Student and Family Programs

Education at Home Resources During COVID-19 
USC Sea Grant is pleased to provide a list of educational resources to assist educators, students, and families during the shutdown of schools in response to COVID-19. 

The family and student programs available through Sea Grant support lifelong-learning in ocean science. As author and scientist Rachel Carson said, "If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in."

Many individuals and families living in the urban environment are missing a connection to the ocean, though the shoreline may only be a few miles away. The family and student programs provide guided opportunities for students to look more closely at the natural world, and to learn about technology used by scientists to study and understand it. Ensuring that students in urban areas have opportunities to learn about the marine environment, consider careers in ocean sciences, and are prepared as informed residents is of great importance. To accomplish this, USC Sea Grant has long been dedicated to providing teaching resources in English and Spanish and to helping educators teach the principles of marine science and environmental stewardship to urban youth.