Education & Outreach Activities

Census-wide education and outreach activities were coordinated by the Census Education and Outreach Team based at the Office of Marine Programs at University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. Most Census projects also had their own education and outreach initiatives.

The following web links go to a variety of educational resources across the Census projects. Additional information can be found on each individual Census project website.

Arctic Ocean Biodiversity (ArcOD)

• Educational information about Arctic life
  http://www.arcodiv.org
• NOAA Ocean Explorer Information about ArcOD research
  
  • http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05arctic/
    background/edu/edu.html
  • http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/
    background/education/education.html

Census of Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life (CeDAMar)

• Detailed web logbooks from CeDAMar research cruises
  http://www.deepsea-research.org

Biogeography of Deep-water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems (ChEss)

• ChEss educational page
  http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/chess/education/edu_home.php

Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem Project (MAR-ECO)

• Comprehensive MAR-ECO "Learning zone"
  http://www.mar-eco.no/learning-zone/welcome_to_mareco_learning_zone
• MAR-ECO "Public zone" that contains much background information
  http://www.mar-eco.no/public_zone
• MAR-ECO Paper on Public Science Communication

www.coml.org/comlfiles/outreach/Deeper_Than_Light_Steffensen_Hoyer.pdf

Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA)

• Downloadable NaGISA resources for educators
  http://www.nagisa.coml.org/downloads.htm

Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project (POST)

• Introductory video about fish tracking in POST
  http://www.postcoml.org

Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP)

• Educational introduction to the TOPP project
  http://www.toppcensus.org
• Database of the movement of TOPP tagged animals
  http://las.pfeg.noaa.gov/TOPP_recent/index.html

Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)

• OBIS outreach page, an excellent source of educational resources
  http://iobis.org/obis/edu/