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Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.

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Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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How You Can Help the Ocean

An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.

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“Storied Fish”: Why Sustainable Seafood Requires A Tale

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

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Coral Reefs Need You

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

Are You An Educator?

At Smithsonian Ocean, we have lesson plans, activities, and resources to help you engage your students in the wonders of our oceans.

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A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures

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Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity

The 2012 Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center dive class stand in a group together

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Scuba Diving Course a Success for IBRC Students

Plastic bottles and other marine debris cover a rocky beach in Curacao.

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Ocean Trash: Marine Debris From Shore to Sea

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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Helping Kids Help the Ocean

A red and yellow gyotaku-style fish print of a flounder

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Educational Uses of Gyotaku or Fish Printing

A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth

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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence

Orange and red deep-sea corals.

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Deep-Sea Corals: NOAA Education Plans & Activities

Sophi Bromenshenkel poses with a hammerhead shark snow sculpture.

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Saving Sharks and Dolphins, Near and Far

A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.

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Reef Rescue: Protect Coral Reefs with Your Actions

Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

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A Current Event in the Classroom: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Screenshot from video of someone demonstrating light painting.

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Light Painting Tutorial

Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.

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Learning from a Sea of Teachers