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Pin:732 637 522# Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants–the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled. For centuries New York was famous for its oysters, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city's economy, gastronomy, and ecology that the abundant bivalves were Gotham's most celebrated export, a staple food for the wealthy, the poor, and tourists alike, and the primary natural defense against pollution for the city's congested waterways. Filled with cultural, historical, and culinary insight–along with historic recipes, maps, drawings, and photos–this dynamic narrative sweeps readers from the island hunting ground of the Lenape Indians to the death of the oyster beds and the rise of America's environmentalist movement, from the oyster cellars of the rough-and-tumble Five Points slums to Manhattan's Gilded Age dining chambers. | Do you have an item you'd like to share in future issues of The Watch? | NOAA Spooky Science  October is spooky season! Follow along with us as we celebrate all things spooky, odd, and spine-tingling in the ocean and atmosphere with NOAA Spooky Science! Use this chilling, creepy content in your classrooms, at your organizations, or with your loved ones at home! | Marine debris is a large and global problem. Plastics, metals, rubber, fishing gear, and other lost and discarded items enter our ocean, Great Lakes, waterways, and coastal areas every day. This challenging problem causes negative impacts to wildlife, the environment, and the economy. In this episode, we chat with our expert, Sophie Maginnes, communication specialist with NOAA's Marine Debris Program. Listen to the Marine Debris podcast | |  | October 25, 2024 I 12-1 p.m. ET NEDTalk - NOAA's Coral Reef Watch and the 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event October 31, 2024 I 9:30-10:30 a.m. ET U.S. Eastern Region NOAA Climate Services: The NY State Heat Plan Preview the NOAA Teacher at Sea Program Application  FIRST LOOK: Preview the questions for the 2025 Teacher at Sea Field Season application! We plan to open our online application during the month of November, but you don't have to wait till then to learn more. GET A GLIMPSE of the application format and questions in a view-only PDF available now at the Teacher at Sea Program website. Photo of a sandbar shark's eye by TAS '23 Martin McClure. | Webinar: Climate Conversations: Housing and Disasters Friday, October 25, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. ET  Disaster planning and recovery have historically centered around a single, isolated event. However, climate change is driving more high-intensity events, with disaster after disaster striking the same regions without time to fully recover between events, exacerbating the impact of each subsequent incident. Compounding disasters that introduce new, interconnected, and complex risk scenarios are expected to increase in frequency and will require comprehensive new strategies for emergency planning and response. Infrastructure resilience is one aspect of this: constructed buildings, such as homes, are unable to withstand the compounding impacts of multiple disasters, leaving already vulnerable populations without shelter and comfort. The presenters will discuss housing resilience and access in the context of compounding disasters and how to rethink our disaster framework to adapt to this new reality. Register for the National Academies' Conversation on Housing and Disasters. Navigating Challenging Emotions about Climate Change: Creating Safe Spaces in K-12 Classrooms  Tuesday, November 5, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET Recent climate events across the country–extreme heat, wildfires, floods, and hurricanes–have provided many opportunities to engage in learning and conversation with students in the classroom. These events can also give rise to challenging emotions in students and teachers. Research shows that a majority of teachers don't feel equipped to address climate change or the complex emotions the topic provokes. According to a recent report, climate change is impacting the mental health of 68% of U.S. youth (Blue Sky, 2023) and 64% of adults are worried about it (Yale, 2024). Navigating climate emotions effectively is vital for student and teacher well-being and emotional resilience. In this online workshop, participants will be supported to reflect on their own climate emotions, engage in activities and discussion related to helping their students express and manage theirs, and will leave with tools and resources for their K-12 classrooms. CTLE credit is available. Register for the American Natural History Museum online event | Summer Project Ice Professional Learning Course  Application Deadline: November 8, 2024 The American Meteorological Society invites applications from K–12 teachers to participate in its summer 2025 Project Ice teacher professional development course, offered as part of the National Science Foundation/Oregon State University (OSU)-led Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX). Teachers will be selected competitively from across the country, with a focus on those educating underserved students. Participants will engage in a graduate-level, multi-week hybrid course in paleoclimatology and ice core science that includes a workshop at OSU in Corvallis, Oregon, where they will engage with COLDEX scientists and visit the OSU ice core lab and Marine Geology Repository. Some support for travel, lodging, meals, and tuition will be provided for about 24 selected teachers. The course's online portion will take place May 27–June 21, 2025, with the on-site residence experience scheduled for June 22–28. |  Earlybird Application Deadline: December 15, 2024 Final Application Deadline: January 15, 2024 PlantingScience is a Student-Teacher-Scientist partnership founded in 2005 by the Botanical Society of America. This no-cost program facilitates mentoring relationships with real plant scientists and teams of three to five students in grades 6–12 classrooms. Through asynchronous online conversations, the scientists provide support and encouragement as students design and carry out a plant-focused scientific investigation in the classroom. Teachers will receive free materials that will provide the content information needed, along with support from the participating scientists. |  NOAA undergraduate scholarship and internship opportunities now accepting applications! Application Deadline: January 31, 2024  Don't miss this opportunity for undergraduates! The EPP/MSI and Hollings scholarships are two-year scholarships that include paid summer internships with NOAA First Nations Launch  Audience: Students enrolled at Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU), Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI), and American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) chapter students Notice of Intent Deadlines:
Moon and Mars Tracks – October 24, 2024
Gateway Track – December 9, 2024
Contact: rcannon@carthage.edu The First Nations Launch competition offers student teams the opportunity to demonstrate engineering and design skills through direct application in high-powered rocketry. Teams are guided through the engineering process on one of three tracks (Gateway, Moon, and Mars) to design, build, and fly high-powered rockets. Don't have any engineering, design, or rocketry skills yet? Students from all majors can sign up for the no-experience-necessary Gateway track where they'll receive all the instruction and support they need to design, build, and fly their first rocket. Teams also give back to their communities by conducting outreach and serving as role models to inspire the next generation of explorers. The competition is managed by Wisconsin Space Grant and NASA's Kennedy Space Center. | The Earth Prize  Application Deadline: January 31, 2024 The Earth Prize is an annual, global $100,000 environmental sustainability competition for students between the ages of 13 and 19, which rewards the teams whose projects have the most potential to address environmental issues. It aims to inspire and empower the next generation of environmental leaders and innovators, creating a global platform for sharing and scaling their solutions. In 2025, there will be seven regional winners, each receiving $12,500 to implement their ideas. The regions are Oceania, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America, and Central & South America. Additionally, The Earth Prize will recognize three mentors and three educators of the year, awarding each $2,500. | 2024 NASA International Space Apps Challenge: GLOBE Protocol Games  Audience: Grades 6-12 This NASA Space Apps Challenge invites teams to create a game that integrates Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program protocols, helping players understand the world around them, develop awareness of one or more local or global environmental topics, and more. | Future Blue Council  Application Deadline: November 8, 2024 The Future Blue Youth Council is a diverse, international group of young people working together to advance Bow Seat's mission and to empower their peers to advocate for our environment. Council members are paid to serve one-year terms as project managers, advisors, and creative idea generators! Future Blues support Bow Seat's by-youth, for-youth True Blue Fellowship, from reviewing applications to mentoring existing projects. The 2025 Future Blue Youth Council Application welcomes all Bow Seat alumni to apply. If young people are not yet an alum, they are eligible to apply if they participate in the Ocean Awareness Contest by November 8th. |  |
 In the Coastal Pollution Tutorial you can explore three major types of coastal pollution: oil spills, marine debris, and harmful algal blooms. These pages present the sources, impacts, and solutions that environmental scientists, responders, and others are using to address each type of pollution. Developed by NOAA's Ocean Service Education and Office of Response and Restoration, the tutorial is intended for middle through high school-aged students, and everyone concerned with our oceans and waterways. | | The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) provides STEM activities and lessons to teach K-12 students and the general public about how and why polar-orbiting weather satellites observe Earth and its atmosphere. Explore all the resources! | |  | Beyond Gloom and Doom: How to Teach Climate Change Towards Empowerment In response to the climate crisis, many around the world, especially young people, have reported feeling overwhelmed, powerless, sad, and anxious. Overlooking emotions while learning about crushing climate data can cause anxiety, and helplessness, and impede our ability to learn and take action. How do we support youth in stepping up rather than shutting down? CLEAN's Climate Mental Health guidance offers a brief review of strategies and resources for processing climate change-related emotions inspiring action together and hope for the future. | |  | EnviroAtlas Suite from EPA  The EnviroAtlas tools are a collection of standards-aligned lesson plans from the EPA that provides educators with grade-level appropriate curriculum to teach a variety of environmental concepts. There are ready-made lesson plans for every grade level, from kindergarten through undergraduate that can be used in formal and informal educational settings. All lessons are aligned with Next Generation and State Science Standards. | Marine Energy Adventure Game  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Marine Energy Adventure Game, allows people of all ages and educational backgrounds to explore how an Atlantic salmon and a harbor porpoise might interact with a tidal or riverine energy turbine. The video game can also be reached via the Marine Renewable Energy Educational Resources page, which includes a marine renewable energy video series, a coloring book for download, and short science summaries on the environmental effects of marine renewable energy. If you have feedback on the video game, use this Marine Energy Adventure Game feedback survey to share it with the developers. |  Teachrock developed a collection of interdisciplinary lessons which bring together science, music, and civics in K–12 classrooms. Each lesson includes essential questions, learning objectives, student procedures, as well as links and handouts to facilitate classroom implementation. Titles include Cleaning Up the Plastic Beach (elementary and middle/high school levels); The Science and the Civics of the Flint Water Crisis (elementary/middle and high school levels); Confronting the Climate Crisis (middle/high school); Greta Thunberg, Music, and the Climate Crisis (middle/high school), and Mountaintop Removal Mining in Appalachia (elementary, middle, and high school). E-mail registration is required to access the collection's complete lesson plans. |  In this Oyster Reef Recovery activity, suitable for 6th-12th grade students, students will 60 years of oyster landing data from the Virginia Marine Resource Commission database to: Compare landings from natural and seeded beds Evaluate and graph long-term trends in shellfish harvests Answer questions about environmental pressures facing oyster growers Determine if oysters are on the rebound or if there is more work to be done Students will also have a chance to think critically and creatively as they design their own public service campaign to encourage consumers to donate used shell to recovery efforts. |  Skype a Scientist matches scientists with people all around the world! This program allows scientists to reach people from all over the world without having to leave the lab! They have thousands of scientists ready to chat, nd teachers can choose the type of scientist that will best fit their classroom and curriculum. | Marine Science Education Fellowship  Application Deadline: November 1, 2024 The Greater Farallones Association (GFA) is excited to share a Marine Science Education Fellowship position with the Visitor Center Field Trip Program. This fellowship is aimed at providing underprivileged candidates with a paid opportunity for immersive teaching and a mentorship experience in marine science. This fellow will work closely with our federal partners in education at the Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries. GFA hopes this fellowship will prepare those entering the marine science education workforce. Pay is $25/hr. The Marine Science Education Fellow will provide instructional and administrative program support for the Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank Visitor Center Field Trip program. This is a part-time temporary position with the Greater Farallones Association and will require a commitment of 12-16 hours per week. This position runs from November 2024 through the end of April 2025, with a potential extension through June 2025. | The Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program is Now Accepting Applications - Apply Today! Pre-Application Deadline: October 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET Full Application Deadline: February 16, 2024 Pre-application applicants will be notified by December 13, 2024 if they have been invited to submit a full application. Only those who receive an invitation from NOAA following review of the pre-application are eligible to submit a full application package. Full applications are due on February 16, 2025 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is seeking applications for the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program from individuals, particularly women and members of minority groups, who due to financial constraints, may not otherwise be able to pursue an advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in oceanography, marine biology, maritime archaeology—these may include, but are not limited to ocean and/or coastal: engineering, social science, marine education, marine stewardship, cultural anthropology, and resource management disciplines Scholarship provides tuition support and a stipend. Travel funds to support a program collaboration at a national marine sanctuary field office or another NOAA office. Training in science communication, stewardship, and how to become a National Marine Sanctuary Ambassador. To apply, each applicant must: Be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or a citizen of a U.S. territory; Pursue, or intend to pursue, graduate-level studies at a U.S. accredited institution; Have and maintain a minimum cumulative and term grade point average of 3.30 or higher; and Maintain full-time student status for the duration of the scholarship award. Fellowship Opportunity: National Geographic's Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship  Application deadline: November 14, 2024 The Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship is a professional learning opportunity for pre-K–12 educators. National Geographic staff will select exemplary educators to host aboard Lindblad Expeditions' voyages for a life-changing, field-based experience. Grosvenor Teacher Fellows will transfer their onboard experience into transformative ways to teach students, engage colleagues, and bring new geographic awareness into their learning environments and communities. Fellows are expected to be active and engaged members of the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship over the course of the expedition year and the year following. This includes participating in an in-person preparatory workshop, tentatively scheduled for April 9–13, 2025, in Washington, D.C., as well as periodic virtual meetups. Fellows are also expected to serve as ambassadors of the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship in all professional settings. Full-time pre-K–12 classroom or informal educators who spend 50% or more of their time working directly with students are eligible. Educators must be residents of the 50 U.S. states, Canada, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico or U.S. citizens teaching at a U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity school. | Toshiba America Foundation Grants  Application deadline: December 1, 2024 Teachers of grades 6–12 can apply online for a Toshiba America Foundation grant of less than $5,000 to help bring an innovative project into their own classroom. Teachers who have an innovative idea for improving STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning in their classroom, and if their idea involves project-based learning with measurable outcomes are encouraged to apply. |  Application deadline: December 31, 2024 Based out of North Charleston, the Environmental Conservation Corps (ECC) is an AmeriCorps-accredited workforce development and service-learning program for young adults pursuing careers in conservation and environmental fields. Through this program, participants can gain desirable field skills and training while addressing coastal resilience and habitat restoration needs in the Lowcountry region. Projects include oyster reef fabrication, living shoreline construction, marsh grass planting, water quality and microplastic monitoring, rain garden maintenance, and more! The Sustainability Institute is recruiting for Restoration Crew Members to serve from March 10 to July 25, 2025. This 20-week program is designed for young adults between the ages of 17-24 who are not in school nor working full-time. The positions earn a total living stipend of $8,100.00 (pre-tax, paid bi-weekly) and an AmeriCorps Segal Education Award of $2,817.14 upon successful completion of the program. Benefits include: Trainings: Build knowledge and skills in a diversity of conservation and sustainability jobs Certifications: Receive professional certifications relevant to the field Compensation: Earn a living stipend and a Segal Education Award Connections: Meet and work with a wide variety of governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations Teamwork: Experience working in a team of peers and within a nonprofit organization Leadership: Help lead critically important conservation projects to combat climate change Service: AmeriCorps members get things done!! For more information or to apply, visit: Join AmeriCorps - The Sustainability Institute If you have questions, contact Darby Reed, at darby@sustainabilityinstitutesc.org | Education/Equity Bytes Designing Climate Education That Honors Indigenous Climate Leadership and Sovereignty Climate Emotions among American Youth Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey Play a new educational game with Ocean Odyssey: Tracking Marine Debris K-12 students engage in Indigenous land stewardship projects Climate A Sustainable Future: NOAA Chief Scientist Dr. Sarah Kapnick on Pricing Climate Disaster Risk Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners How to Cope With the Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health: World Mental Health Day 2024' Ocean, Coastal Weather, Sea Ice, Ocean Life, Water The Return of the Blue Mussel The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe Microplastic pollution is everywhere, even in the exhaled breath of dolphins Giant tubeworms part of thriving ecosystem found under the seafloor in the Pacific Protecting whales from ship strikes NOAA taps invasive mussels to track Great Lakes pollution Weather Extremes and Other Science News of Note La Niña Will Likely Impact US Weather This Winter—Here's What To Expect The Bullying Of Meteorologists During Hurricanes Helene And Milton Climate Change Increased Rain and Wind Speeds of Helene The Problem With the Hurricane Category Rating GOES-19 first light images show stunning view of Earth New Global Tool Highlights Nature Conservation Efforts Across 180 Countries How a Luxury Food is Wreaking Ecological Mayhem |
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