NOAA Teacher at Sea Children's Books
In 2005, The NOAA Teacher at Sea program unveiled its first children's book with the aim to make NOAA science understandable and exciting for students across the country. Since, three more books have been published.
The first TAS book focuses on oceanographic and atmospheric research. The second book addresses hurricane research, and the third focuses on hydrographic research (mapping of the seafloor). The fourth and final book addresses fisheries research.
The hard-cover books are written at the middle school science level. Content includes science and math activities, glossaries of terms and full-color images.
Teachers may request a FREE copy of any of the books by contacting the NOAA Outreach Unit at education@noaa.gov. All of the books are available to download in PDF format by clicking on the images or links below. You may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view files.
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The first children's book, "Teacher at Sea: Miss Cook's Voyage on the RONALD H. BROWN", focuses on oceanographic and atmospheric research. It was written by Mary Cook and Diane Stanitski, with illustrations by Bruce Cowden (pdf, 5.15Mb). | ||
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The second children's book, "Teacher in the Air: Dr. Diane's Flight with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters", focuses on hurricane research. It was written by Diane Stanitski and John Adler, with illustrations by Bruce Cowden (pdf, 4.22Mb). | ||
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The third children's book, "Teacher at Sea: Mrs. Armwood's Hydrographic Adventure on the NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER", focuses on hydrographic research. It was written by Diane Stanitski, with illustrations by Bruce Cowden (pdf, 10.41Mb). | ||
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The fourth children's book, "Teacher at Sea: Mr. Tanenbaum Explores Atlantic Fisheries on the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow", focuses on North Atlantic fisheries research. It was written by Diane Stanitski and John Adler, with illustrations by Bruce Cowden (pdf, 7.85Mb). | ||
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Accompanying the four children's books is a unit of lesson plans, "Discovering Our Ocean and Atmosphere with the NOAA Teacher at Sea Book Series". With this PDF you can print the entire unit or only the lessons you need. (pdf, 6.76Mb). *Please note: An Excel file (46Kb), a PDF on radiosondes (183Kb), and a short movie clip (18.47MB) accompany Lesson 1. |
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