The "Modeling the Gulf" middle school science curriculum was compiled and developed to align with research being conducted by the Consortium for Ocean-Microbial Interactions in the Ocean (CSOMIO). The CSOMIO project is working to fill critical gaps in our ability to numerically model the transport and fate of oil in coastal waters. This middle school science curriculum contains five lesson plans related to ocean modeling, including the fields of biogeochemistry, fluid dynamics, and microbiology.

Students investigate causes of water quality degradation and analyze the relationship between harmful algal blooms, toxic algae, and dead zones. They explore water quality "success stories" and actions to improve water quality.

In this lesson, students view a photo essay which documents an island in Alaska impacted by climate change and discuss connections between community, traditions, and place.

This activity guide introduces the topic of Underwater gardening, allowing you to explore ways to plant seagrass.

Scientists know that sea level is rising, and that we experience some of these impacts as more frequent and intense storm surge and coastal flooding events. Using data from NOAA's satellites and coastal stations, you will do the analysis to see sea level changing.

Seagrass are flowering plants that live in the sea. There are many different kinds of seagrasses and some do not look like grass at all. Some of the shapes and sizes of leaves of different species of seagrass include an oval shape, a fern shape, a long spaghetti like leaf and a ribbon shape.

In this pack, children can research seagrass, build their own Secchi disk, undertake the project seagrass word search and take on ocean coding challenges.

This activity guide introduces the topic of plant reproduction. Within this guide are five activities: firstly, to help understand plant reproduction structure, followed by activities to understand processes of sexual and asexual reproduction.

Quagmire is an interactive role-playing game that simulates a reality-based dilemma regarding the development of a saltwater marsh. The game includes gameplay instructions, lesson plans, and ways to adapt for younger grade levels.

Why teach about estuaries? This suite of estuary education resources help educators bring estuarine science into the classroom through hands-on learning, experiments, fieldwork, and data explorations. These specially designed lessons, activities, data explorations, animations and videos can be used independently or as a supplement to existing curricula and can be adapted to meet any grade level.