The Bridge, from the Virginia Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, is a growing collection of the best marine education resources available on-line. It provides educators with a convenient source of accurate and useful information on global, national, and regional marine science topics, and gives researchers a contact point for educational outreach. On the site, visitors will find lesson plans,...

The St. Lawrence Seaway connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, and it was completed in 1959. This website details the activities of the Seaway System, and visitors with an interest in transportation and public policy will find the site both useful and interesting. At the top of the homepage, visitors will find the five primary sections of the site, which include "Management of the Seaway"...

The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE) has provided this overview of the tasks of hydrographic survey technicians to serve as guidelines to current and future job seekers. This document covers all aspects of a successful hydrographic survey technician including common personality traits, a list of courses/subjects in which a hydrographic survey technician should have experience, as...

The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE) has provided this overview of the tasks of remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) technicians to serve as guidelines to current and future ROV technicians. This document covers all aspects of a successful ROV technician including common personality traits, a list of courses/subjects in which an ROV technician should have experience, as well as tools...

This page, from the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence at Monterey Peninsula College, presents information on Ocean Careers including individual Career Profiles, Employer Profiles, Educational Institution Profiles, and Profiles of Interesting People. In the first section, Career Profiles, visitors can find profiles by description or by category. Categories include Aquarists,...

This document, created by the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center draws from surveys conducted with Marine Technicians about which skills they felt were most important for their particular career. The document is divided up into task areas, and each respondent was asked to rate the importance of each. The results were then broken down by how specialized or general technicians felt,...

This webite, sponsored by COSEE (Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence) and the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, can help in finding an ocean related career or job. Well-organized pages provide information about colleges, professional societies, scholarships, internships, and current job offerings in the field of oceanography and ocean occupations. This site would be...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, marine technology and environmental technology are discussed. A student competition of remotely operated underwater vehicle technology is shown in the video. Employees with training and experience in this technology are in high demand in the workforce, and industry is using...

The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE) has provided this overview of knowledge and skill guidelines for aquaculture technicians. The report begins with detailing the background of the creation of these guidelines, which occurred at the third annual Rhode Island Aquaculture Conference in Warwick, Rhode Island. Competency areas for aquaculture technicians outlined in the report are...

The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE) hosts workshops and institutes each summer. The events are intended as professional development activities for college, high school and university faculty. The goals of the summer institutes are to: 1. Create an awareness of ocean activities related to marine research, exploration, and industry; 2. Highlight career opportunities associated...