oceans aware: inform, inspire, involve

the more you know about the ocean the more you can do to protect and restore it

are your school students ocean aware?

Are you looking to introduce the ocean into your curriculum? If so, you have come to the right place! Tool kits, workshops and an ever-growing database of resources for educational purposes are available on this page to support your lesson plans and encourage your students to dive into the ocean.

ocean day tool kits

One of ocean aware’s missions is to promote ocean literacy by establishing an annual ocean day in schools, with lessons of every discipline dedicated to the ocean on that day. Ocean day tool kits for every discipline at every educational level can be made available to teachers upon request. Contact oceans aware for details.

oceans aware workshops

oceans aware offers specially-designed programmes for ocean projects for all levels of school education, as well as tailor-made bundles of 5, 10 or 15 training sessions, as outlined below. Training sessions can be offered in person or virtually. Contact oceans aware for details.

  • workshop 1: governance

  • workshop 2: pollution

  • workshop 3: plastic

  • workshop 4: resources

  • workshop 5: habitats

  • workshop 6: ocean-climate nexus

  • workshop 7: protection

  • workshop 8: research

  • Oceans 5

  • Oceans 10

  • Oceans 15

by the sea: coastal life
on the surface: shipping and fisheries
in the water: marine life and habitats
under the ocean: the deep sea and seabed
with the ocean: balancing human and ocean needs

Ocean basics: an introduction
Ocean governance: freedoms and obligations
Ocean ecosystems: from coral reefs to polar zones
Ocean challenges
1: pollution
2: climate change
3: resource exploitation
4: restoration
Ocean economics and politics
Ocean stakeholder simulation
Where we are today - where could we be tomorrow?

The ocean today
zones and ecosystems
governance
economics
stakeholder simulation
Ocean challenges
pollution
plastic
resource extraction
climate change
Ocean solutions
blue carbon systems
energy
protection and restoration
The ocean tomorrow

Database of ocean literacy resources for educators

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Collections of ocean-related resources

Ocean School
National Geographic, The World Ocean
Schmidt Ocean Institute
NOAA Ocean Today
World Ocean Explorer
The Ocean Agency/Google Ocean Education

Meet the experts

Nautilus Live resources offer ship-to-shore interactions and live video Q&A broadcasts.

Dive in with Liz and Sylvia provides recordings of interviews with ocean experts from navigators to marine biologists, available on the Ocean Elders YouTube channel.

Tim Mossholder/Unsplash

Ben Jones/Ocean Image Bank

Ellen Cuylaerts/Ocean Image Bank

Ocean life

Collections
Ocean Wonders is a series of short films from the Hakai Institute about life under water and what it is like to build a home, to grow old there, get sick, to go to sleep and dream beneath the waves, available on their YouTube channel.

Marine Life

Ocean School: Marine migration

Octopuses

Life Under Water Podcast: Octopuses

Polar Bears

Polar Bears International Education Center

Sharks

Life Under Water Podcast: Sharks

Whales and Dolphins

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Education Resources
Life Under Water Podcast: Whales
Ocean School: Right Whales

Aquaria with online programmes:
Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, USA
National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, UK

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NOAA/Unsplash

Ocean careers

FLORES Offshore renewable energy careers: interview series with engineers, divers, technicians and a policy officer.

Life under water podcast: People of the Sea

Milos Prelevic/Unspalsh

Tracey Jennings/Coral Reef Image Bank