Exploring the Deep Ocean with NOAA

Educators of grades 6-12 are invited to join a NOAA Ocean Exploration facilitator on November 15, 2025 at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute for a full-day, in-person professional development workshop. Together we’ll dive into the diverse reasons for why it is important to explore the ocean and the variety of tools and technologies that drive how we conduct expeditions in some of the most remote places on the planet. 

This fun-filled, full-day workshop will include:

• A brief introduction to NOAA Ocean Exploration and why and how we explore the ocean
• Several lessons and hands-on activities that support current science standards and classroom pedagogy to bring the excitement and mystery of deep-sea exploration alive for students 
• Reflection and discussion with peer educators about how to implement these materials in the classroom

• A guided tour of additional free, online ocean education resources available from NOAA Ocean Exploration and the Deep Ocean Education Project website

Registration is REQUIRED and space is LIMITED. Registered educators will receive a collection of classroom-ready resources to continue exploring the deep ocean with NOAA in their classrooms that includes student investigations, videos, fact sheets, and more. Additionally, educators that attend the full day, in-person workshop will receive a NOAA Ocean Exploration Certificate of Participation, and a $100 stipend. 

This NOAA Ocean Exploration professional development for educators is offered in partnership with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.

This professional development workshop is an updated version of previous Exploring the Deep Ocean with NOAA, Why Do We Explore, and How Do We Explore workshops.

Completion of this registration form will:

1. Opt you into the NOAA Ocean Exploration Education Newsletter, which offers information about education-related activities, resources, and upcoming events.
2. Provide consent to NOAA Ocean Exploration to use, reproduce, edit, and/or broadcast any and all photographs, video recordings, and audio recordings of me taken during activities funded or supported by NOAA. Please see the NOAA Privacy Act Statement.

PRA Burden Statement:

A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0690-0038. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the NOAA Ocean Exploration at 1315 East West HWY, SSMC#3, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Attn: Liz Hoadley. 

Privacy Act Statement

Authority:  The collection of this information is authorized under 5 U.S.C. § 301, Departmental regulations which authorizes the operations of an executive agency, including the creation, custodianship, maintenance and distribution of records, and 15 U.S.C. 1512, Powers and duties of the Department.

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OMB Control Number:  0690-0038

Expiration Date:  07/31/2026

Host or Publisher Gulf of Maine Research Institute