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Beyond the Horizon: the Drifter that Returned from Sea

An unexpected reunion between a Teacher at Sea and the drifting ocean buoy she deployed the year before.
December 05, 2025 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A woman leans poses for a photo with a buoy resting on a classroom workbench. She drapes her left arm over the buoy and uses her right to steady it. The buoy has stickers that read Tremont Consolidated School. Teacher at Sea Tonya Prentice and the recovered drifter at Tremont Consolidated School in Bass Harbor, Maine.

Teacher at Sea Kicks off the Year Early with January Marine Mammal Survey

Teacher at Sea Kiersten Newtoff joins NOAA scientists aboard a midwinter Atlantic marine mammal survey.
January 23, 2025 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Kiersten stands at the taffrail of the ship and smiles for the camera. She is wearing a sweatshirt, purple sunglasses, and a pair of binoculars around her neck. the sky is blue with many clouds over a darker blue ocean. Teacher at Sea Kiersten Newtoff aboard NOAA Ship Pisces.

Teachers Help Tell the Story of Pollock in a Changing Bering Sea

For 30 years, NOAA Teachers at Sea have sailed with scientists in the Bering Sea to learn about this vital fishery.
December 09, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Nick is wearing a heavy orange rain coat and long yellow gloves. He holds up two pollock fish vertically, comparing their lengths to one another. We see more fish on a sorting table in the background. Teacher at Sea Nick Lee compares the lengths of two pollock aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson.

How Teacher at Sea and Commercial Fisherwoman Germaine Thomas Celebrates Seafood

Whether on a boat or in a classroom, seafood is a big part in Germaine Thomas' life.
October 09, 2023 - Feature Story ,
National
Teacher at Sea and Commercial Fisherwoman, Germaine Thomas, stands at the bow of her boat. She is dressed in orange coveralls, cold weather gear, and is holding two salmon--one in each hand. In the summers, science teacher Germaine Thomas fishes commercially for sockeye salmon in Prince William Sound. Photo courtesy of Germaine Thomas.

NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program Embarks on 2023 Season

Ten educators are scheduled to join NOAA scientists at sea this year.
April 25, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
National
Man at the bow of the NOAA Ship Rainier as it departs Kodiak, Alaska A view over the bow of NOAA Ship Rainier as it departs Kodiak. Credit: NOAA Teacher at Sea.

Teachers at Sea Continue To Learn, Educate, and Explore New Frontiers with Alumni Association

The Teacher at Sea Alumni Association provides networking and funding opportunities for hundreds of teachers across the country.
July 17, 2020 - Feature Story ,
National
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Looking Back On 30 Years of Teachers at Sea

This week, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of NOAA’s Teacher at Sea program. Join us as we look back at the history and accomplishments of this groundbreaking program.
July 17, 2020 - Feature Story ,
National
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NOAA Teachers at Sea Aboard the Bigelow

High school teachers are taking their classrooms to sea this spring as NOAA Teachers at Sea, working with scientists and crew on the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow.
April 27, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two scientists/teachers working together at the age processing station.

"Science at Sea" Event Honors Civilian Science Conducted on NOAA Fisheries Ships

Learn more about the first-ever "Science at Sea" event, honoring NOAA Teacher at Sea awardee Dr. Suzanne Acord and NOAA summer intern Christopher Lindsay, both of whom spent time aboard NOAA Fisheries ships.
January 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Two NOAA Corps officers speak to a group of high school students with the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai in the background.