NOAA's web sites for students have been separated into three categories:

Specially for Kids - These items are designed especially for children (grades K-5) and provide fun activities for kids to explore the planet they live on. These sites can be found on the pages for Weather, Climate Change and Our Planet, Oceans and Coasts, and Satellites and Space.

Specially for Students - These items are designed especially for students (grades 6-12) to provide a way of learning about the earth in a fun and informative way. These sites can be found on the pages for Weather, Climate Change and Our Planet, Oceans and Coasts, and Satellites and Space.

Higher Education Opportunities - These items are designed for undergraduate and graduate students who are looking for research opportunities, scholarships, grants, fellowships, and jobs. Sites in this category can be found at the bottom of this page.

	Weather You can find information about tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, tsunamis and all kinds of hazardous weather.
	Climate Change and Our Planet You can find information about climate change, earth science and science as it relates to our planet.
	Oceans and Coasts This category includes information about fish, marine mammals, our coasts, navigation and the many facets of the waters that surround our nation.
	Satellites and Space This category includes information about satellites and space.

Higher Education Opportunities:

General Information
• Undergraduate Scholarship Program - The goal of this program is to increase the number of students who undertake course work and graduate with degrees in the targeted areas integral to NOAA's mission. The program targets students who have completed their sophomore or junior years at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and have recently declared or are about to declare a major in an atmospheric, oceanic, or environmental science discipline. Tuition/Fee assistance, summer internships, stipends and more are available for students in the program.
epp.noaa.gov/programs/?ID=5

• Jobs, Careers, and Recruitments - This web site provides a variety of information for undergraduate and graduate students through NOAA's Human Resources Department. Students can check out NOAA and federal vacancies; internship, fellowship, grant and scholarship opportunities; general career resources; and opportunities for minorities.
www.rdc.noaa.gov/~hrmo/jobs.htm

• Student Research Participation Program - This web site provides opportunities for students to participate in research and development related to science, math and engineering. It is for both undergraduate and graduate students and the opportunities are available in the Washington area and in NOAA field centers.
www.orau.gov/orise/Educ.htm

• NOAA Grants Management Division - This site provides information from NOAA Grants Management Division and lists a variety of grant programs within NOAA, which include grants through the National Ocean Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the National Weather Service.
www.ofa.noaa.gov/~grants/new/bulletin.html

Weather Information
• Colleges and Universities with Degree Programs in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, Hydrologic, and Related Sciences - This compilation is provided for those individuals interested in pursuing a career in these sciences. The information provided by the schools listed, where complete, includes the college/university name, address, department offering the degree(s) with phone numbers, specific degrees offered, and home page information.
www.ametsoc.org/AMS/amsedu/96degree.html

• Student Resources from the American Meteorological Society - The American Meteorological Society's home page allows you to navigate through their web site in search of a variety of student opportunities. Check out Educational Initiatives, Scholarships/Fellowships, and Student Resources for information about high school, undergraduate, and graduate opportunities
www.ametsoc.org/AMS

• National Weather Association Annual Awards Program - This program includes the Arthur C. Pike Scholarship in Meteorology as well as other opportunities for students and meteorology teachers to earn financial support.
www.nwas.org/award.html

Ocean & Coastal Information
• Marine Careers - The site includes overviews of the fields of marine biology, oceanography, and ocean engineering; a look at what the future is likely to hold for careers in these fields; links to a wide range of additional resources; information on salaries in various marine science fields; and other great stuff. This site is a project of the National Sea Grant College Program and is based on the publication Marine Science Careers: A Sea Grant Guide to Ocean Opportunities.
www.marinecareers.net

• Society for Marine Mamalogy: Strategies for Pursuing a Career in Marine Mammal Science - This site provides a great deal of information that answers students' questions about pursuing careers in marine mammal science. The topics covered answer questions about the types of jobs and salaries available, finding schools for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as finding grants, scholarships, internships, and training information.
www.marinemammalogy.org

• National Sea Grant Program - This excellent site provides information about the National Sea Grant Program, whose mission is to encourage the wise stewardship of of our marine resources through research, education, outreach, and technology transfer. There is general information about the program itself, as well as research, fellowship and other opportunities. These other opportunities include employment prospects and web sites involving environmental and ocean careers.
www.nsgo.seagrant.org/index.html

• Marine Education Links - Another page on this web site has Marine Education links in categories: aquariums, oceans, whales, and environmental groups. This link is useful for getting to non-governmental partners of NOAA.
www.nero.nmfs.gov/ro/doc/marine3.htm

• National Undersea Research Program Students and Kids Page - This page provides students with a Kids Undersea Art Gallery, sea stories, and a section called "Live. . . from the Sea. . ." On this page, students don’t have to get wet, suffer sea-sickness, and spend days away from home to go to sea. Using underwater cameras and microphones, undersea sights and sounds come to the computer screen where you can listen to the sounds of an undersea volcano off Hawaii, visit with aquanauts living underwater on a coral reef off Key Largo, Florida, keep an eye on the nation's most sophisticated unmanned underwater "space" station, LEO-15, and look down, in near real-time, on the water planet from NOAA satellites.
www.nurp.noaa.gov/education.html

Publication of the NOAA Education Team.

Last Updated: 10/8/03