NOAA Offers New Educational Resources Featuring the Lionfish A new educational case study on the lionfishâ€â€ÂÂÂa venomous invasive species from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans that is found off the coast of the mid-Atlanticâ€â€ÂÂÂis now available from the NOAA’s National Ocean Service. The new product, called a Discovery Story, is available online at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education. It includes detailed information on the biology of the lionfish and its invasion of U.S. coastal waters. A student and teacher guide and an interactive quiz are also available. In addition to the new Discovery Story, this NOAA website features the Discovery Classroom and Discovery Kits. The Discovery Classroom is a collection of 15 inquiry-based, formal lesson plans based on NOAA science and developed for use at the high school level. The lesson plans can be easily adapted for use by middle school and undergraduate students as well. Lessons emphasize hands-on activities using online data resources and all are correlated with National Science Education Standards and the Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which were developed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Discovery Kits contain interactive tutorials on science subjects, roadmaps to Web-based data resources and formal lesson plans. The National Science Teachers Association has called them “excellent models that are well designed, easy to navigate, and have beautiful photographs and diagrams, which complement the content”. Three different Discovery Kits are now available, including one on coral reefs. NOAA Offers New Educational Resources Featuring the Lionfish A new educational case study on the lionfishâ€â€ÂÂÂa venomous invasive species from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans that is found off the coast of the mid-Atlanticâ€â€ÂÂÂis now available from the NOAA’s National Ocean Service. The new product, called a Discovery Story, is available online at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education. It includes detailed information on the biology of the lionfish and its invasion of U.S. coastal waters. A student and teacher guide and an interactive quiz are also available. In addition to the new Discovery Story, this NOAA website features the Discovery Classroom and Discovery Kits. The Discovery Classroom is a collection of 15 inquiry-based, formal lesson plans based on NOAA science and developed for use at the high school level. The lesson plans can be easily adapted for use by middle school and undergraduate students as well. Lessons emphasize hands-on activities using online data resources and all are correlated with National Science Education Standards and the Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which were developed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Discovery Kits contain interactive tutorials on science subjects, roadmaps to Web-based data resources and formal lesson plans. The National Science Teachers Association has called them “excellent models that are well designed, easy to navigate, and have beautiful photographs and diagrams, which complement the content”. Three different Discovery Kits are now available, including one on coral reefs.
