Since 1990, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken over 430 teachers out to sea on its fleet of research ships through the Teacher At Sea program.
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Chief Survey Technician Phillip White and Jacob Tanenbaum retrieve a “bongo” net in the Gulf of Alaska on NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN in May of 2007. |
This program offers both teachers and students the opportunity to work directly with scientists from all over the United States and the world on some of the most important and innovative research being conducted today. Click here to find out more about the program. This is Jacob Tanenbaum's third voyage through the TAS program. You can read about his first voyage here. For information on his second voyage, click here.
To review some of the science goals supported by NOAA's Teacher At Sea Program, click here for the Ocean Literacy Goals developed by NOAA, The National Geographic Society, and many others. Click here for NOAA's Climate Literacy Goals.
To review some of the National Technology Standards supported by this particular Teacher At Sea project, click here.