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Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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How You Can Help the Ocean

An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.

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“Storied Fish”: Why Sustainable Seafood Requires A Tale

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

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Coral Reefs Need You

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

Are You An Educator?

At Smithsonian Ocean, we have lesson plans, activities, and resources to help you engage your students in the wonders of our oceans.

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The 2012 Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center dive class stand in a group together

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Scuba Diving Course a Success for IBRC Students

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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How You Can Help the Ocean

Musician Sam Lardner and friends created the 14-song CD Oceans Are Talking to inspire kids and adults to help save the ocean and the creatures living in it.

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Five Questions for Musician Sam Lardner

Wooden painted fish on a school fence.

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Chinook Salmon: One Species at a Time

Students Work on Channel Island Map Project

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Back to School, Ocean Portal Style

Tiny jellies in a petri dish.

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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures

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Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity

A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth

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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence

Screenshot from video of someone demonstrating light painting.

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Light Painting Tutorial

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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Helping Kids Help the Ocean

Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.

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Learning from a Sea of Teachers

A great white shark in the waters of the coast of Guadelupe, Mexico.

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