TEACHERS
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary offers a variety of free resources for educators.
Downloadable Education Materials
A variety of educational classroom activities and lesson plans are available for download from the Education Page of the Document Library.
Here's an abbreviated list of what you can find:
Word Puzzles
Coloring Pages
Diagrams
Photo Collage
Coral Cores: Ocean Timelines Activity
Coral Spawning Globe Activity
Fish Fun
Gulf of Mexico Watershed Activity
Coral Construction Activity
Manta Mysteries Activity
Stetson Monitoring Activity
Adaptations from the Depths Curriculum
A brief description is provided for each of these items in the Document Library.
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Education Email List
This digest-format list provides regular updates on sanctuary activities, the latest in information on coral reefs and important marine science issues, educational resources, useful web sites, professional development workshops, career and job opportunities in marine science, and more.
Subscribe to Education Digest (Privacy Policy)
Subscription to this list is voluntary. Submitting your information constitutes your consent to the use of the information for the stated purpose.
If you have items that might be of interest to other teachers of marine science, you may email them to the list administrator for consideration and possible posting.
If you need more information regarding this Education email list, please contact the list administrator.
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Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Brochure
This full-color brochure includes information about the sanctuary's location, flora and fauna, management, etc. Due to the reading level and some technical content, this brochure is probably best used with middle or high school level students.
Classroom sets of brochures are available by emailing flowergarden@noaa.gov. Be sure to specify what quantity you need and include a physical mailing address.
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Bookmarks
Our colorful bookmarks will let your students know Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is home to beautiful coral reefs. It will also provide them with the sanctuary web address, the national marine sanctuaries web address, and the NOAA web address to help them find more information.
Classroom sets of bookmarks are available by emailing flowergarden@noaa.gov. Be sure to specify what quantity you need and include a physical mailing address.
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Posters
Single copies of various posters are available while supplies last.
To request a poster or find out what posters are currently available, please contact flowergarden@noaa.gov.
Ed-Ventures
Take your students on a tour of the National Marine Sanctuary System by following the travels of Ed the Bear. This lovable VIP (Very Important Plush) bear has been traveling across the nation with Sanctuary Sam to learn about the unique marine environments that surround us.
Ed and Sam assist Gulf of the Farallones National
Marine Sanctuary staff with a bird count at
Rodeo Beach in California.
Presentations
Our staffing is limited, but we are available for occasional local school presentations, either at your location or here at our offices as part of a field trip experience. If this interests you, please contact us several months in advance.
Other
If you still haven't found what you are looking for, please let us know. We may have something new in development or know of another source for what you need. Feel free to pick our brains!
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