Meet our 2019 NMEA Expanding Audiences Scholarship winners, Md Kutub Uddin (Arju), Yolanda Sánchez, and Rachel Cuizon Quadara!
Read MoreKerri Helme, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribal nation, is the 2019 NMEA Traditional Knowledge Scholarship winner. Kerri is a weaver, potter, quillwork artist and a speaker of the Wampanoag language. She serves as the Plimoth Plantation Guest Service and Cultural Programs Manager.
Read MoreLindsay Laughner is an OCEARCH Education Ambassador who integrates the OCEARCH Global Tracker and the next generation science standards into the OCEARCH STEM curriculum and programs to prepare students to be the next generation of ocean stewards.
Read MoreCurrent: The Journal of Marine Education is transforming from a closed, pdf-designed system to an open access, broadly available publishing system. The NMEA Board is excited to make the journal content more available to a wider audience by improving the digital tagging of content and releasing the full text for anyone to read through an Open Access publishing model.
Read MoreNevada Winrow is the Founder and CEO of Black Girls Dive Foundation (BGDF), a non-profit STEM organization dedicated to providing young girls an opportunity to explore their STEM identities in a supportive environment.
Read MoreThe 2019 EARTH teacher workshop, held at MBARI in Moss Landing, California from June 2-5, 2019, helped educators learn how to build ocean literacy through virtual reality and distance learning.
Read MoreJenny East shares information on ways to prevent water pollution with people who go boating and fishing in Oregon. This program focuses on where and how they can properly dispose of sewage through the use of holding tank pumpouts, porta-potty dump stations, and floating restrooms.
Read MoreLy teaches Marine Sciences at Smithtown High School and consults by conducting fieldwork, writing curriculum, and providing professional development for anyone who wants help learning more about our big, blue Ocean planet!
Read MoreMeghan Marrero represented NMEA at Capitol Hill Ocean Week, an opportunity for ocean champions from diverse sectors to convene and discuss ocean happenings, policies, problems, and solutions.
Read MoreCurrent: The Journal of Marine Education is seeking a new Editor. Current: The Journal of Marine Education is the peer-reviewed journal of the National Marine Educators Association, which seeks to “Make known the world of water.” Please email your cover letter and resume by June 25, 2019 and put “Editor position” in the subject of your email to: nmea@marine-ed.org
Read MoreAs Marine Education Specialist at Delaware Sea Grant, David Christopher has conducted K-12 marine education on University of Delaware’s Lewes campus, assisted researchers with the educational outreach portions of their projects, and hosted teacher workshops.
Read MoreAs Director of Ocean Academy, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences’ suite of five local education programs, Kaitlin Noyes envisions what the Academy can achieve and works to ensure that the highest standards of education are met.
Read MoreThe Ocean Project’s Sam Mackiewicz, World Oceans Day Director, and Rachael Coccia, Director of Youth Initiatives, will provide an overview of how to get involved in World Oceans Day 2019 including a walkthrough of the website and review of the new resources from the World Oceans Day Youth Advisory Council.
Read MoreLauren Rader is a 5th/6th grade science teacher at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, MA. She is a passionate advocate for marine education and shares her love of the ocean with her 5th grade students, learning how human impacts on climate affect the organisms living in our global ocean.
Read MoreCandidates bios for the 2019 NMEA Elections, including President-elect, Secretary, and Directors
Read MoreLindsay Patterson is the Education Coordinator with the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) in Charleston, SC, and she loves to be involved in local, state, and national organizations that exist to support formal and informal natural and cultural history education.
Read MoreLane Rosen teaches five Marine Science classes at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, NY and is the President of the New York State Marine Education Association (NYSMEA). Read about his work with the John Dewey High School Underwater Robotics Club and the SeaPerch Underwater Robotics program!
Read MoreJoin fellow National Marine Educator Association (NMEA) members for a hands-on conservation research opportunity on Saturday, June 15th from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Patuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Read MoreRaelene Child is the Manager of Youth Volunteers & Internships; she oversees the middle and high school volunteer programs at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
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