For Teachers
Sanctuary Media Library and Sanctuary Encyclopedia
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National Marine Sanctuary Encyclopedia and Sanctuary Media Library
Workshops and Seminars
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary occasionally offers or partners with other marine education
organizations to offer a variety of professional development opportunities for teachers, including
Teacher at Sea Opportunities. Workshops focus on topics related to ocean conservation and marine
sanctuary ecosystems. To see what workshops we are offering, see below, or check the
Calendar of Events.
2012 Climate Change Impacts Education Workshop Series
Our Changing Ocean and Estuaries: A Professional Development Workshop Series
Teacher at Sea Opportunities are seasonal and require a commitment
from the teacher to implement new activities in the classroom related to the at sea experience.
Teacher at Sea
Elaine Bechler
- High school biology teacher from Santa Rosa, California.
Teacher at Sea
Deb Moraga
- Elementary science teacher from Ohio.
Teacher at Sea
Beth Lancaster
- High School Biology Teacher from Connecticut.
Download Teacher At Sea Beth Lancaster's Activity:
What influences a Marine Food Web?
To find out how to apply for a Teacher at Sea experience with Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuary contact
Jennifer.Stock@noaa.gov.
Local Grant Opportunities
Find out about
local grant opportunities for implementing watershed and ocean related education
programs in your classroom. The
Ocean Guardian Program
and
San Francisco BWET program offer funds to school/organizations that
want to implement watershed based/ocean education related education programs.
Learn more about current science that is taking place in national marine sanctuaries of the west
coast. Natural history, photos, maps, and research summaries can all be found here.
ACES captures the interest of middle and high school students as they learn science in the context
of the ocean, with high quality curriculum-based activities and NOAA remote sensing data. Students
can follow animals through NOAA's National Marine Santuaries, including Cordell Bank. Track ocean
animals while learning about issues that may affect them.*
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This project was initially funded by a NOAA Environmental Literacy Grant, the website is freely
available to use, including free activities you can find here. For more information on professional
development related to ACES, visit the ACES website link.
ACTIVITIES
Oceans for Life Lesson Plans and Videos
The Oceans for Life
lesson plans and complementary
short videos
developed in partnership with National Geographic Society highlight cutting edge research,
environmental issues facing the ocean today and our National Marine Sanctuaries. Appropriate for grades 6-8.
Cordell Bank is featured in the Biodiversity lesson, which compares Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale
Sanctuary with Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
Cordell Bank:
Blue Water Oasis Film Viewing Guide and Activity
This
viewing guide/activity (444k pdf)
offers a few ways to watch the 15 minute film in your classroom and
follow up with further discussion (Grades 6-12). To watch the video online go to the
Video Gallery.
To request a free DVD, educators may contact
cordellbank@noaa.gov for a copy.
(please allow at least 7 days for delivery.)
Black-footed Albatross Activities
Migration Activity
Black-footed Albatross are a regular visitor to Cordell Bank NMS waters. This migration activity
uses data from a tagging study to demonstrate the incredible migratory paths these species makes
during breeding season. Activity includes; glossary of terms, background information, maps, data,
and questions/answers for teachers.
Download Activity, Natural History Slide Show and Script:
Activity(1.59MB PDF)
Slideshow (1.5 MB PDF)
Script (92 kb PDF)
Diet/Migration Activity:
Fishing For a Living-How do we know what albatrosses eat?
This is series of Activities that investigate natural history and threats faced by Black-Footed
Albatrosses in the North Pacific, including investigation of ingestion of plastics. These activities
were co-authored by
Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge.
Activity Set
Seafloor Habitat Comparison Activity - "Every Square Inch Counts"
Every Square Inch Counts is an activity that compares the rocky intertidal habitats of Gulf of the
Farallones National Marine Sanctuary to the subtidal benthic habitat in Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuary. Download the Activity and supporting materials below:
Activity outline: Every Square Inch Counts (28KB PDF)
Intertidal ID Cards (480KB PDF)
Rocky Intertidal Data Sheet and Answers (36KB PDF)
Intertidal Photo Quadrat 1 (216KB JPG)
Intertidal Photo Quadrat 2 (380KB JPG)
Intertidal Photo Quadrat 3 (368KB JPG)
Intertidal Photo Quadrat 4 (316KB JPG)
Intertidal Photo Quadrat 5 (368KB JPG)
Intertidal Photo Quadrat 6 (332KB JPG)
Subtidal ID Cards (3.5MB PDF)
Subtidal photo data sheet/answer guide (68KB PDF)
Subtidal photo A 8.5x14in (1.5MB PDF)
Subtidal photo B 8.5x14in (1.1MB PDF)
Subtidal photo C 8.5x14in (1.1MB PDF)
Subtidal photo D 8.5x14in (676KB PDF)
There is an introductory Powerpoint Presentation to go (with this activity), for a copy contact jennifer.stock@noaa.gov
Each One Teach One-Learning about the National Marine Sanctuaries
This activity turns the students into teachers of each other and utilizes the National Marine
Sanctuaries as the subject material.
Download the Activity here: (88 kb PDF)
Download the Sanctuary Cards by clicking the links below:
Channel Islands NMS (2MB PDF)
Cordell Bank NMS (1.9MB PDF)
Fagatele Bay NMS (2.2MB PDF)
Florida Keys NMS (2.2MB PDF)
Flower Garden Banks NMS (2.3MB PDF)
Gray's Reef NMS (1.8MB PDF)
Gulf of the Farallones NMS (2.1MB PDF)
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale NMS (1.9MB PDF)
Monitor NMS (1.8MB PDF)
Monterey Bay NMS (1.8MB PDF)
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument (644KB PDF)
Olympic Coast NMS (2MB PDF)
Stellwagen Bank NMS (1.9MB PDF)
Thunder Bay NMS (1.7MB PDF)
