Welcome to the Bridge's Atlantic Coast page, where teachers will find a selection of the best regional online resources for ocean sciences education. If you have a site you would like to see posted here, please let us know! And, don't forget to check out the Bridge for a complete online listing of national ocean sciences education material.

Teaching Resources | Professional Development | Outreach & Field Trips | Institutions & Organizations | NMEA Regional Chapters| Sea Grant Regional Offices | State Departments of Education

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Teaching Materials & Resources

General

• Al Bodzin's Home Page for Science Educators
• Mr. & Mrs. Fish Marine Educators
• Sea-Bean
• Seashells.org
• Treasures@Sea
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution K-12 Resources

Northeast

• Ocean Adventure!
• Virtual Vacationland: Maine
  
• Gulf of Maine Aquarium
  
• 2000 Nor'Easter Bowl - Northeast Regional Ocean Sciences Bowl (ME, NH, VT)
  
• Blue Lobster Bowl - Massachusetts Regional Ocean Sciences Bowl
• NJMSC Lesson Plans Collection
• NJMSC Longshore Current Activity (NJ)

• NJMSC Beach Profiling

• Save the Bay (Narragansett Bay)
• Stellwagen Bank Information System

Mid-Atlantic

• Living Bay Online
• Maryland Sea Grant Schools Network News
• Virtual Marine Education Center (VA)
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Your Backyard Classrooms (VA)
• Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
• Commonwealth of Knowledge (VA)
• 2002 Blue Crab Bowl (VA)
• Under the Sea
• Suzanne Tate's Nature Series
• Carolina Coastal Science
• North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve Teacher & Student Resources
• USACE Field Research Facility

Southeast

• Folly Beach Educational Guide (SC)
• South Florida Aquatic Environments

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Professional Development

Northeast

• Bowdoin College Coastal Science Institute (ME)
• New England COSEE (Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence)
• Marine Studies Consortium (MA)
• Massachusetts Marine Educators' Grants, Awards & Scholarships
• Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers
• New Hampshire Science Teachers Association
• Vermont Science Teachers Association
• Rhode Island Science Teachers Association
• University of Rhode Island Office of Marine Programs
• Science Teachers Association of New York State
• Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association
• New Jersey Science Teachers Association
• JCNERR Educational Programs (NJ)

Mid-Atlantic

• Mid-Atlantic COSEE (Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence)
• Mid-Atlantic Marine Education Association
• MAMEA Mini-Grant Guidelines and Application
• Maury Project (MD)
• Commonwealth of Knowledge (VA)
• Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
• Virginia Association of Science Teachers
• Virginia Marine Advisory Program's Teacher Professional Development
• Virginia Naturally
• Your Backyard Classrooms (VA)
• North Carolina Leadership Network in Earth Science Education
• North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve Teacher Workshops
• Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (CMSTE) Teacher Summer Science Institutes (NC)

Southeast

• Southeast COSEE (Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence)
• Florida COSEE (Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence)
• COASTeam (SC)
• Environmental Education Association of South Carolina
• South Carolina Earth Science Teachers Association

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Outreach & Field Trips

General

• Mr. & Mrs. Fish
• The Ocean Adventure

Northeast

• Gulf of Maine Aquarium (ME)
• Maine's Department of Conservation Bureau of Parks & Lands
• Connecticut's National Parks
• New Hampshire's National Parks
• Isles of Shoals Steamship Company's Educational Programs (NH)
• Vermont's National Parks
• Massachusett's National Parks
• New England Aquarium (MA)
• Northeastern University Marine Science Center (MA)
• Schooner Ernestina (MA)
• Rhode Island's National Parks
• New York's National Parks
• New Jersey's National Parks
• New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences
• Pennsylvania's National Parks

Mid-Atlantic

• Delaware & Maryland State Parks
• Maryland's National Parks
• The National Aquarium of Washington D.C.
• Washington DC's National Parks
• National Aquarium in Baltimore (MD)
• Assateague Island National Seashore (MD & VA)
• Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
• Virginia Field Trip Sites for Marine and Aquatic Education
• Virginia Oyster Heritage Program
• Mariners' Museum (VA)
• The National Maritime Center (VA)
• Under the Sea
• Virginia Living Museum
• Virginia Marine Science Museum
• Virginia's National Parks
• Estuary Live (NC)
• MarineQuest (NC)
• North Carolina Aquariums
• North Carolina Estuarium
• North Carolina Maritime Museum
• Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum-Environmental Education
• Cape Lookout Studies Program
• North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve Field Trips
• North Carolina State Parks
• North Carolina's National Parks
• North Carolina State Parks Environmental Education

Southeast

• Ripley's Aquarium (SC)
• South Carolina Aquarium
• South Carolina State Parks
• South Carolina's National Parks
• Georgia's National Parks
• Fernbank Science Center (GA)
• Florida's National Parks
• Mote Marine Laboratory (FL)
• Sea World of Florida
• Puerto Rico's National Parks
• Virgin Islands' National Parks

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Institutions & Organizations

General

• NOAA Coastal Services Center

Northeast

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (ME)
• Maine Department of Marine Resources (ME)
• Marine Environmental Research Institute (ME)
• Center for Coastal Studies (MA)
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (MA)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Studies (NJ)

Mid-Atlantic

• Bay Link
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
• Virginia DEQ: Coastal Resources Management Program
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• North Carolina Audubon
• North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
• North Carolina Office of Environmental Education

Southeast

• Belle Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research (SC)
• Center for Coastal Ecology - Pritchards Island Research Facility (SC)
• Coastal Carolina University (SC)
• College of Charleston (SC)
• North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
• South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
• University of South Carolina Center for Science Education

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NMEA Regional Chapters

• National
• Gulf of Maine
• Massachusetts
• SE New England
• New York
• New Jersey
• Mid-Atlantic
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Florida

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Sea Grant Regional Offices

• National
• New Hampshire
• Maine
• Connecticut
• MA-MIT
• MA-Woods Hole
• Rhode Island
• New York
• New Jersey
• Delaware
• Maryland
• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Florida
• Puerto Rico

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State Departments of Education

• Maine
• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• Maryland
• Delaware
• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Florida

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