Arctic Science

Hydrothermal Vents

Ocean Exploration

Ocean Literacy

Sound in the Ocean

Discovering the ocean through science, Indigenous Knowledge and data exploration. 

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Ocean Sense Program

Resources that help educators integrate ocean intelligence into curriculum. 

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Educator Professional Development

Story Map: Highlights from ONC's Spring 2024 Expedition

Engaging & inspiring the next generation of Indigenous ocean scientists, marine resource managers & environmental stewards.


ONC works with partners to deliver ocean literacy programs for K-12, post secondary and citizen science education. 

Ocean science and event hosting resources for K-12 students, educators and general audiences.


Our modules, co-created with Indigenous community partners, that provide experiential learning for middle/high school students.


Modules

How our cameras, hydrophones and sensors allow us to see, hear and experience the ocean. 

Instrument Overviews & Lesson Plans

An ONC-hosted event for students and educators to learn about marine science careers and opportunities.

Ocean Science Symposium

ONC is a proud partner on many projects that bring ocean science and knowledge into the community.

Featured Projects

ONC’s educator resources include all-grade classroom activities with instructions, videos & other materials. 

Ocean Knowledge Cards

Educator Resources

Offering schools an interactive presentation on ocean science, Indigenous knowledge & data that helps us #knowtheocean 

Book a Visit

Thousands of young people across Canada are taking on the challenge as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science.


#OceanDecade Challenge

Learn about the 7 Principles of Ocean Literacy through fun, hands-on activities utilising materials around your home.

Ocean Aware Challenge

Offering educators, students & the public the opportunity to connect with ONC at-sea maintenance expeditions & other field activities.

Ship2Shore Program

Youth Programs K-12

Coastal & deep-sea marine science courses & resources developed with universities, colleges & community groups.



This course focuses on topics involving human impacts on the ocean that are of particular relevance to society. 

Understanding the Oceans Course

Introduction to marine sensor technology including underwater cabled observatories & shore-based coastal weather stations.

Instrument Technology Course

Our valued citizen scientist community shares and contributes to data monitoring and collection programs.


Test your fish knowledge in this six minute video.

Fish ID Challenge

Dive with us 2,300 metres below sea level at the Main Endeavour field.

Wiring the Abyss: Lab Activity

Meet the Pacific Ocean’s deepest ocean dwellers using ONC’s underwater observatories and video footage.

Biodiversity in the Deep Sea

Play our ocean science observation game where volunteers help analyse ONC’s deep-sea videos.

Digital Fishers

Citizen Science Resources

Post Secondary Education

Learning

ONC provides resources for educators to integrate ocean science into the classroom. Our resources are suited for all grade levels and include themed activities that are aligned with ONC’s key research areas. Topics include Canadian Arctic science, hydrothermal vents, ocean exploration, ocean literacy, and sound in the ocean. 

Explore our collection of educator resources

Travel to the Canadian Arctic with us to learn more about arctic food webs, ice data, and the impact of global warming.

Grade: All ages.

Activity instructions: [Arctic Food Pyramid](https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Wh3uxMEpihQpCD4qXDc4RP1OTOWh4DT/view?usp=sharing) 

Video: [The Arctic: Live.It Series](https://youtu.be/iMPRtpok-uw)

Underwater volcanoes? Extreme creatures that live more than 2000m below the ocean's surface in extreme temperatures and total darkness?! Explore hydrothermal vents with us!

Grade: All ages.

Activity instructions: [Make a model of a Hydrothermal vent bubbler](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13fzBhhpSIEAC9dUwN-pf1TfSwTA0rMmu/view?usp=sharing) 

Activity instructions: [Create a hydrothermal vent creature](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bK3ZBUImgcLtovPbVr67CoE0I8CUNFcG/view?usp=sharing) 

Video: [Hydrothermal vent: Live.It Series](https://youtu.be/Z72Whvon0Jo)

Why should we care about the ocean? How does ONC help us to #knowtheocean? What do we do when we encounter garbage in the ocean?

Grade: All ages.

Activity instructions: [Build an ROV Arm ](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bFNnTPkXuKxGLXlJp1SYgPmsCVPh3h1w/view?usp=sharing)

Video: [Ocean Exploration and Human Impact ](https://youtu.be/vigc3ZpZ4bw)

ONC champions programs for ocean literacy with national and international partners including the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition and  the Canadian Network for Ocean Education (CaNOE). In April 2021, ONC became the administrative home for the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition. Together, we continue to support research to understand Canadians’ relationship with the ocean and to foster ocean knowledge, values, and actions among Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast.

Grade: All ages.

[Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition website](https://colcoalition.ca/)

[Ocean Literacy](http://oceanliteracy.ca/)



A hydrophone is a scientific instrument that records sounds in the ocean. You can hear amazing things underwater! Listen to whales and other underwater sounds with us. 

Grade: All ages.

Video: [Orca vocalizations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75wdnWCKIFk&feature=youtu.be)