The 2020 NMEA Marine Education Award winner, Kasey Gaylord-Opalewski, has been designing, developing, and coordinating innovative digital programming for non-profit organizations since 2002. She has over 20 years of “on-air” experience as an educator and moderator for virtual interactive lessons.
Read MoreOur January featured student mentor is Sean den Bok, School and Public Programs Manager at the Seattle Aquarium. Sean manages the teams that provide equitable access to lifelong learning opportunities for students, teachers and families before, during and after school.
Read MoreAnnouncing a new issue of Current: The Journal of Marine Education. The articles in this issue address the challenges of maintaining a framework for educational activities during the pandemic. Volume 34, Issue 3, Winter 2020/2021 is now available on the Current website.
Read MoreIn their second DEI Dispatch Column, the NMEA Expanded Audiences co-chairs Dr. Dijanna Figueroa and Dr. DJ Kast decided to look closely at the two words that are connected with this movement: ally and co-conspirator.
Read MoreOur December featured mentor is Joanna Philippoff, Assistant Specialist at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, College of Education, Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG).
Read MoreOur organization is able to continue its mission because of your support and generosity. By contributing to our 2020 Annual Fund, you'll help ensure that our work continues. https://members.marine-ed.org/donations/
Read MoreHow Big Was This Squid? Learn how scientists estimate the sizes of squid eaten by large predators using only beaks they leave behind in this data-centered lesson from Science Friday.
Read MoreWe are delighted to present the first issue of Current: The Journal of Marine Education produced entirely in the new open access journal management system. Volume 34, Issue 2, Fall 2020 is now available on the Current website.
Read MoreThe Intertidal Sounds Activity was developed to replicate some of the in-person experiences related to marine science learning in the field in the online environment. We hope the activity inspires you to think more broadly about what experiential education looks like in the virtual environment!
Read MoreThe Adventures of Zack and Molly is a four-part video series (part five is coming in early 2021!) about an unlikely duo exploring the deep ocean produced by ECOGIG in collaboration with Sherman's Lagoon creator and filmmaker Jim Toomey.
Read MoreDay 2 of a Sanctuary Exploration Telepresence Project with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Marine Imaging Technologies. By Anne Smrcina, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and MME
Read MoreDay 2 of a Sanctuary Exploration Telepresence Project with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Marine Imaging Technologies. By Anne Smrcina, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and MME
Read MoreMME representative Anne Smrcina writes about Day 1 of the joint expedition from NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Marine Imaging Technologies to explore two shipwrecks in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary!
Read MoreJoin Education and Outreach Coordinator Anne Smrcina and the research team from NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Marine Imaging Technologies as we broadcast live shows from two shipwrecks in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary!
Read MoreWe are proud to announce the 2020 winners of the NMEA Awards! Read more about these amazing marine educators and organizations.
Read MoreThe NMEA 2020 Virtual Member Event aims to bring together our NMEA family for a moment of learning, reflection, and celebration and highlights many of the themes that we as an organization will be grappling with over the next year.
Read MoreThe NMEA Expanded Audiences co-chairs interviewed experts in the field of diversity, equity and inclusion, and leaders of organizations whose work breaks down barriers and creates spaces for communities of color within this marine education field. A compilation of their responses in regards to systemic racism is presented in this first DEI Dispatch Column by Dr. Dijanna Figueroa and Dr. DJ Kast.
Read MoreSince we are not able to meet in person this year for the 2020 NMEA Student Conference, we are going virtual. We are still getting the specifics together, but we are happy to announce that we will hold a virtual opportunity for students on Thursday, July 16th from 8:00–11:00am HT / 11:00am–2:00pm PT / 2:00–5:00pm ET.
Read MoreDr. Amanda Waite is the Director of Science Education & Advancement for ANGARI Foundation where she develops and implements education programs for K-12 students that work to break down barriers between scientists and the public while encouraging ocean literacy and active engagement in marine science.
Read MoreRemarks by Sylvia Spalding (representing IPMEN & NMEA) during Panel 2: Our Ocean engages us…
UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit
8 June 2020 9 am – 12:30 am UTC
