Ocean Education Resources
Never stop expanding your understanding of the ocean.Check out our favorite lessons and resources to help you and your students learn about the ocean and marine careers. Help your students gain an understanding of and appreciation for the ocean, it’s role in the world, and the technology that is facilitating marine exploration with these helpful […]
Investable Oceans
Our oceans face serious challenges but also anchor a multi-trillion dollar economy that continues to grow — providing the air we breathe, the food we eat, and inspiring our travel and recreation. Our mission is to simplify and accelerate market-based sustainable ocean investing across all asset classes and all sectors of the Blue Economy by centralizing research, commentary, inspiration, […]
H2O: The Molecule That Made Us Explore H2O
H2O:The Molecule That Made Us is a 3-hour series from WGBH Boston, airing three consecutive Wednesdays. The film dramatically reveals how water underpins every aspect of our existence. In the emptiness of outer space, Earth is alive because of water. Humanity’s relationship with this simple molecule is everything. For more information visit: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/molecule-that-made-us/
Usurp the Burp: How Seaweed Could Help Curb Cow Burps
A marine ecologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has been working on cultivating a type of seaweed that can help curb cow burps—one of the greatest sources of methane emissions in California. Seaweed expert Jennifer Smith is currently growing Asparagopsis taxiformis in her lab at Scripps—something which has never been done […]
Scientists in 99 Seconds
Biological Oceanographer Simone Baumann-Pickering studies the ecology of marine mammals using underwater acoustic recorders.
Brinicles-The Orgin of Life
Somersaulting manta rays, dashing dolphins, swarming schools of fish and munching sharks inhabit a world beneath the ocean’s surface that few get a chance to see. Conservation photographer Thomas Peschak visits incredible seascapes around the world, and his photos reveal these hidden ecosystems. “You can’t love something and become a champion for it if you […]
Brinicle, Underwater Icicle “Finger of Death”
New video has been released that shows the formation of a brinicle on the ocean floor. Essentially an underwater icicle, the brinicle, or “finger of death,” freezes everything in its path. Visit the Inquiry Launch Module of the Chemistry TMA BlueTech Curriculum for curriculum connections.
Part I: California Drought–Protecting Salmon
NOAA Fisheries, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, water control agencies and private landowners come together to find ways to ration water for endangered salmon survival during the California drought. Visit the Inquiry Launch Module of the Physics TMA BlueTech Curriculum for curriculum connections.