The Schuylkill Action Network is using street art and a new contest to show students how to prevent water pollution.

Children in kindergarten through high school have until Feb. 28 to enter the Schuylkill Students Street Art Contest.  To enter they must submit a drawing, video or both to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, a founding member of the SAN.  All entries should show others how to keep pollution out of storm drains.  Those who win will see their work transform into street art surrounding a local inlet.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) promotes education about oceanic and atmospheric science - and not only during Earth Science Week. NOAA offers resources and opportunities for students and teachers all year long.

From EARTH Magazine  --  On a beautiful, clear June morning in 1954, a massive wave suddenly swept out of Lake Michigan killing at least seven people along the Chicago waterfront. At the time, the wave was attributed to a storm that had earlier passed over northern Lake Michigan, but how it came to swamp faraway Chicago, with no warning, was not understood.

The oceanographic research drilling ship, the JOIDES Resolution, is currently underway for Expedition 349 in the South China Sea. Give your students the opportunity to talk and see the scientists onboard and see what goes on in the labs. To schedule a 30-45 minute video conference, visit: http://joidesresolution.org/node/1746. The expedition will be conducted until March 30, 2014. This is a great way to excite your students and give them an interactive experience!

Up and down the Pacific Coast, starfish are dying by the tens of thousands and no one knows why. "Reports have since surfaced from Southern California to as far north as Alaska. At first, only a certain species known as the sunflower star seemed to be affected. Then it hit another species, then another. In all, about a dozen species of sea stars are dying along the West Coast.

From EARTH Magazine  --  Changing Gulf Stream patterns, shifting climate and increased computing powers are helping answer why sea-level rise on the U.S. East Coast is higher than the global averages, according to a new story in EARTH Magazine.

Provided by NOAA/NASA, SciJinks is weather and Earth science made fun for all ages.  Its mission is to capture the interest of a 'tween-age audience with fun and interesting activities and information about science and technology related to weather and the Earth.

Small Hawaiian goby fish species could provide big clues about adaptation and evolution (view video below)

The visualization, comprised of imagery from the geostationary satellites of EUMETSAT, NOAA and the JMA, shows an entire year of weather across the globe during 2013, with commentary from Mark Higgins, Training Officer at EUMETSAT. The satellite data layer is superimposed over NASA's 'Blue Marble Next Generation' ground maps, which change with the seasons.

From the University of Colorado-Boulder's Office for Climate Outreach, the webinar series Climate Conversations continues with two more live streaming events.  On March 5, tune in as NOAA scientists Dr. Stephanie Herring and Dr. Martin P. Hoerling discuss the attribution of extreme weather in the context of climate change.