Education Resources from the Northeast Region:

On-Site Educational Facility
University Programs
Downloadable Lessons Plans/Teacher Resources
Teacher Workshops
Lectures
Public Education/Outreach Materials
Publications
Career Center
Tutorial
Symposium

On-Site Educational Facility

Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Sea Pavilion http://www.bio.gc.ca/pavilion-pavillon-eng.htm

Seacoast Science Center http://www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/

Gulf of Maine Research Institute http://www.gmri.org

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University Programs

Boston University Marine Science Undergraduate/Graduate Program http://www.bu.edu/bump/undergrad.html
Dalhousie University Department of Oceanography http://oceanography.dal.ca/index.html
University of Maine
University of Massachusetts
University of NH
University of RI
University of Connecticut

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Downloadable Lessons Plans/Teacher Resources

Census of Marine Life Gulf of Maine Area Online Lesson Plans
http://research.usm.maine.edu/gulfofmaine-census/education/tools-resources/online-lesson-plans

EPA Teacher Resource Center
This website will inspire your teaching about the environment! You'll find our best lesson plans and activity guides, on-line curriculum and video libraries, award programs, funding opportunities and more.

Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System
About The Gulf of Maine http://www.gomoos.org/aboutgulfme/

United States Geological Survey
Teaching modules http://education.usgs.gov/common/secondary.htm

Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
Coastal Awareness Activity Book and Teacher’s Guide
http://www.crmc.state.ri.us/education.html

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Teacher Workshops

Maine Department of Marine Resources
Teacher Training, In-Service Workshops
http://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/education/workshops.htm

New England Aquarium Teacher Resources/Professional Development http://www.neaq.org/education_and_activities/teacher_resources/teacher_resource_center/index.php

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Aquatic WILD http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2691&q=322498&depNav_GID=1627

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Lectures

CoML Public Lecture Series Sea State 4.0 http://www.usm.maine.edu/gulfofmaine-census/docs/sea-state.pdf

New England Aquarium
Lecture Series
http://www.neaq.org/education_and_activities/programs_and_classes/aquarium_lecture_series/index.php

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Public Education/Outreach Materials

COML http://research.usm.maine.edu/gulfofmaine-census/education/media-gallery

NEOSEC - New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative http://neosec.org/

WHOI
Ocean Topics http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7135
Ocean Instruments http://www.whoi.edu/science/instruments/

NOAA/IOOS
Outreach Materials (one-pagers, brochures, videos, podcasts, lesson plans)
http://ioos.gov/messaging/outreachmaterials.html

Gulf of Maine Science Translation Project
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/science_translation/

NURC - National Undersea Research Center (North Atlantic and Great Lakes)
http://www.nurc.uconn.edu/outreach/outreach.htm
Live broadcast from the NURC research vessel to the public/classroom:
http://www.nurc.uconn.edu/About/Events/event0016/support.htm

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Publications

Gulf of Maine Council
Gulf of Maine Times http://www.gulfofmaine.org/times/0309/

Gulf of Maine Marine Habitat Primer
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/habitatprimer/

Ocean Renewable Power
Community Outreach/Newsletters http://www.oceanrenewablepower.com/home.htm

Data Access/Tools
Maine Port Authority
Weather and Seafaring Data http://www.maineports.com/weather.html

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management
Massachusetts Ocean Resource Information System (MORIS) online mapping tool
http://www.mass.gov/czm/mapping/index.htm

Northeast States Emergency Consortium
Real-Time Hazard Maps http://www.nesec.org/hazards/hazard_maps.cfm

National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) (Wells, Great Bay, Waquoit, Narragansett Bay)
Data Resources: System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP), Centralized Data Mangement Office, Lesson Plans Using SWMP Data http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Education/DataResources.html

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Career Center

Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network
Career Center http://www.motn.org/motn_employment.htm

Stakeholder Input
Mass Ocean Partnership
Public and Stakeholder Input http://www.massoceanpartnership.org/input.html

Rhode Island Ocean SAMP
Stakeholder Meetings http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/oceansamp/stakeholders.html

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Tutorial

OPeNDAP Data Connector
Online Tutorial http://opendap.org/ODC/tutorial/tutorial.html

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Symposium

Rhode Island Sea Grant Marine
Wind Farm Science Symposium http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/baird/2009/

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