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Historic Shipwreck Management: Meeting of Experts

Historic Shipwreck Management: Meeting of Experts Hoagland, P. 23 pp., 1992, $3.00 WHOI-W-92-001 There has been spectacular growth in the demand for and resource value of submerged cultural resources such as historic shipwrecks. The pace at which technology is providing access to submerged cultural resources appears to have outstripped institutional abilities to ensure resource conservation.…

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Bioacoustics

Bioacoustics This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Background Light is very limited in the ocean habitat. Below the photic zone (the depth to which sunlight is able to penetrate) it is very dark. For marine mammals, however, this vast 3-dimensional world is far from dark. The…

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Summer Programs for Children and Young Adults

Summer Programs for Children and Young Adults Please note: The only summer youth program that WHOI Sea Grant and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution lead is O-STEAM As a resource, this page also lists other local organizations that offer summer programs for children and young adults. Please contact the individual programs directly for details on their…

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Workshops for Educators

Workshops for Educators Upcoming workshop on January 23, 2026 Fishing for Data: Real world applications for oceanographic observations Presenters Melissa Sanderson, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance Caroline Ummenhofer and Finn Wimberly, WHOI Physical Oceanography Department More Information & Registration WHOI’s professional learning workshops for educators are a window into the rapidly-changing world of ocean research…

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Teacher Packet

While WHOI’s educational focus is at the graduate and post-graduate level, the WHOI Academic Programs, Information, and Sea Grant offices, and the joint Marine Biological Laboratory/WHOI Library have contributed resources to assist educators in preparing curricula or teaching units on subjects in oceanography. The teacher packet contains brochures about WHOI, its research projects, and its…

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Resources for Educators & Students

Resources for Educators and Students Adaptations and Climate Change Expand How Whales Change the Climate:  Video from Sustainable Human showing whales’ role in the ecosystem and climate. Port Townsend Marine Science Center- Orca Bone Atlas: This is a great resource that shows an Orca skeleton and allows you to see 3-D views of various parts of the…

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Teacher Packet

While WHOI’s educational focus is at the graduate and post-graduate level, the WHOI Academic Programs, Information, and Sea Grant offices, and the joint Marine Biological Laboratory/WHOI Library have contributed resources to assist educators in preparing curricula or teaching units on subjects in oceanography. The teacher packet contains brochures about WHOI, its research projects, and its…

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