one of the most endangered marine fish, the smalltooth sawfish. Elizabeth Eubanks (TAS… [Read more]
Candice Autry (TAS 2006) taught her seventh and eighth grade students at the Sheridan School in Washington DC several global concepts this year such as: climate change, sea level rise, population density, plate tectonics, and food vs feed. On… [Read more]
Elizabeth Martz (TAS 2007) and Steven King (TAS 2010) volunteered at the NOAA booth on April 26 and 27, 2014 during the third USA Science and Engineering Festival. The festival was held at the Washington DC Convention Center and… [Read more]
Britta Culbertson (TAS 2013) was aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson during a Walleye Pollock survey in September 2013. Her high school level lesson plan “Fishing for Information” has students examine large NOAA fisheries datasets and develop research questions based… [Read more]
Stacey Klimkosky (TAS 2009) the Truro Central School media teacher, students and staff welcomed NOAA Outreach and Education on Protected Species NOEPS) marine educators and scientists from the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) in Woods Hole, MA to… [Read more]
NOAA Teacher at Sea alumni (TASA) volunteered April 3-5, 2014, at the NOAA booth during the National Science Teacher Association Conference in Boston. TASA distributed NOAA education materials and demonstrated hands-on ocean activities. They informed science teachers and others… [Read more]
Mary Patterson (TAS 2009) volunteered at the STEM Alliance Event on March 28, 2014, in Laredo, TX. The event was hosted by the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) and Texas A&M International University. STEM professionals, activities and career… [Read more]
Seventeen NOAA Teacher at Sea Alumni from the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, and VA) met in Silver Spring, MD on March 14 – 17, 2014, for a three-day workshop with the following objectives: Enhance science content knowledge Share… [Read more]
