Education Lesson Plans

Last updated: 06-19-2017

Internal Lesson Plans

2017 Lesson Plans:

Coral Reefs: Assessing the Health of Coral Reefs (Grade Level 5-8)

Molecular: Atoms and Water Molecules (Grade Level 1-2)

Climatology: Climate versus Weather (Grade Level 5-8)

Nutrients: How’s the Water? (Grade Level 3-5)

Ecology: Invasive Species (Grade Level 3-5)

Marine Biology: Life in the Twilight Zone (Grade Level 1-3)

Biology/Zoology: Measuring Whales and Graphing Results (Grade Level 1-4)

Oceanography: Ocean in Motion (Grade Level 5-8)

Estuarine Ecology: Quantifying (Measuring) Healthy Ecosystems (Grade Level 5-8)

Marine Biology: Sea Turtle Life Cycle (Grade Level 3-5)

Life Science/Biology: Taxonomy and Classification (Grade Level K-2)

Life Sciences: What is a Dichotomous Key? (Grade Level  3-5)

Please Note: Powerpoint presentations are available upon request. Contact jen.vreeland@gcoos.org

Harmful Algal Bloom Detectives in the Gulf of Mexico: Lesson Plan on HABs from Chris Simoniello

Edible Trawl, A Lesson on Sampling: Lesson Plan on Sampling from Chris Simoniello. 

Plate Tectonics: Lesson Plan on Plate Tectonics from Chris Simoniello.

Please Note: Powerpoint presentations are available upon request. Contact jen.vreeland@gcoos.org

External Lesson Plans

NOAA Adopt A Drifter Program: http://www.adp.noaa.gov/lesson_plans.html

Tides Tutorial: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/tides

Currents Tutorial: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/currents

Science with NOAA Research: http://www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/

Monitoring Estuarine Water Quality: http://apps.dataintheclassroom.org/water-quality/

MBARI Education and Resources Testing Hypotheses (EARTH): http://www.mbari.org/earth/

Rutgers C.O.O.L. Classroom: http://www.coolclassroom.org/home.html

Bridge: http://web.vims.edu/bridge/?svr=www

DLESE Lessons using Real Time Data: http://www.dlese.org/library/query.do?q=real%20time%20data&s=0&re=0k

GOMA EEN: http://www.gulfallianceeducation.org/

COSEE Networked Ocean World: http://coseenow.net/

COSEE CGOM: http://cosee-central-gom.org/

Gulf of Mexico Foundation: http://www.gulfmex.org/education-training/

NERRs Curricula: http://nerrs.noaa.gov/ECDefault.aspx?ID=306

EPA curricula: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/vital/toc.html