Ask An Explorer: A Webinar for Students from 4th-8th Grade

Recently, NOAA Ocean Exploration has heard from many students who have questions about deep-ocean exploration. To help answer those questions, NOAA Ocean Exploration, with support from the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, is hosting a webinar on October 2, 2024 at 5:00pm Eastern Time.

During the event, students will hear from experts at NOAA Ocean Exploration, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Ocean Exploration Trust as they share their stories about the greatest challenges they have faced while exploring the ocean and the technologies or strategies they are using to overcome them. Students have the opportunity to “ask an explorer” their own questions when they register or live during the event. Experts will answer as many student questions as they can during the one hour event. The webinar will finish with additional resources for students to learn more and an opportunity for students to share their innovative solutions and receive feedback from scientists and engineers.

This event is intended for students between 4th and 8th grade, but everyone is welcome. The recording will be shared on this page after the event.

Webinar Details:

Tune in on October 2, 2024 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

Webinar Agenda:

Introduction to the challenges of ocean exploration
Meet the explorers! Ocean explorers will share stories about the challenges they face, explain innovative solutions they’re working on to overcome those challenges, and answer participant questions related to the following topics:

Exploring DEEP waters - how do explorers overcome high pressure, cold temperatures, and no light?
Ocean DATA - how do explorers maximize the data they can collect, analyze large volumes of data, and share discoveries?
ACCESSIBILITY - what technologies are helping increase the accessibility of ocean exploration?

Ask an explorer — Live Q&A with all experts
Resources for learning more

Useful Information for Students:

NOAA Ocean Exploration fact sheets, lessons, and videos — Educational resources designed to bring the excitement and wonder of ocean exploration into middle and high school classrooms
Deep-Sea Dialogues: Ocean Technology — The latest cutting-edge methods used to increase the efficiency, scope, and speed at which we can explore our vastly unknown ocean
Learning Runs Deep — A series of articles produced for middle school science magazine OYLA on various ocean exploration topics
Ocean exploration facts — Short answers to common or intriguing ocean exploration questions
Ocean exploration tools — Tools and technologies that make ocean exploration possible
The Deep-Ocean Education Project — A one-stop-shop for ocean exploration education resources from NOAA Ocean Exploration, Ocean Exploration Trust, and Schmidt Ocean Institute
WHOI resources for the 2024-2025 First Lego League challenge — A collection of educational materials from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution that support First Lego League teams completing the "Submerged" challenge

Published September 18, 2024