Information Exchange for Marine Educators - March 2011
Summary: marine environmental education newsletter with programs, activities, professional development, and funding opportunities
This update receives technical support from NOAA’s Ocean
Exploration and Research Program and the National Marine
Protected Areas Center, to share information pertinent to the
marine educator community. It is intended to encourage exchange
of information and programs and promote
collaboration among the different educators addressing similar
issues in their programs.
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Here are some of the programs that you can read about this
month. Please see the attached document for details and links
to the websites.
Notable Reference
Economic Incentives for Marine Conservation
OPPORTUNITIES OF THE MONTH
Ocean for Life Field Study
TED Fellows Program
MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE
The Bridge at NSTA
GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Alaska Native Education
American Wilderness Leadership School Scholarships
Camp Scholarships – Alaska, Alabama, and Mississippi
Christine Stevens Wildlife Award
Craig Tufts Environmental Education Fund
Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge
EcoStar Grants
Fulbright Specialist Program
Grants for Education in Microbial Science
Gulfstream Navigator Award
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
Leadership in Science Education Award
Lloyd Bridges Scholarship
Marc Hershman Marine Policy Fellowship - Washington
Marine Debris Art Contest
Native Hawaiian Education Program
Ocean Awareness Essay Contest
Project Blue Planet
State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grant Program
Thacher Environmental Research Contest
Windland Smith Rice International Youth Photography
Competition
Youth Birding Scholarships
Youth Engagement Zones Grants
INTERNSHIPS AND TEMPORARY OPPORTUNITIES
Dauphin Island Internships
Marine Education Internship - Florida
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Coastal Ecology Teacher Workshop - Georgia
Connecting People with Nature through Birds – West
Virginia
LiMPETS Introduction to Rocky Intertidal Monitoring -
California
Mini-Conference and Teacher Sleepover - Maryland
Ocean Exploration Workshops - Various
On-Island Teacher Professional Development - Florida
Salish Sea Expeditions Teacher Trainings - Washington
Sea Turtle and Diamondback Terrapin Conservation Teacher
Workshop - Georgia
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center
All of Earth's Water in a Single Sphere
Bigelow Lab Resources
Box Office at Sea Level from Space
Climate Adaptation
Coastal Resource Management Customer Trends Survey
Consumption and the Environment Webinar Series
Coral Husbandry Handbook
Coral Literature, Education and Outreach Program
Deep Coral Cruise Virtual Tours
Dolphins in the Classroom
Earth Smarts
EE Guidelines for Excellence
Estuarine Aquarium Keeping for Beginners
From the Bow Seat
Global Climate Change
Graduate students for Ocean Education
HazNet
Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum
National Environmental Education Week 2011: Ocean
Connections
National Lab Network
National Trails Symposium Presentations
New Jersey Sea Grant Education Resources
PolarTREC in the Southern Ocean
Science Since the Spill
Sea Cucumber Podcast and Google Earth Tour
Sea Otter Unit
Ship Mates
Species List
Teaching Earth Science
Teaching the Physics and Math of Oceanography Using
Satellite Data
INITIATIVES, JOURNALS, and MORE
International Journal of Wilderness
National Week of the Ocean - Florida
Ocean Discovery Day - Texas
Savannah Ocean Exchange - Georgia
Information Exchange for Marine Educators - March 2011