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Oceans play a vital role in regulating the planet's climate. They influence weather patterns, redistribute heat around the globe, and help stabilize temperature variations. Preserving and restoring the health of ocean ecosystems is fundamental to climate sustainability.
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Ocean Preservation
Ocean Preservation
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Kids
Format: Web page with photos, videos and short texts
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Informative text with photograph and glossary
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Informative text with images
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Mission Blue
Format: Blog postings with links
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Highly visual website with a large library of photos and video clips
Marine Life
Marine Life
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Ocean Conservancy
Format: database of select marine life, searchable by vulnerability status
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: Save Our Seas Foundation
Format: Resources include text, artwork (downloadable PDFs), infographics and short, informative videos
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: Save Our Seas Foundation
Format: Infographics
Ocean Pollution
Ocean Pollution
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: NOAA Marine Debris Program
Format: Activities and Curricula, Posters and infographics,
fact sheets, Trash Talk video
Global Plastics Treaty: A Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity To End Plastic Pollution in the Ocean
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: PADI Aware Foundation YouTube channel
Visualizing Data: Plastic Oceans
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Plastic Oceans
Format: Infographics
Ocean Acidification
Ocean Acidification
Understanding Ocean Acidification
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: NOAA Fisheries
Format: Text and infographic
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Ocean Service
Format: Informative text with short, embedded video
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Ocean Observatory
Format: Webpage of links to problem/solution resources on ocean acidification
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Economic Forum Nature & Biodiversity Agenda
Format: Informative text with embedded video and links to additional resources
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Ocean Service
Format: Accessible, scientific text about coral reefs, conservation & threats. Includes infographics and photographs
Estuaries and Intertidal Zones
Estuaries and Intertidal Zones
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Text and photo; links to related resources
The Nigerian woman cleaning up a land soaked in oil
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: BBC News
Format: News report
Mangroves as a Solution to the Climate Crisis
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Wildlife Fund
Format: Informative text with photographs
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Infographic
Polar Ecosystems
Polar Ecosystems
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Ocean website
Format: Informative text, photographs and infographics, including information on climate change
FAQ: Climate Change in the Polar Regions
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
Format: Informative text with embedded video
3 surprising facts about global warming in the polar regions
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Economic Forum Climate Agenda
Format: Informative text with audio, embedded video, and infographics
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Detail map with informative text and glossary
Source: WWF Global Arctic Programme
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Photo essay about threats to the Arctic with links to resources
Six ways loss of Arctic Ice impacts everyone
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Wildlife Foundation
Format: Informative text
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: UCAR Center for Science Education
Format: Informative text with satellite images and links to additional resources
Videos
Videos
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: NOAA Ocean Today
Format: Short videos (downloadable) with transcripts
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: UN Office of Climate Education
How climate change is messing with the motion of the ocean
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Planet Wonder - CBC News YouTube Channel
Save Our Seas Foundation YouTube channel
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: NOAA Ocean Today
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: NOAA Ocean Today
Format: Videos
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Ocean Service YouTube channel
Format: Video
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: NOAA National Ocean Service YouTube channel
Format: short videos, many with a Spanish version
NOAA One-minute Ocean Science playlist
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: NOAA National Ocean Service YouTube channel
Format: short videos (1 minute), many with a Spanish version
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: NOAA National Ocean Service
Format: Video (1 minute)
Audience: Teen, adult
Source 5 Gyres Institute
Format: 23 videos (3 minutes to 11 minutes)
Shell Shocked: Saving Shellfish
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Earth Echo International YouTube Channel
Climate change: What is ocean acidification?
Audience: Adult
Source: The Economist YouTube channel
Format: Video
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada YouTube channel
Format: Short video with infographics
Audience: Youth, teen adult
Source: Touching Tails YouTube channel
Format: silent short video
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic
Format: Short video
Mangroves: How they Help the Ocean
Audience: Adult
Source: The Economist Ocean YouTube playlist
Mystery shipwreck causes disastrous oil spill off Trinidad and Tobago
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Al Jazeera English YouTube channel
Podcasts
Podcasts
BBC The Climate Question: What Do Warmer Waters Mean for Life Below the Waves?
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Subject to Climate
Audience: Adult
Format: 6-episode podcast series about trekking through Antarctica and discussion of changing environment
Teaching Materials
Teaching Materials
Monterey Bay Aquarium teaching resources
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: Monterey Bay Aquarium
Format: curriculum, activities, crafts, videos. Many resources available in Spanish
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: British Council
Format: Unit plan and presentation materials
Estuaries and Intertidal Zones
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: Hunters Woods Montessori
Format: Reading and worksheets
Audience: Teen
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Map analysis lesson plan
Study: Collapse of Ocean Currents Could Cause Major Climate Problems
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: VOA Learning English
Format: Reading with audio, glossary, and quiz
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