Welcome to the Educators' Corner

The ocean provides the air we breathe, food we eat, and water we drink.  Just as we need the ocean, the ocean needs each one of us.

Our Ocean Portal Educators’ Corner provides you with activities, lessons and educational resources to bring the ocean to life for your students.  We have collected top resources from our collaborators to provide you with teacher-tested, ocean science materials for your classroom.  We hope these resources, along with the rich experience of the Ocean Portal, will help you inspire the next generation of ocean stewards.

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Our Ocean Portal Educators’ Corner provides you with activities, lessons and educational resources to bring the ocean to life for your students.

Ocean Lesson Plans & Activities

Since 1987, researchers have been tracking Phoenix.

Find lessons/activities by topic, title or grade levels. Sort by newest, highest-rated or alphabetically. Lessons were developed by ocean science and education organizations like NOAA, COSEE, and NMEA to help you bring the ocean to your classroom.

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Newest Ocean Lessons & Activities

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Newest Ocean Resources

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Ocean Educational Resources

<p>Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom, where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-science/deep-ocean-exploration">Deep Ocean Exploration</a> section.</p>
The resources found here provide educators with background information and informal activities on Ocean Portal topic areas. It also includes links to research organizations involved in specific topic areas.

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From Our Ocean Collaborators

Click on the name of a collaborator to see all of their contributed lesson plans and activities.