EE Week Educator Webinar: Teaching Ocean Connections: Watersheds to Reefs

Original broadcast on March 30, 2011

Teaching Ocean Connections: Watersheds to Reefs was broadcast live on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.

During the webinar, experts Rob Ferguson, Paulo Maurin and Cathy Sakas from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared their knowledge and ideas for compelling classroom activities on watersheds and introduced participants to NOAA's Rivers to Reefs Program.

Webinar participants also learned about a series of lesson plans developed by Earth Day Network in support of EE Week's 2011 theme: Ocean Connections.

Webinar Archive

Slides presented during the webinar are available for download here. You will need Adobe Reader to view the PDF files.

• Watersheds to Reefs Part I, Slides 1-25 (PDF)
• Watersheds to Reefs Part II, Slides 26-35 (PDF)
• Watersheds to Reefs Part III, Slides 36-55 (PDF)
• Watersheds to Reefs Part IV, Slides 56-70 (PDF)
• Watersheds to Reefs Part V, Slides 71-90 (PDF)
• Watersheds to Reefs Part VI, Slides 91-107 (PDF)
• Q&A Sheet

While we are typically able to archive audio from the live broadcast, we regret that audio from this particular webinar is not available.

Webinar Materials

Materials presented or referred to during the webinar broadcast are available for download here. You will need Adobe Reader to view the PDF files. Please visit our Ocean page for additional resources and lesson plans.

Earth Day Network lesson plans:

• K-4: Ancient Waters: The Ocean and its Prehistoric Inhabitants and From Sails to Submarines: Human Exploration and the Ocean were developed by Earth Day Network for EE Week's 2011 theme: Ocean Connections. In Ancient Waters, students will dive into the vast history of the Earth and the ocean. Through class discussion and hands-on activities, students will gain an understanding of geologic time scales and explore the field of paleontology. In From Sails to Submarines, students examine the history of ocean exploration through human civilization. These activities meet national standards in science and social studies.
• 5-8: From Sails to Submarines: Human Exploration and the Ocean, Innovation and the Ocean: Prospects for the Future, and Medicine from the Ocean were developed by Earth Day Network for EE Week's 2011 theme: Ocean Connections. In From Sails to Submarines, students examine the history of ocean exploration through human civilization. These activities meet national standards in science and social studies. In Innovation and the Ocean, students will learn about how humans have used the ocean in the past, examine existing and new technologies involving the ocean and explore prospects for using the ocean as a source of energy in the future. In Medicine from the Ocean, students will investigate the many ways we depend upon the ocean for materials that improve and prolong human life. These activities meet national standards in science and social studies.
• 9-12: Medicine from the Ocean was developed by Earth Day Network for EE Week's 2011 theme: Ocean Connections. In this lesson, students will investigate the many ways we depend upon the ocean for materials that improve and prolong human life and will consider the implications for ocean health when humans tap into these resources. The activities meet national standards in science.